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Christian Bioethics

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1744-4195

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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📊 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

0.162

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.586

Total Worksi

991

Total Citationsi

2,652

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Philosophy; Religion; Religious Studies; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications991

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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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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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-4195

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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

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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.

PhilosophyQ2

Religious StudiesQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PhilosophyReligion

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyReligious StudiesMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practicePatient Dignity and PrivacyPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareTheology and Philosophy of EvilAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsReproductive Health and TechnologiesGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Frequently asked questions about Christian Bioethics

Is Christian Bioethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Christian Bioethics: 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 Christian Bioethics?

Christian Bioethics 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 0.88.

Is Christian Bioethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Christian Bioethics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Christian Bioethics?