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Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2006

ISSN1556-2646eISSN1556-2654

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.444

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.797

Total Worksi

1,138

Total Citationsi

18,451

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethics; Medical Ethics; Communication; Education; Law; Medicine (miscellaneous); Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyFive Nos. A Year, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,138

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

1556-2646 / 1556-2654

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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

1.1k

2019

505

2020

803

2021

197

2022

156

2023

166

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.

CommunicationQ2

EducationQ2

LawQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsMedical Ethics

Scopus Categories

LawSocial PsychologyCommunicationMedicine (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in Clinical ResearchEthics in medical practiceBiomedical Ethics and RegulationAcademic integrity and plagiarismHealth Policy Implementation SciencePatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeQualitative Research Methods and EthicsDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Is Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research 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 Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics?

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research 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 1.89.

Is Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics?