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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Business Ethics	49
2	American Journal of Bioethics	26
3	BMC Medical Ethics	24
4	Journal of Medical Ethics	23
-	Ethics and Information Technology	23
6	Nursing Ethics	21
7	Medicine Health Care and Philosophy	18
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	18
9	Bioethics	17
10	Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics	13
-	Neuroethics	13
-	Philosophical Psychology	13
-	Journal of Bioethical Inquiry	13
-	Hastings Center Report	13
15	Journal of Medicine and Philosophy	12
-	Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy	12
-	Business Ethics Quarterly	12
18	Ethics	11
-	Environmental Values	11
20	Ethics & Behavior	10
21	Philosophy & Public Affairs	9
-	Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics	9
23	Health Care Analysis	8
-	Human Studies	8
-	Nanoethics	8
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	8
-	Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics	8
-	HEC Forum	8
29	Journal of Applied Philosophy	7
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	7
-	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	7
-	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal	7
-	Ethics & International Affairs	7
34	Developing World Bioethics	6
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	6
-	Journal of Moral Philosophy	6
-	Journal of Social Philosophy	6
-	Economics and Philosophy	6
39	Journal of Value Inquiry	5
-	Acta Bioethica	5
41	International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics	4
-	Studies in East European Thought	4
-	Environmental Ethics	4
-	Philosophy of the Social Sciences	4
45	Law and Philosophy	3
-	Social Philosophy & Policy	3
-	Ethics & Global Politics	3