Journal of medical ethics.

ISSN 0306-6800BMJ Publishing GroupUnited Kingdom
ScopusMEDLINEEmbasePubMedPMCSCImagoJIFMatched via identifier

Journal overview

Journal identity
Titles
Journal of Medical Ethics
J. Med. Ethics (abbreviated)
J Med Ethics (abbreviated)
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
Journal of medical ethics.
Key identifiers
ISSN
0306-6800
0306-6800
eISSN
1473-4257
NLM ID
7513619
Publisher / basic metadata
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
London, Society for the Study of Medical Ethics.
Country
Language
ENG
English

Indexing & coverage

Current indexing summary
Scopus
Currently indexed

Scopus's Sources record lists this journal as active.

Indexing history
Coverage
1975–2026
Indexing services (MEDLINE, Embase)
MEDLINECurrently indexedEmbaseUnknown

Embase has a record for this journal, but it doesn't confirm direct Embase indexing either way.

Bibliographic inclusion (PubMed)
PubMedIncluded
Full-text availability (PMC — not an indexing service)
PMCPreviously available

PMC's own record reports this journal as "No longer participating", "PMC Inactive (NLM catalog record)" — no longer currently available.

Metrics

MetricYearValueQuartileRankSource
JIF20253.4Q13957JCR Impact Factor List 2025 — supplied dataset
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) — 2025

Source: SCImago Journal & Country Rank — 2025 dataset. SJR is a metric published by SCImago, presented here as reported.

SJR
0.951
Best Quartile
Q1
H-index
97
Subject categories
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) — Q1
  • Health Policy — Q1
  • Health (social science) — Q1
  • Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects — Q1
More metrics
Coverage
1975–2026
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Western Europe
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Open Access
No
Open Access (Diamond)
No
Total documents (current year)
331
Total documents (3 years)
694
Total references
8236
Total citations (3 years)
1628
Citable documents (3 years)
458
Citations per document (2 years)
2.56
References per document
24.88
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
1473-4257, 0306-6800
SCImago Source ID
15962
SCImago Rank (across all SCImago source types)
5303

Publication activity

Publication activity
SCImago
2025
331 observed publications
Latest publication activity observed
2025
Current-year activity
Recent publication activity observed

Evidence sources: SCImago. SCImago's count is a source-reported aggregate figure; Crossref/OpenAlex/PubMed counts are distinct article records JCF Labs observed via each provider's own free API — none is guaranteed to be that journal's complete output for the year, and providers may disagree (this is expected, not an error). See this journal's own source evidence above for full context.

Subjects & categories

Subjects / categories
Subject area (SCImago)
MeSH (PubMed)
Ethics, Medical
Coverage / history
Scopus:1975-2026
MEDLINE:MEDLINE: v1n1, Apr. 1975-; Index medicusIn: PubMed: v1n1, Apr. 1975-, PMC Inactive;
PubMed:MEDLINE: v1n1, Apr. 1975-; Index medicusIn: PubMed: v1n1, Apr. 1975-, PMC Inactive;
PMC:No longer participating; PMC Inactive (NLM catalog record)