In the double digits. “Salute e Società” ten years later

Salute e Società is now 10 years old. During these years Salute e Società has reached many targets and has become the most important scientific journal in Sociology of Health in the national context. In this article, we analyze the philosophy of Salute e Società, its editorial organization, the relationship between academic and professional medical sociologists. Moreover, an analysis on the contents done by the T-Lab software is provided. It is pointed out that the coordination of the referees; the decision to publish all the articles both in Italian and in English and the attention for all the innovations required in order to obtain the Impact factors are the most demanding aspects of a high-quality level scientific journal.