Focus 

The Journal for Research in Sickness and Society is an interdisciplinary journal which has a theoretical background in medical anthropology. The aim and purpose of the journal is to promote and develop research in the borderland between the health sciences and the humanities/social sciences. The goal of the journal is to function as a forum in which these disciplines may meet and inspire each other – epistemologically, methodologically and theoretically. The journal conveys debates and theoretical development which takes place in the growing collaboration and research initiatives emerging from this borderland. The journal addresses all with an interest in research in illness, disease and society and especially health professionals working with education and/or research in interdisciplinary institutions.

 

 

Peer review

The objective of a peer review is to secure that good scientific research is published. We therefore briefly would like to tell how we believe the procedure for a review should be, and what role the referee has: The review process starts in the editorial board which assesses whether the submitted manuscripts are qualified to be sent to peer review. A manuscript may be judged not-qualified if it shows serious language problems and/or it does not have a solid methodological, analytical or theoretical foundation. The editorial board gives the author feedback about the overall assessment as soon as possible. If a manuscript is suitable for peer review, the editorial board chooses two referees, who according to their expertise match the manuscript in question. The review is a double-blind review where both author and referee are anonymous through-out the whole process.

 

Publication frequency

Articles are published online on this platform, all articles of a volume together and at the same time. The journal publishes two issues per year.

 

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Copyright and license

From January 1, 2024, the following applies: The author has copyright to the articles and reviews published in the journal. The content of the journal may be distributed under a Creative Commons license called CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The license requires that re-users give credit/reference to the creator/author. It allows re-users to quote, distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, but only for non-commercial purposes.

 

For content published before January 1, 2024, the following applies: The author(s) and the Journal for Research in Sickness and Society have copyright to the articles and reviews published in the journal. Articles published in the Journal for Research in Sickness and Society may be cited, downloaded, and forwarded for non-commercial use, provided normal academic reference to the author(s) and journal, volume, issue, and pages. The articles may only be republished with explicit permission from the author(s) and the journal.

 

Sponsors

• Det Frie Forskningsråd