New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Ethics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Science and Engineering Ethics13.058
2 Ethics and Information Technology11.261
3 Journal of Business Ethics10.186
4 Journal of Responsible Innovation6.536
5 Medicine Health Care and Philosophy5.982
6 BMC Medical Ethics5.492
7 Nursing Ethics5.447
8 Neuroethics5.020
9 Journal of Medical Ethics4.286
10 Journal of Medicine and Philosophy3.783
11 Ethics & Behavior3.769
12 Journal of Political Philosophy3.605
13 Business Ethics Quarterly3.574
14 Nanoethics3.288
15 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.120
16 Politics Philosophy & Economics3.069
17 HEC Forum2.991
18 American Journal of Bioethics2.848
19 Bioethics2.700
20 Environmental Values2.667
21 Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics2.605
22 Philosophical Psychology2.503
23 Hastings Center Report2.371
24 Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics2.065
25 Journal of Media Ethics1.962
26 Human Studies1.945
27 Philosophy & Public Affairs1.940
28 Health Care Analysis1.861
29 Journal of the Philosophy of Sport1.775
30 Ethics & International Affairs1.689
31 Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy1.669
32 Journal of Applied Philosophy1.608
33 Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal1.500
34 Developing World Bioethics1.487
35 Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics1.321
36 Economics and Philosophy1.273
37 Ethics & Global Politics1.240
38 Social Philosophy & Policy1.097
39 Ethics1.013
40 Philosophy of the Social Sciences1.008
41 Journal of Social Philosophy0.982
42 Journal of Value Inquiry0.713
43 International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics0.674
44 Environmental Ethics0.611
45 Acta Bioethica0.556
46 Journal of Moral Philosophy0.555
47 Law and Philosophy0.546
48 Studies in East European Thought0.422
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