The ''Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics'' is a biannual
peer-reviewed academic journal
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covering
agricultural science and
bioethics
Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, m ...
. It was established in 1988 as the ''Journal of Agricultural Ethics'', obtaining its current name in 1991.
The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Jeffrey Burkhardt (
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences). According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2015
impact factor
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of 1.188, ranking it 19th out of 51 journals in the category "Ethics".
See also
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List of ethics journals
This is a list of peer-reviewed, academic journals in the field of ethics.
''Note'': there are many important academic magazines that are not true peer-reviewed journals. They are not listed here.
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References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.springer.com/journal/10806
Agricultural journals
Biannual journals
Bioethics journals
English-language journals
Environmental ethics journals
Environmental science journals
Publications established in 1988
Springer Science+Business Media academic journals