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Neuroethics

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 2004

ISSN1874-5490eISSN1874-5504

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.073

H-Indexi

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—

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?

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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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

691

2019

340

2020

330

2021

663

2022

372

2023

294

2024

115

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. 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?