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Journal of Clinical Ethics

University of Chicago Press · United States · Est. 1990

ISSN1046-7890

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.334

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,979

Total Citationsi

17,812

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy; Health (social science); Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,979

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1046-7890

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

373

2019

347

2020

168

2021

161

2022

122

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Health PolicyQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsMedicine (miscellaneous)Health (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practiceEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcarePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPatient Dignity and PrivacyMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Clinical Ethics

Is Journal of Clinical Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Clinical Ethics: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Clinical Ethics?

Journal of Clinical Ethics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.334.

Is Journal of Clinical Ethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Clinical Ethics is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Clinical Ethics?