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HASTINGS CENTER REPORT

WILEY · US

ISSN1552-146XeISSN1552-146X

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.671

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.859

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 105 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgWiley

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

WILEY

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1552-146X / 1552-146X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

114

1.9k

2019

139

1.9k

2020

128

876

2021

128

608

2022

106

500

2023

114

365

2024

110

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.

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ1

PhilosophyQ1

Health PolicyQ2

Health (social science)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsHealth Care Sciences & ServicesMedical EthicsSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practiceEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcarePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesBiomedical Ethics and RegulationEthics in Clinical ResearchReproductive Health and TechnologiesHealthcare Policy and ManagementNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsOrgan Donation and TransplantationEducational Leadership and Practices

Frequently asked questions about HASTINGS CENTER REPORT

Is HASTINGS CENTER REPORT a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for HASTINGS CENTER REPORT: 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 HASTINGS CENTER REPORT?

HASTINGS CENTER REPORT 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.

Is HASTINGS CENTER REPORT indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

HASTINGS CENTER REPORT is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of HASTINGS CENTER REPORT?