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Neuroethics

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 2004

ISSN1874-5490eISSN1874-5504

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

217

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 192d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.073

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.344

Total Worksi

701

Total Citationsi

13,935

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Health Policy; Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects; Neurology; Philosophy; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications701

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1874-5490 / 1874-5504

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

665

2019

329

2020

320

2021

635

2022

346

2023

265

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.

Health PolicyQ1

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ1

NeurologyQ1

PhilosophyQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsMedical EthicsSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyPsychiatry and Mental HealthIssues, Ethics and Legal AspectsNeurologyHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentFree Will and AgencyMental Health and PsychiatryNeurological disorders and treatmentsPsychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsTraumatic Brain Injury ResearchHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience and Neural Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Neuroethics

Is Neuroethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Neuroethics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Neuroethics?

Neuroethics 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 2.33.

Is Neuroethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Neuroethics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Neuroethics?