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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Business Ethics	44
2	American Journal of Bioethics	28
-	BMC Medical Ethics	28
4	Ethics and Information Technology	27
5	Journal of Medical Ethics	25
6	Nursing Ethics	23
7	Medicine Health Care and Philosophy	19
8	Journal of Responsible Innovation	17
9	Bioethics	16
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	16
11	Hastings Center Report	15
-	Neuroethics	15
-	Philosophical Psychology	15
14	Journal of Bioethical Inquiry	13
15	Journal of Medicine and Philosophy	12
-	Business Ethics Quarterly	12
-	Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy	12
18	Ethics & Behavior	11
19	Politics Philosophy & Economics	10
-	Environmental Values	10
-	HEC Forum	10
-	Human Studies	10
-	Journal of Applied Philosophy	10
24	Nanoethics	9
-	Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics	9
-	Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics	9
-	Ethics	9
-	Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics	9
29	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	8
-	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	8
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	8
-	Developing World Bioethics	8
-	Ethics & International Affairs	8
-	Health Care Analysis	8
35	Journal of Media Ethics	7
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	7
-	Economics and Philosophy	7
-	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal	7
39	Philosophy of the Social Sciences	6
-	Journal of Moral Philosophy	6
41	Journal of Social Philosophy	5
-	Journal of Value Inquiry	5
-	Social Philosophy & Policy	5
-	Ethics & Global Politics	5
-	Environmental Ethics	5
46	Law and Philosophy	4
-	Acta Bioethica	4
-	Studies in East European Thought	4
-	International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics	4