SSM - POPULATION HEALTH AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Abstracting and Indexing p.1 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.3 ISSN: 2352-8273 DESCRIPTION . SSM - Population Health The new online only, open access, peer reviewed journal covering all areas relating Social Science research to population health. SSM - Population Health shares the same Editors-in Chief and general approach to manuscripts as its companion title, Social Science & Medicine. The journal takes a broad approach to the field especially welcoming interdisciplinary papers from across the Social Sciences and allied areas. SSM - Population Health offers an alternative outlet for work which might not be considered, or is classed as 'out of scope' elsewhere, and prioritizes fast peer review and publication to the benefit of authors and readers. The journal welcomes all types of paper from traditional primary research articles, replication studies, short communications, methodological studies, instrument validation, opinion pieces, literature reviews, etc. SSM - Population Health also offers the opportunity to publish special issues or sections to reflect current interest and research in topical or developing areas. The journal fully supports authors wanting to present their research in an innovative fashion though the use of multimedia formats. SSM - Population Health is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Scopus, PubMed Central and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . Social Sciences Citation Index Current Contents - Social & Behavioral Sciences Science Citation Index Expanded Current Contents - Clinical Medicine Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) PubMed Central Scopus AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 24 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/ssmph 1 EDITORIAL BOARD . Co Editors-in-Chief Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America S.V. Subramanian, Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Editorial Board Nancy Adler, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America Mauricio Avendano, King's College London, London, United Kingdom Luisa N. Borrell, City University of New York School of Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America Race/ethnicity, Socioeconomic position, Neighborhood effects, Racial discrimination/racism, Research methods Emilie Courtin, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom Social policy, Policy evaluation, Mental health, Ageing, Education, Biomarkers of health Michael Emch, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America Sandro Galea, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Social epidemiology, Mental health, Substance use, Trauma, Population health science, Psychiatric epidemiology Billie Giles-Corti, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Sam Harper, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada K. S. James, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India Sherman A. James, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America US racial health inequities, Structural racism, Poverty, Work and health, Social integration, Chronic stress, John Henryism, Social policy and population health Daniel Kim, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Social epidemiology, Social determinants of health, Causal inference, Microsimulation, Income inequality, Social mobility, Neighborhoods and health, Social policy, Chronic diseases, Mental health, Aging, Gun violence Chunling Lu, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Measuring and analyzing global health finance and its effectiveness on improving health equity Spencer Moore, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands Social networks, social capital, chronic stress, implementation science, climate change, food security Juhwan Oh, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea Health system and security, Global health, High quality health system, Social determinant of health, Priority setting, Public participation in health policy formation Arjumand Siddiqi, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jacqueline Torres, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America Kellee White, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland, United States of America AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 24 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/ssmph 2 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS . Journal Policies The journal publishes the following types of contribution: 1) Peer-reviewed original research articles and critical analytical reviews in any area of social science research relevant to health and healthcare. These papers may be up to 8000 words including abstract, tables, figures, references and (printed) appendices as well as the main text. Papers below this limit are preferred. 2) Peer-reviewed short communications of findings on topical issues or published articles of between 2000 and 4000 words. 3) Submitted or invited commentaries and responses debating, and published alongside, selected articles (please select the article type 'Discussion' when submitting a Commentary). 4) Replication Studies. SSMPH welcomes well-executed replication studies that meaningfully shift the confidence in the result under consideration, or provides a replication of a previously- established finding in novel contexts and settings. BEFORE YOU BEGIN Ethics in publishing Please see our information on Ethics in publishing. Declaration of interest All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places: 1. A summary declaration of interest statement in the title page file (if double anonymized) or the manuscript file (if single anonymized). If there are no interests to declare then please state this: 'Declarations of interest: none'. 2. Detailed disclosures as part of a separate Declaration of Interest form, which forms part of the journal's official records. It is important for potential interests to be declared in both places and that the information matches. More information. 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Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information). Use of inclusive language Inclusive language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Content should make no assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any reader; contain nothing which might imply that one individual is superior to another on the grounds of age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition; and use inclusive language throughout. Authors should ensure that writing is free from bias, stereotypes, slang, reference to dominant culture and/or cultural assumptions. We advise to seek gender neutrality by using plural nouns ("clinicians, patients/clients") as default/wherever possible to avoid using "he, she," or "he/she." We recommend avoiding the use of descriptors that refer to personal attributes such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition unless they are relevant and valid. These guidelines are meant as a point of reference to help identify appropriate language but are by no means exhaustive or definitive. AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 24 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/ssmph 3 Author contributions For transparency, we encourage authors to submit an author statement file outlining their individual contributions to the paper using the relevant CRediT roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. Authorship statements should be formatted with the names of authors first and CRediT role(s) following. 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