''Bioethics'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by
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in association with the International Association of Bioethics. The
editors-in-chief are Ruth Chadwick (
Cardiff University
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) and Udo Schüklenk (
Queen's University). In 2011 ''Bioethics'' celebrated 25 years of publication with a conference and a special issue of the journal.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
MEDLINE
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the
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Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts,
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts,
CINAHL,
Current Contents
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History
''Current Contents ...
/Social & Behavioral Sciences,
Excerpta Medica,
Philosopher's Index,
PsycINFO,
Science Citation Index Expanded
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,
Social Sciences Citation Index
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, and
Psychological Abstracts.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2018
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 1.66, ranking it 10/52 of journals in the category "Ethics", 4/16 of journals in the category "Medical Ethics", 15/40 of journals in the category "Social Issues", and 18/42 of journals in the category "Social Sciences Biomedical".
''Developing World Bioethics''
In 2001 a companion journal was established named ''
Developing World Bioethics'' and both journals can only be obtained in a combined subscription.
See also
*
List of ethics journals
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8519
Bioethics journals
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1987
Monthly journals