Social Science &amp; MedicineSocial Science &amp; Medicine Social Science & Medicine Social Science & Medicine is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science research on health, including anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, social epidemiology, social policy, sociology, medicine and health care practice, policy, and organization. It was established in 1967 and is published by Elsevier. History. "Social Science & Medicine" () was published quarterly from 1967 to 1977 by Pergamon Press and, according to the National Library of Medicine and the Library of Congress, was then split into: In 1982, Parts A-F were merged back into one journal. It was published by Pergamon Press, until that company was acquired by  Elsevier in 1992. Editors-in-Chief. 2012 to Current – Ichiro Kawachi and S.V. Subramanian, both at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US. 2004 to 2012 – Ellen Annandale, currently Department of Sociology, University of York, UK. 1995 to 2004 - Sally Macintyre, MRC / CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK. 1967 to 1995 - Peter J. M. McEwan (Founding Editor). Abstracting and indexing. The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 2.733. Social Science & Medicine Social Science & Medicine is a peer-reviewed academic journal