Impact Factor
2.84
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
1.93
126 total citations
h5-index
18
h5 depth signal
Cited share
57.5%
42 of 73
Total citations
126
Citation footprint
Metric signal
2.72
External metric anchor
Self-citation
4.8%
6 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United Kingdom
169
Australia
74
Canada
63
Denmark
44
United States
42
Citing Fields of Research
Psychiatry & Psychology
140
Sociology
132
Psychiatry
74
Patient Care
70
Healthcare Policy
54
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,199
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
73
42 cited publications
Last 12 months
85
7.1 publications/month
Open access share
63.5%
54 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United Kingdom
169 citing publications
Leading citing field
Psychiatry & Psychology
140 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
17 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v8n1, Jan. 2004-
v8n1, Jan. 2004-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Sociology
Psychiatry & Psychology
Psychiatry
Healthcare Policy
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Patient Care
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Broad Categories
Health Services
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Psychiatry
Anthropology
Healthcare Policy
Patient Care
Medical Ethics
Palliative Care
MeSH Descriptors
Health
Social Medicine
Sociology, Medical
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1177/13634593261491630
Open DOI
“Take personal responsibility”: Biological citizenship and individualization in Turkish diabetes news
This study examines how diabetes news in the Turkish national press articulates biological citizenship and how this discourse is shaped through sourcing practices. It is based on a qualitative content analysis of 139 diabetes-related new...
02
DOI 10.1177/13634593261473147
Open DOI
When the doctor believes you, but you’re still not happy: Legitimized contested illness and patients’ negative post-consultation experiences and agency
This article investigates patients’ negative and ambivalent lived post-consultation experiences and the related agencies when a doctor legitimizes their contested illness. The primary data consist of 25 telephone interviews conducted soo...
03
DOI 10.1177/13634593261487148
Open DOI
Adapting to scarcity: Plasticity in rural healthcare practice
Rural healthcare practitioners face persistent challenges such as limited staffing, geographic isolation, and broad scopes of responsibility. These conditions require constant adaptation to ensure care delivery. This study introduces pla...
04
DOI 10.1177/13634593261481928
Open DOI
Inside the ward round: Experiences and perspectives of autistic patients and mental health hospital staff
Autistic individuals experience disproportionately high rates of mental health conditions and hospitalisation, yet research about their perspectives within inpatient decision-making structures, such as the ward round, is limited. We addr...
05
DOI 10.1177/13634593261482082
Open DOI
Self-tracking inequalities in public health: Mapping the landscape and identifying avenues for research
While extensive research has been conducted on self-tracking (using devices like smartwatches to monitor behaviours), few studies have investigated the question of inequalities within this area. This creates a critical knowledge gap at a...
06
DOI 10.1177/13634593261481660
Open DOI
Managing stigmatizing discourses in abortion care: Perspectives of clinic personnel
Abortion care in the United States has become the focus of increasingly contentious public discourse in recent years. Abortion providers and clinic personnel occupy a distinct vantage point from which to observe, engage with, and be subj...
07
DOI 10.1177/13634593261473498
Open DOI
“If it’s going to be, it’s up to me. . .”: Health-related coaching, personal responsibility, empowerment, digital health, and the expanding practice of ADHD care
Despite the emergence of various “health coaches” in recent decades, little is known about the nature of their work in addressing medicalized conditions. Utilizing in-depth interviews with 51 ADHD coaches, participant observation data fr...
08
DOI 10.1177/13634593261477239
Open DOI
The trauma turn in mental health care: Psychocentrism and the governance of social suffering
Trauma has become a dominant framework for understanding social suffering across contemporary mental health care and social welfare. The rise of Trauma-Informed Care (TIC), presented as a progressive and compassionate approach to service...
09
DOI 10.1177/13634593261474434
Open DOI
Critique in context: Pragmatic sociology’s contribution to health research
Since the 1990s, marked by Health ’s inaugural issue and the publication of Boltanski and Thévenot’s De la justification , the Sociology of Health and Medicine has been shaped by traditions rooted in Critical Sociology, particularly Fouc...
10
DOI 10.1177/13634593261473177
Open DOI
Provincializing vulnerability: Rethinking communication inequality in East Asia’s COVID-19 research
This article examines how East Asian COVID-19 scholarship conceptualizes vulnerable groups and communication inequality, and what this regional corpus contributes to comparative health communication and the sociology of epidemics. Drawin...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Vol. 1 complete in 2 issues.
Also issued online.