Ethics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Business Ethics	46
2	American Journal of Bioethics	28
3	BMC Medical Ethics	27
4	Ethics and Information Technology	26
5	Journal of Medical Ethics	24
6	Nursing Ethics	21
7	Medicine Health Care and Philosophy	18
8	Journal of Responsible Innovation	17
9	Science and Engineering Ethics	16
-	Bioethics	16
11	Neuroethics	15
-	Philosophical Psychology	15
13	Hastings Center Report	13
-	Journal of Bioethical Inquiry	13
15	Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy	12
-	Journal of Medicine and Philosophy	12
17	Ethics & Behavior	11
-	Business Ethics Quarterly	11
19	Ethics	10
-	Human Studies	10
-	Journal of Applied Philosophy	10
-	Environmental Values	10
23	Politics Philosophy & Economics	9
-	HEC Forum	9
25	Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics	8
-	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	8
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	8
-	Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics	8
-	Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics	8
-	Nanoethics	8
31	Developing World Bioethics	7
-	Ethics & International Affairs	7
-	Health Care Analysis	7
-	Economics and Philosophy	7
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	7
-	Journal of Media Ethics	7
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	7
38	Journal of Moral Philosophy	6
-	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal	6
-	Acta Bioethica	6
-	Philosophy of the Social Sciences	6
42	Studies in East European Thought	5
-	Environmental Ethics	5
-	Social Philosophy & Policy	5
-	Journal of Social Philosophy	5
-	Journal of Value Inquiry	5
47	International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics	4
-	Ethics & Global Politics	4
-	Law and Philosophy	4