Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Health Sociology Review (ISSN 1446-1242) is an international, scholarly peer-reviewed journal. It explores the contribution of sociology and sociological research methods to understanding health and illness; to health policy, promotion and practice; and to equity, social justice, social policy and social work.

 

Section Policies

Editorials

  • Editorial submissions are sought from the editorial board of the journal for regular and special issues. Authors wishing to submit editorials should contact the Editorial Team.

General Submissions

  • This section is for submissions for general issues only and they will be edited by the journal's editors.

Book Reviews

  • Submissions and proposals for book reviews should be made to this issue/section of the journal.

Transformations in Health Care (Vol 20/3)

  • This special issue 'Transformations in Health Care: Privatisation, Corporatisation and the Market' (Volume 20/3) will be edited by a team of guest editors.
  • Deadline for Papers: 1st September 2010
  • Submissions from both academics and practitioners are welcome for this special issue. Authors are invited to contact the Guest Editors to discuss their approach in advance of submitting papers. 
  • See the Call for Papers for more information.

UK Sociology of Health (Vol 20/4)

  • This special issue 'UK Sociology of Health' (Volume 20/4) will be edited by a team of guest editors.
  • Deadline for Papers: 1st March 2011
  • Submissions from both academics and practitioners are welcome for this special issue. Authors are invited to contact the Guest Editors to discuss their approach in advance of submitting papers. 

Climate Change and Human Health: What role for health sociology? (Vol 21/1)

  • This special issue 'Climate Change and Human Health: What role for health sociology?' (Volume 21/3) will be edited by Hans A. Baer and Evan Willis. This special issue aims to further sociological contributions to the examination of the relationship between climate change and health
  • Deadline for Papers: 1st February 2011
  • Authors are invited to contact the Guest Editors to discuss their approach in advance of submitting papers. 
  • See the Call for Papers for more information.

Lifestyle Science: Self-healing, co-production and DIY (Vol 21/3)

  • This special issue 'Lifestyle Science: Self-healing, co-production and DIY' (Volume 21/3) will be edited by a team of guest editors.
  • Deadline for Papers: 1st February 2011
  • Submissions from both academics and practitioners are welcome for this special issue. 
  • Abstracts should be submitted via email no later than 1 June 2011. Authors are invited to contact the Guest Editors to discuss their approach in advance of submitting papers.
  • See the Call for Papers for more information.

Culture, Death and Dying with Dignity (Vol 21/4)

  • This special issue 'Culture, Death and Dying with Dignity' (Volume 21/4) will be edited by a team of guest editors.
  • Deadline for Papers: 20 January 2012
  • Submissions from both academics and practitioners are welcome for this special issue. 

  • Authors are invited to contact the Guest Editors to discuss their approach in advance of submitting papers - email: ruth.mcmanus@canterbury.ac.nz

    Manuscripts will be submitted to HSReditorial@e-contentmanagement.com by  January 20, 2012

 

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts submitted for publication are subject to a peer review process managed by the editors under the direction of the Editor-in-Chief.

Article formats include, but are not restricted to original theoretical and research articles, literature reviews, special issues, symposia, commentaries and book reviews.

Review Guidelines

Health Sociology Review aims to match the best global standards for reviewing submitted papers. The review process provides:

  • helpful assessment of a paper's strengths, and diagnosis of its problem areas 
  • clear, constructive advice on how to develop and improvement the strength of a paper 
  • prompt feedback. 

The blind peer review process and information in manuscripts must have guaranteed confidentiality. To ensure this, reviewers are requested to not discuss the manuscript with another person.

Conducting a review

We expect reviewer's to bring to their reading of papers their full scope of experience, and advice on any aspect of the paper will be valued.

Reviewers may find the following broad questions useful.

  • Is the paper well grounded in the contemporary literature on the topic? 
  • Does it help the reader to connect this paper to previous work in the field? 
  • Does the paper make clear the contribution it aims to make to that literature? In your view, is the contribution useful? Important? Substantive? 
  • Does the paper present a coherent argument for its position? Are positions, propositions or hypotheses in the paper persuasively developed? If an empirical investigation is reported, is the choice of material, methods and analyses used appropriate? And appropriately used? 
  • Do conclusions drawn from an enquiry follow persuasively from the argument and investigation reported? How fully does the paper succeed in making its contribution? 
  • Are references accurate and timely, and consistent throughout? Do in-text citations appear in References, and vice-versa as appropriate? 
  • Are heading levels appropriate and concise? 
  • Has ethical clearance been shown for research process? Are ethical processes followed included in the body of the article?
  • Is the written expression of the paper clear, concise and accessible to academics with an interest in this field? (Note that Health Sociology Review papers are copy-edited before publication: it is not part of the reviewer's task to correct language, though an indication of any flawed grammar, spelling, etc. will be appreciated.) 

We ask reviewers to:

  1. access assigned manuscripts for review 
  2. promptly complete the online HSR Review form 
  3. make annotations on the manuscript itself - using Track Changes or highlighting your comments - then upload that document 
  4. submit a review recommendation. 
Within 2 weeks of receiving all reviews, remarks are conveyed to the author(s) together with a summary report from the editor. The editor will correspond with authors and reviewers on any subsequent revision to the paper that may be requested, until a decision is reached on publication.

 

Publication Frequency

Health Sociology Review publishes one regular issue of feature research articles and three topic-based special issues per annum

 

Abstracting and indexing

Health Sociology Review (ISSN 1446-1242) is abstracted and indexed in:

  • Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)

  • Thomson Reuters Social Scisearch

  • Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition

  • PsycINFO - American Psychological Association

  • International Bibliography of Social Sciences - London School of Economics

  • CINAHL Information Services - EBSCO Publishing

  • Scopus/Excerpta - Elsevier Science Publishers

  • AMI - Australian Medical Index (Meditext)

  • APAIS - Australian Public Affairs Information Service

Health Sociology Review (ISSN 1446-1242) is listed in Cabell's and Ulrich's Periodicals Directories and the DEST register of refereed journals (ERA Research Journal Ranking B).

 

Price and availability

Health Sociology Review is available as an 'online plus print-on-demand' subscription. Current prices are indicated under Subscriptions. Institutional subscribers receive access to current and back issues online through Atypon-link. Supplementary print copies may be ordered directly from the publisher. Multicampus, multiuser licenses and single user password access may be arranged by subscribers through their subscription agent or with the publisher. Online access is available to subscribers through EBSCOhost, SwetsWise, CNPIEC and CELDES.

Discounted hard copy subscriptions are available to TASA members.

Pay per View (PPV) access for individual articles is available from Atypon. Special issues are available under their eISBN on a PPV, sale or multiuser lease from Ebook Library to institutions and from eBooks.com to individuals.




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