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.

社會(huì)科學(xué)和醫(yī)學(xué)為傳播關(guān)于健康的社會(huì)科學(xué)研究提供了一個(gè)國(guó)際性和跨學(xué)科的論壇。我們發(fā)表關(guān)于健康問題的原始研究文章（包括經(jīng)驗(yàn)性和理論性的）、評(píng)論、立場(chǎng)文件和評(píng)論，為當(dāng)前在社會(huì)科學(xué)家、保健工作者和決策者共同關(guān)心的所有領(lǐng)域的研究、政策和實(shí)踐提供信息。該雜志出版了與健康的任何方面有關(guān)的大量社會(huì)科學(xué)學(xué)科(人類學(xué)、經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)、流行病學(xué)、地理學(xué)、政策、心理學(xué)和社會(huì)學(xué))的材料，與社會(huì)科學(xué)相關(guān)的材料來自于任何與身心健康、衛(wèi)生保健、臨床實(shí)踐、衛(wèi)生政策和組織有關(guān)的專業(yè)。我們鼓勵(lì)國(guó)際讀者普遍感興趣的材料。該雜志發(fā)表了以下類型的貢獻(xiàn)：1）同行評(píng)審的原始研究文章和與健康相關(guān)的社會(huì)科學(xué)研究的任何領(lǐng)域的批判性或分析性評(píng)論。這些論文可能多達(dá)9000字，包括摘要、表格、參考文獻(xiàn)以及正文。低于此限制的論文優(yōu)先。2）同行評(píng)審了有關(guān)2000至4000字之間的主題問題或已發(fā)表文章的研究結(jié)果的簡(jiǎn)短報(bào)告。3）提交或邀請(qǐng)?jiān)u論和回應(yīng)，并與精選文章一起討論和發(fā)表。4）將特定主題的論文集匯集在一起的特殊問題，通常由來賓編輯。