Bibliometric Analysis
Journal Bibliometric Report (2021)
The Journal Bibliometric Report is based on all publications in Medline/Pubmed that were cited by Medline/Pubmed publications in 2021.
Journals for Ethics
For each journal, the table below lists the year of the most recent citable publication (Last Year); the total number of times citable publications were cited in 2021 (Total Cites); the average number of times citable publications from 2019 and 2020 were cited by publications in 2021 (Impact Factor); the average number of times citable publications from 2016 through 2020 were cited by publications in 2021 (5-Year Impact); the average number of times citable publications from 2021 were cited by publications in 2021 (Immediacy Index); the number of citable publications in 2021 (Articles); and the median age in years of citable publications that were cited by publications in 2021 (Cited Half-Life). Citable publications are those whose Medline/Pubmed type is "Journal Article", which in general includes things like original research, meta-analysis, and reviews, but does not include editorials or letters. The data in the table below includes self-citations.
| Rank | Journal | Last Year | Total Cites | Impact Factor | 5-Year Impact | Immediacy Index | Articles | CitedHalfLife | JournalDetails |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Account Res | 2026 | 229 | 0.835 | 0.649 | 0.098 | 51 | 5 | Details |
| 2 | AJOB Empir Bioeth | 2026 | 228 | 1.173 | 1.464 | 0.500 | 18 | 3 | Details |
| 3 | AJOB Neurosci | 2026 | 84 | 0.291 | 0.291 | 0.198 | 96 | 1 | Details |
| 4 | Am J Bioeth | 2026 | 1275 | 0.557 | 0.427 | 0.277 | 300 | 4 | Details |
| 5 | AMA J Ethics | 2025 | 554 | 0.595 | 0.672 | 0.057 | 157 | 3 | Details |
| 6 | Bioethics | 2026 | 978 | 0.916 | 0.870 | 0.416 | 125 | 6 | Details |
| 7 | Bioethics Forum | 2009 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 20 | Details |
| 8 | BMC Med Ethics | 2026 | 1719 | 1.644 | 2.253 | 0.339 | 168 | 4 | Details |
| 9 | Bull Med Ethics | 2006 | 45 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 19 | Details |
| 10 | Camb Q Healthc Ethics | 2025 | 377 | 0.550 | 0.439 | 0.073 | 55 | 6 | Details |
| 11 | Christ Bioeth | 2022 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 18 | Details |
| 12 | Clin Ethics Rep | 1996 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 28 | Details |
| 13 | Cuad Bioet | 2026 | 17 | 0.128 | 0.081 | 0.043 | 23 | 5 | Details |
| 14 | Dev World Bioeth | 2026 | 304 | 1.190 | 1.257 | 0.182 | 22 | 4 | Details |
| 15 | Ethics | 2014 | 10 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 16 | Details |
| 16 | Ethics Hum Res | 2026 | 71 | 1.083 | 1.083 | 0.207 | 29 | 1 | Details |
| 17 | Ethics Sci Med | 1980 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 45 | Details |
| 18 | Eubios J Asian Int Bioeth | 2008 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 13 | Details |
| 19 | Genet Couns | 2016 | 180 | 0.000 | 0.109 | 0.000 | 0 | 15 | Details |
| 20 | Hastings Cent Rep | 2026 | 907 | 1.227 | 0.724 | 0.409 | 88 | 6 | Details |
| 21 | Health Hum Rights | 2026 | 378 | 0.938 | 0.963 | 0.116 | 43 | 4 | Details |
| 22 | HEC Forum | 2026 | 192 | 0.423 | 0.533 | 0.674 | 43 | 6 | Details |
| 23 | Hum Health Care Int | 1997 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 25 | Details |
| 24 | Hum Reprod Genet Ethics | 2011 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 10 | Details |
| 25 | Hum Res Rep | 2006 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 29 | Details |
| 26 | Indian J Med Ethics | 2026 | 258 | 0.750 | 0.510 | 0.147 | 95 | 3 | Details |
| 27 | Int J Appl Philos | 2014 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 22 | Details |
| 28 | IRB | 2018 | 181 | 0.000 | 0.650 | 0.000 | 0 | 14 | Details |
| 29 | J Appl Philos | 2023 | 47 | 3.000 | 3.333 | 0.000 | 1 | 7 | Details |
| 30 | J Bioeth Inq | 2026 | 475 | 1.105 | 0.869 | 1.261 | 69 | 2 | Details |
| 31 | J Bus Ethics | 2025 | 38 | 0.333 | 0.545 | 0.160 | 50 | 5 | Details |
| 32 | J Clin Ethics | 2026 | 239 | 0.411 | 0.378 | 0.250 | 40 | 9 | Details |
| 33 | J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics | 2026 | 548 | 0.703 | 0.864 | 0.153 | 59 | 6 | Details |
| 34 | J Ethics | 2025 | 3 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 0.000 | 2 | 3 | Details |
| 35 | J Halacha Contemporary Society | 2006 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 31 | Details |
| 36 | J Int Bioethique | 2015 | 17 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 17 | Details |
| 37 | J Int Bioethique Ethique Sci | 2026 | 9 | 0.000 | 0.063 | 0.000 | 34 | 4 | Details |
| 38 | J Law Ethics Dent | 1991 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 33 | Details |
| 39 | J Law Med Ethics | 2026 | 918 | 0.656 | 0.736 | 0.157 | 83 | 7 | Details |
| 40 | J Med Ethics | 2026 | 2844 | 1.363 | 1.072 | 0.462 | 277 | 6 | Details |
| 41 | J Med Humanit | 2026 | 137 | 0.357 | 0.279 | 0.103 | 68 | 4 | Details |
| 42 | J Med Philos | 2026 | 366 | 0.382 | 0.423 | 0.216 | 37 | 12 | Details |
| 43 | J Relig Ethics | 2024 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 40 | Details |
| 44 | J Soc Philos | 2022 | 6 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 2 | Details |
| 45 | JONAS Healthc Law Ethics Regul | 2013 | 30 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 13 | Details |
| 46 | Kennedy Inst Ethics J | 2025 | 159 | 0.500 | 0.430 | 0.100 | 20 | 10 | Details |
| 47 | Life Sci Soc Policy | 2021 | 119 | 1.278 | 1.314 | 0.200 | 10 | 3 | Details |
| 48 | Med Etika Bioet | 2005 | 24 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 19 | Details |
| 49 | Med Health Care Philos | 2026 | 578 | 0.811 | 0.892 | 0.152 | 66 | 6 | Details |
| 50 | Med Humanit | 2026 | 276 | 0.446 | 0.466 | 0.164 | 61 | 4 | Details |
| 51 | Med Humanit Rev | 2005 | 14 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 34 | Details |
| 52 | Monash Bioeth Rev | 2026 | 67 | 0.576 | 0.561 | 0.095 | 21 | 5 | Details |
| 53 | Narrat Inq Bioeth | 2026 | 54 | 0.047 | 0.088 | 0.000 | 98 | 4 | Details |
| 54 | New Bioeth | 2026 | 47 | 0.233 | 0.320 | 0.083 | 24 | 4 | Details |
| 55 | Notre Dame J Law Ethics Public Policy | 2003 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 30 | Details |
| 56 | NTM | 2026 | 21 | 0.163 | 0.163 | 0.000 | 19 | 4 | Details |
| 57 | Nurs Ethics | 2026 | 1745 | 1.415 | 1.404 | 0.325 | 83 | 6 | Details |
| 58 | Nurs Philos | 2026 | 193 | 0.562 | 0.529 | 0.138 | 29 | 6 | Details |
| 59 | Omega (Westport) | 2026 | 547 | 0.714 | 0.716 | 0.129 | 170 | 4 | Details |
| 60 | Organ Ethic | 2008 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 13 | Details |
| 61 | Origins | 2006 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 20 | Details |
| 62 | Philos Ethics Humanit Med | 2026 | 166 | 1.348 | 1.000 | 0.091 | 11 | 9 | Details |
| 63 | Philos Public Aff | 2006 | 39 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 31 | Details |
| 64 | Politics Life Sci | 2026 | 38 | 0.120 | 0.110 | 0.067 | 15 | 12 | Details |
| 65 | Proc Am Philos Soc | 2015 | 30 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 15 | Details |
| 66 | Sci Eng Ethics | 2026 | 869 | 0.994 | 0.951 | 0.446 | 65 | 5 | Details |
| 67 | Sci Technol Human Values | 2024 | 85 | 0.333 | 1.625 | 0.000 | 6 | 9 | Details |
| 68 | Soc Anim | 2023 | 20 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 16 | Details |
| 69 | Soc Justice Res | 2024 | 10 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 0.200 | 5 | 2 | Details |
| 70 | Soc Philos Policy | 2005 | 9 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 19 | Details |
| 71 | Soc Theory Pract | 2014 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 24 | Details |
| 72 | Stud Hastings Cent | 1974 | 7 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 48 | Details |
| 73 | Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci | 2020 | 199 | 0.205 | 0.338 | 0.000 | 0 | 8 | Details |
| 74 | Theor Med | 1997 | 42 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 28 | Details |
| 75 | Theor Med Bioeth | 2026 | 214 | 0.368 | 0.455 | 0.154 | 13 | 10 | Details |
| 76 | Virtual Mentor | 2015 | 280 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 10 | Details |
| 77 | Yale J Health Policy Law Ethics | 2017 | 37 | 0.000 | 0.636 | 0.000 | 0 | 11 | Details |