JME is the official journal of the Institute of Medical Ethics.
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Editors |
Professor Søren Holm
Cardiff University
Cardiff, UK
holms{at}cardiff.ac.uk
Professor John Harris
University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
john.m.harris@manchester.ac.uk
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| Editorial Office |
Journal of Medical Ethics
BMJ Journals Department
BMA House, Tavistock Square
London, WC1H 9JR, UK
Email: jme{at}bmjgroup.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6139
Fax +44 (0)20 7388 6668 |
| Frequency |
12 times a year plus supplements |
| Launch date |
1975 |
| ISSN JME |
0306-6800 |
| ISSN JME Online |
1473-4257 |
| Readership |
Includes professionals and members of the public with an interest in ethical issues in medical practice and research, including philosophers, bioethicists, medical and other students, health lawyers, scientists, those who monitor and evaluate doctors' performance, resource managers, health policy officials, health service policy legislators, hospital chaplains, counsellors and organ transplant teams |
| Print circulation |
1850 (39% UK; 29% USA and Canada; 17% Europe; 6% Far East and Australasia, 9% other) Not including online only or consortia customers |
| Indexed by |
Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase) |
| Impact factor |
The 2006 impact factor is 1.222 (Journal of Medical Ethics, ISI Web of Science) |
| Submitting to JME |
All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press,
our online submission and review system.
JME welcomes:
Original papers
Editorials
Review articles
Short papers
Letters
Medical student essays
Current controversies
Points of view and commentaries upon papers
JME will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest
Authors may opt to have their articles published as electronic only pages - this greatly reduces the time to publication
Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on JME Online
Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial
Office |
| Lead times |
Time from submission to first decision: mean 6 weeks
About 11% of submissions are rejected without external peer review
Time from acceptance to publication: 9 to 10 months (original papers) |
| Acceptance rate |
58% |
| Subscriptions |
Information on rates and how to subscribe
- Personal print subscribers receive access to JME Online at no additional cost
- Personal and institutional subscribers may purchase access to JME Online separately
- Personal subscribers may purchase the Fetal and Neonatal edition separately in print or online
- All subscribers to JME receive all supplements
- All subscribers have free access to relevant material on Online Learning
- Subscriptions can start with any issue and refunds are given upon cancellation for outstanding issues
- Non-subscribers may purchase individual articles for US$12 or access the whole site for 30 days for US$30 |
| Rights |
Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide JME with an exclusive
licence to publish.
Corresponding authors are provided with a toll-free link to their published article on JME Online.
Authors receive a 10% royalty for any commercial reprint sales in excess of £1000 |
| Permissions |
Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Please refer to our Copyright and Permission Guidelines
Authors may reproduce their own work in other publications and host on their own website or that of their institution (non-commercial only) without prior permission;
we do ask that all material is clearly acknowledged with the original source and a link to the website included where possible |
| Supplements |
Guidelines for publication of supplements to
JME and other BMJ Journals
For further details please contact Claire Folkes:
Email: journals{at}bmjgroup.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6057 |
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6181
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Email: swalker{at}bmj.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6350 |
| COPE |
JME is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics |
| Feedback |
JME welcomes feedback on the journal and this site |
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