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Revista de Bioetica y Derecho

Universitat de Barcelona, Observatorio de Bioetica y Derecho · Spain · Est. 2009

ISSN1886-5887
SJR Q3Scopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.216
H-Indexi
12
SNIPi
0.399
Total Worksi
384
Total Citationsi
853
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.13
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

La Revista de Bioética y Derecho es una publicación del Observatorio de Bioética y Derecho, del Master en Bioética y Derecho y de la Cátedra UNESCO de Bioética de la Universidad de Barcelona. Con una periodicidad cuatrimestral, la revista se dirige a profesionales interdisciplinares interesadas por la bioética aplicada a la salud, la seguridad, las nuevas tecnologías y el medio ambiente, entre otros, con el objeto de fomentar el debate público. El marco para abordar las cuestiones y problemas bioéticos es el respeto a los Derechos Humanos y el enfoque metodológico es plural, laico e interdisciplinario. Sobre esta base, la Revista se propone suministrar informaciones científicas rigurosas y contrastadas así como argumentos humanistas racionales y razonables que contribuyan a definir y seleccionar los problemas bioéticos y abrir el debate social a la participación ciudadana.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain
Primary LanguageSpanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Catalan
1st Year Published2009
Frequencycuatrimestral
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications384
Publisher OrgUniversity of Barcelona
OA Since2003
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Universitat de Barcelona, Observatorio de Bioetica y Derecho
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1886-5887
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Catalan

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
41
140
2019
67
185
2020
53
115
2021
33
43
2022
43
99
2023
31
6
2024
37
14
2025
29
0
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.

LawQ3
Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political Science

Frequently asked questions about Revista de Bioetica y Derecho

Is Revista de Bioetica y Derecho a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Revista de Bioetica y Derecho: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Revista de Bioetica y Derecho?

Revista de Bioetica y Derecho is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.216.

Is Revista de Bioetica y Derecho indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Revista de Bioetica y Derecho is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Revista de Bioetica y Derecho?

La Revista de Bioética y Derecho es una publicación del Observatorio de Bioética y Derecho, del Master en Bioética y Derecho y de la Cátedra UNESCO de Bioética de la Universidad de Barcelona. Con una periodicidad cuatrimestral, la revista se dirige a profesionales interdisciplinares interesadas por la bioética aplicada a la salud, la seguridad, las nuevas tecnologías y el medio ambiente, entre otros, con el objeto de fomentar el debate público. El marco para abordar las cuestiones y problemas bioéticos es el respeto a los Derechos Humanos y el enfoque metodológico es plural, laico e interdisci

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