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Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom

ISSN1073-1105eISSN1748-720X

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.603

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.613

Total Worksi

3,591

Total Citationsi

47,700

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. It covers the intersection of law, medicine, and ethics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,591

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1073-1105 / 1748-720X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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

132

1.6k

2019

155

2020

678

2021

139

2022

158

514

2023

142

189

2024

149

196

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 PolicyQ2

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsLawMedical EthicsMedicine, Legal

Scopus Categories

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsMedicine (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in Clinical ResearchEthics in medical practiceMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealthcare Policy and ManagementPublic Health Policies and Education

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Is Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Law, Medicine and Ethics?

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.80.

Is Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.