The ''American Journal of Bioethics'' is a monthly peer-reviewed

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published by

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, covering all aspects of

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 publishes target articles, open peer commentaries, editorials,

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s, and case studies and commentaries in clinical care and research ethics. The journal also publishes special issues that address timely ethical challenges. The

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is David Magnus ( Stanford University), who was also one of the journals founders. The journal was established in 1999 by founding editor-in-chief Glenn McGee and David Magnus. It has produced independently managed journals on

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and empirical bioethics as spin-offs.

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The journal is affiliated with bioethicstoday.org, also owned by

, which publishes information on the latest journal publications, events, job opportunities, current news, and original blog content. The website is maintained by the editorial staff of the journal.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 11.229, ranking it first out of 16 journals in the category "Medical Ethics", first out of 56 journals in the category "Ethics", second out of 44 journals in the category "Social Issues", and first out of 45 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Biomedical". The journal's 5 year impact factor is 8.552.

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Abstracting and indexing

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