About the journal
Journal of Health and Social Behavior is a journal published by SAGE Publishing in United States. It is listed in MEDLINE according to the sources read. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- ISSN
- 0022-1465 · 2150-6000
- Country
- United States
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Official website
- http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201971/title
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 1967-01-01
- Indexing
- MEDLINE
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
- Counts for promotion at your university?
- Choose your university and rank below ↓
Methodology signals (dated facts from their sources)
Details of the evaluation under the published methodology are shown to signed-in users (free).
Create a free account to view the evaluationJournal profile
Descriptive metadata from public sources (DOAJ, OpenAlex, PubMed) as of the capture date shown — contains no assessment or judgment.
Works in OpenAlex
2242
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
259
i10-index
1666
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy5
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2027
- Level 2 — top tier (~20% of the field's channels)
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 87%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 88%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity4
- Alternate titles
- Journal of health and social behavior
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 0103130
- Society affiliations
- American Sociological Association
Classification(no data)
No data available to the platform for this group
No platform data for: Classification — absence is not a judgment about the journal.
Subject areas
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
Show all subjects (50)
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Global Health Care Issues
- Global Health Care Issues
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
Community confirmations — what users saw in MJL or Scopus Sources; not platform verification and never part of any score.
The journal's record in other sources:Web of Science MJLDOAJ