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Public Health Ethics

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN1754-9973eISSN1754-9981

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.716

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.783

Total Worksi

639

Total Citationsi

10,763

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethics; Medical Ethics; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects; Philosophy; Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications639

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1754-9973 / 1754-9981

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

508

2019

533

2020

359

2021

169

2022

330

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.

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ1

PhilosophyQ1

Health PolicyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsMedical EthicsPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practicePublic Health Policies and EducationHealthcare cost, quality, practicesEthics in Clinical ResearchGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareObesity and Health PracticesVaccine Coverage and HesitancyDisaster Response and Management

Frequently asked questions about Public Health Ethics

Is Public Health Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Public Health 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 Public Health Ethics?

Public Health 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 1.30.

Is Public Health Ethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Public Health Ethics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Public Health Ethics?