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Ethics, Medicine and Public Health

Elsevier Masson s.r.l. · France · Est. 2015

ISSN2352-5533

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.328

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.627

Total Worksi

1,233

Total Citationsi

3,830

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Ethics, Medicine and Public Health is an international, multidisciplinary journal that publishes original articles, reviews, and short reports on all ethical aspects of science, the practice of biomedical research, and public health.

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General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 120 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,233

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Masson s.r.l.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-5533

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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?

N/A

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

258

2019

173

1.1k

2020

122

895

2021

101

339

2022

215

2023

2024

197

153

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 PolicyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practiceHealth, Medicine and SocietyPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesHealthcare Systems and PracticesEthics in Clinical ResearchReproductive Health and TechnologiesEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcarePatient Dignity and PrivacyBiomedical Ethics and RegulationDisaster Response and Management

Frequently asked questions about Ethics, Medicine and Public Health

Is Ethics, Medicine and Public Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ethics, Medicine and Public Health: 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 Ethics, Medicine and Public Health?

Ethics, Medicine and Public Health 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 0.44.

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

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