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Monash Bioethics Review

Springer Publishing Company · United States · Est. 1982

ISSN1836-6716
SJR Q1WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.573
H-Indexi
27
Total Worksi
621
Total Citationsi
3,603
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.43
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Monash Bioethics Review provides comprehensive coverage of traditional topics and emerging issues in bioethics. The Journal is especially concerned with empirically-informed philosophical bioethical analysis with policy relevance. Monash Bioethics Review also regularly publishes empirical studies providing explicit ethical analysis and/or with significant ethical or policy implications. An international forum for empirically-informed philosophical bioethical analysis with policy relevance. Includes empirical studies providing explicit ethical analysis and/or with significant ethical or policy implications.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1982
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications621
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Publishing Company
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1836-6716
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
12
89
2019
21
327
2020
23
125
2021
23
237
2022
14
64
2023
38
125
2024
51
89
2025
32
2
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
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1
Health PolicyQ2
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ethics

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practiceEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareEthics in Clinical ResearchReproductive Health and TechnologiesBiomedical Ethics and RegulationNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesOrgan Donation and TransplantationPatient Dignity and PrivacyGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about Monash Bioethics Review

Is Monash Bioethics Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Monash Bioethics Review: 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 Monash Bioethics Review?

Monash Bioethics Review 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 1.43.

Is Monash Bioethics Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Monash Bioethics Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Monash Bioethics Review?

Monash Bioethics Review provides comprehensive coverage of traditional topics and emerging issues in bioethics. The Journal is especially concerned with empirically-informed philosophical bioethical analysis with policy relevance. Monash Bioethics Review also regularly publishes empirical studies providing explicit ethical analysis and/or with significant ethical or policy implications. An international forum for empirically-informed philosophical bioethical analysis with policy relevance. Includes empirical studies providing explicit ethical analysis and/or with significant ethical or policy

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref