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Clinical Ethics

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN1477-7509

SJR Q1✓ 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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.287

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.36

Total Worksi

823

Total Citationsi

5,344

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Philosophy; Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications823

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-7509

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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?

N/A

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

325

2019

472

2020

351

2021

150

2022

222

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

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyIssues, Ethics and Legal AspectsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practiceEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcarePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPatient Dignity and PrivacyEthics in Clinical ResearchHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsOrgan Donation and TransplantationMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Ethics

Is Clinical Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for 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 Clinical Ethics?

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 0.287.

Is Clinical Ethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Ethics is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Clinical Ethics?