Scandinavian Journal of Public Health


The Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the public health field. The editor-in-chief is Terje Andreas Eikemo. The journal was established in 1969 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Associations of Public Health in the Nordic Countries.

History

The journal was established in 1969 as the Acta Socio-Medica Scandinavica. It was renamed the Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine in 1973, obtaining its current name in 1999.

List of editors

The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal:
  • 1969:
  • 1977:
  • 1982:
  • 2000: Stig Wall
  • 2008: Finn Kamper-Jørgensen
  • 2012: Ingvar Karlberg
  • 2016-present: Terje Andreas Eikemo

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, the Science Citation Index Expanded, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 3.4.