Medical Care (journal)
Academic journal
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Medical Care is a peer-reviewed public health journal that covers the field of health care. The editors-in-chief are Catarina Kiefe and Jeroan J. Allison (University of Massachusetts Medical School). It was established in 1963 and is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It is the official journal of the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association.[1]
| Discipline | Health care |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Catarina Kiefe, Jeroan J. Allison |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1963-present |
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Public Health Association |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 3.081 (2016) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Med. Care |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | MDLCBD |
| ISSN | 0025-7079 (print) 1537-1948 (web) |
| LCCN | sf81007016 |
| OCLC no. | 42662144 |
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Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Scopus[2]
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[3]
- PsycINFO[4]
- Science Citation Index
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine[5]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 3.081, ranking it 15th out of 89 journals in the category "Health Care Sciences and Services".[6]
