About

Acceptance rate:
32%
Time to first decision with review:
56 days*
Acceptance to publication:
16 days*
Impact Factor (JCR):
4.2
JCR Rank (Medical Ethics):
2/16
Total content views:
1.21 million

Aims and scope

Journal of Medical Ethics is a leading international journal that reflects the whole field of medical ethics. The journal seeks to promote ethical reflection and conduct in scientific research and medical practice. It features articles on various ethical aspects of health care relevant to health care professionals, members of clinical ethics committees, medical ethics professionals, researchers and bioscientists, policy makers and patients.
For information about Journal of  Medical Ethics Editor-in-Chief Professor John McMillan and his editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.

Plan S compliance

Journal of Medical Ethics is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. Transformative Journals are one of the compliance routes offered by cOAlition S funders, such as Wellcome, WHO and UKRI. Find out more about Transformative Journals and  Plan S compliance on our Author Hub.

Journal information

Ownership
Journal of Medical Ethics is co-owned by the Institute of Medical Ethics and BMJ
Publication Model
Subscription; with hybrid open access option
Frequency
Monthly
Launch date
1975
Digital Archives
Indexed by
Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index; Current Contents: Clinical Medicine, Social and Behavioural Sciences; MEDLINE (Index Medica), PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection), Scopus, Embase (Excerpta Medica), CINAHL, Google Scholar
Peer Review Model
Double anonymised; both the reviewer and the author are anonymous to each other
Print ISSN
0306-6800
Online ISSN
1473-4257

Journal Statistics 2023

Acceptance rate: 32%
Speed Time to first decision without review (median): 5 days Time to first decision with review (median): 56 days Time from acceptance to publication (median): 16 days
Impact Impact Factor category: Medical Ethics Impact factor (JCR): 4.2 Impact Factor rank: 2/16 5 Year Impact Factor: 3.3 Journal Citation Indicator: 1.62 Eigenfactor: 0.00886 Citescore: 6.2 Citescore rank: 32/270 Scimago Journal rank (SJR): 1.111
Reach Total content views: 1.21 million Total Altmetric mentions: 5,165
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Contact information

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For authors

Please refer to the Instructions for Authors.

Subscriptions

Subscribers to JME also receive access to Medical Humanities. Information on how to subscribe.

Affiliations

Institute of Medical Ethics Logo
The Journal of Medical Ethics is an official journal of the Institute of Medical Ethics.
COPE logo
BMJ is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.
Equator
The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting accurate, transparent reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.
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BMJ is a founding organisation of the AllTrials initiative, which calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported.

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