SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

社会科学和医学为传播关于健康的社会科学研究提供了一个国际性和跨学科的论坛。我们发表关于健康问题的原始研究文章（包括经验性和理论性的）、评论、立场文件和评论，为当前在社会科学家、保健工作者和决策者共同关心的所有领域的研究、政策和实践提供信息。该杂志出版了与健康的任何方面有关的大量社会科学学科(人类学、经济学、流行病学、地理学、政策、心理学和社会学)的材料，与社会科学相关的材料来自于任何与身心健康、卫生保健、临床实践、卫生政策和组织有关的专业。我们鼓励国际读者普遍感兴趣的材料。该杂志发表了以下类型的贡献：1）同行评审的原始研究文章和与健康相关的社会科学研究的任何领域的批判性或分析性评论。这些论文可能多达9000字，包括摘要、表格、参考文献以及正文。低于此限制的论文优先。2）同行评审了有关2000至4000字之间的主题问题或已发表文章的研究结果的简短报告。3）提交或邀请评论和回应，并与精选文章一起讨论和发表。4）将特定主题的论文集汇集在一起的特殊问题，通常由来宾编辑。

Social Science & Medicine provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of social science research on health. We publish original research articles (both empirical and theoretical), reviews, position papers and commentaries on health issues, to inform current research, policy and practice in all areas of common interest to social scientists, health practitioners, and policy makers. The journal publishes material relevant to any aspect of health from a wide range of social science disciplines (anthropology, economics, epidemiology, geography, policy, psychology, and sociology), and material relevant to the social sciences from any of the professions concerned with physical and mental health, health care, clinical practice, and health policy and organization. We encourage material which is of general interest to an international readership.The journal publishes the following types of contribution:1) Peer-reviewed original research articles and critical or analytical reviews in any area of social science research relevant to health. These papers may be up to 9,000 words including abstract, tables, and references as well as the main text. Papers below this limit are preferred.2) Peer-reviewed short reports of research findings on topical issues or published articles of between 2000 and 4000 words.3) Submitted or invited commentaries and responses debating, and published alongside, selected articles.4) Special Issues bringing together collections of papers on a particular theme, and usually guest edited.