''BioSocieties'' is a quarterly
peer-review
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ed
scientific journal
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Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...
covering the scholarly exploration of the crucial social, ethical and policy implications of developments in the
life sciences
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and
biomedicine
Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine) . It was established in 2006 and was originally published by
Cambridge University Press
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on behalf of the
(LSE). In 2010, the journal was acquired by
Palgrave Macmillan
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, which has published it ever since.
The
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are
Nikolas Rose
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(
King's College London
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),
Ilina Singh
Ilina Singh is a Professor of Neuroscience & Society at the University of Oxford, England, United Kingdom. She is also a co-director at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Ethics and the Humanities, and a research fellow at the National Institute for He ...
(
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
), and
Catherine Waldby
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Wa ...
(
Australian National University
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). According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2016
impact factor
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of 2.162
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.springer.com/social+sciences/journal/41292
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