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BMC Medical Ethics

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1973

ISSN1472-6939eISSN1472-6939

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

1.017

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.761

Total Worksi

1,786

Total Citationsi

49,674

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Health Policy; Health (social science); Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

Annual Volume~ 154 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,786

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since1999

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1472-6939 / 1472-6939

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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, PMC

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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

103

3.7k

2019

127

3.6k

2020

171

5.1k

2021

140

2.9k

2022

111

1.4k

2023

155

1.5k

2024

197

807

2025

218

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 PolicyQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsMedical EthicsSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in Clinical ResearchEthics in medical practicePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareOrgan Donation and TransplantationPatient Dignity and PrivacyBRCA gene mutations in cancerBiomedical Ethics and Regulation

Frequently asked questions about BMC Medical Ethics

Is BMC Medical Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC Medical Ethics: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 BMC Medical Ethics?

BMC Medical 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 3.33.

Is BMC Medical Ethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Medical Ethics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BMC Medical Ethics?