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Global Bioethics

Routledge · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1128-7462eISSN1591-7398

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.458

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.59

Total Worksi

701

Total Citationsi

2,101

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Philosophy; Health (social science); Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications701

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1128-7462 / 1591-7398

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

344

2019

110

2020

130

2021

162

2022

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Health (social science)Q2

Health PolicyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHealth PolicyHealth (social science)

Frequently asked questions about Global Bioethics

Is Global Bioethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Bioethics: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Global Bioethics?

Global Bioethics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.458.

Is Global Bioethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Bioethics is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Global Bioethics?