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SSM - Population Healthopen access

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

SJR 2024

1.808 Q1

H-Index

64

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

23528273

Coverage

2015-2025

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

ssmph@elsevier.com

Scope

The new online only, open access, peer reviewed journal covering all areas relating Social Science research to population health. SSM - Population Health shares the same Editors-in Chief and general approach to manuscripts as its companion title, Social Science & Medicine. The journal takes a broad approach to the field especially welcoming interdisciplinary papers from across the Social Sciences and allied areas. SSM - Population Health offers an alternative outlet for work which might not be considered, or is classed as 'out of scope' elsewhere, and prioritizes fast peer review and publication to the benefit of authors and readers. The journal welcomes all types of paper from traditional primary research articles, replication studies, methodological studies, instrument validation, opinion pieces, literature reviews, etc. SSM - Population Health also offers the opportunity to publish special issues or sections to reflect current interest and research in topical or developing areas. The journal fully supports authors wanting to present their research in an innovative fashion though the use of multimedia formats. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Health Policy2016Q3
Health Policy2017Q2
Health Policy2018Q1
Health Policy2019Q1
Health Policy2020Q1
Health Policy2021Q1
Health Policy2022Q1
Health Policy2023Q1
Health Policy2024Q1
Health (social science)2016Q2
Health (social science)2017Q2
Health (social science)2018Q1
Health (social science)2019Q1
Health (social science)2020Q1
Health (social science)2021Q1
Health (social science)2022Q1
Health (social science)2023Q1
Health (social science)2024Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2016Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2017Q2
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2018Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2019Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2020Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2021Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2022Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2023Q1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2024Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20160.407
20170.584
20180.923
20191.307
20201.301
20211.250
20221.785
20231.586
20241.808
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
20157
2016107
201791
201898
2019196
2020196
2021270
2022315
2023243
2024171
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20161.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20171.298
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20182.044
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20193.069
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20203.301
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20214.189
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20224.733
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20234.436
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20245.006
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20161.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20171.298
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20182.044
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20193.071
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20203.151
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20213.906
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20224.816
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20234.307
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20244.749
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20161.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20171.298
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20182.030
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20192.751
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20202.803
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20213.755
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20224.558
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20233.961
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20243.457
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20161
Self Cites20177
Self Cites20188
Self Cites201929
Self Cites202037
Self Cites202161
Self Cites202283
Self Cites202363
Self Cites202459
Total Cites20150
Total Cites20167
Total Cites2017148
Total Cites2018419
Total Cites2019909
Total Cites20201213
Total Cites20211914
Total Cites20223188
Total Cites20233364
Total Cites20243932
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20150
External Cites per document20160.857
External Cites per document20171.237
External Cites per document20182.005
External Cites per document20192.973
External Cites per document20203.055
External Cites per document20213.782
External Cites per document20224.690
External Cites per document20234.227
External Cites per document20244.678
Cites per document20150.000
Cites per document20161.000
Cites per document20171.298
Cites per document20182.044
Cites per document20193.071
Cites per document20203.151
Cites per document20213.906
Cites per document20224.816
Cites per document20234.307
Cites per document20244.749
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
201542.86
201628.04
201726.37
201838.78
201932.65
202028.57
202130.37
202233.33
202330.04
202436.26
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20150
Non-citable documents20160
Non-citable documents20173
Non-citable documents20185
Non-citable documents20197
Non-citable documents202010
Non-citable documents20218
Non-citable documents20229
Non-citable documents20235
Non-citable documents20248
Citable documents20150
Citable documents20167
Citable documents2017111
Citable documents2018200
Citable documents2019289
Citable documents2020375
Citable documents2021482
Citable documents2022653
Citable documents2023776
Citable documents2024820
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20150
Uncited documents20163
Uncited documents201744
Uncited documents201850
Uncited documents201951
Uncited documents202079
Uncited documents202188
Uncited documents202285
Uncited documents2023143
Uncited documents2024130
Cited documents20150
Cited documents20164
Cited documents201770
Cited documents2018155
Cited documents2019245
Cited documents2020306
Cited documents2021402
Cited documents2022577
Cited documents2023638
Cited documents2024698
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
201550.00
201655.09
201752.56
201855.03
201954.92
202054.22
202153.28
202254.36
202354.77
202449.28
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20154
Overton201646
Overton201749
Overton201840
Overton201982
Overton202070
Overton202176
Overton202247
Overton202325
Overton20246
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201868
SDG2019144
SDG2020130
SDG2021203
SDG2022231
SDG2023165
SDG2024113
Estimated APC

It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality.

YearEst. APC (USD)
2015
20162821
20172925
20183064
20193199
20203268
20213373
20223501
20233563
20243608
Estimated financial value

It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output.

YearEst. value (USD)
2015
2016301809
2017579123
2018907069
20191573833
20202248440
20212870199
20223763298
20234347341
20244311199
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