Medical Ethics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	BMC Medical Ethics	6
2	Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance	5
-	Neuroethics	5
4	Journal of Medical Ethics	4
5	Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics	3
-	Journal of Bioethical Inquiry	3
7	Bioethics	2
-	Hastings Center Report	2
-	American Journal of Bioethics	2
10	Developing World Bioethics	1
-	Ethik in der Medizin	1
-	Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics	1
13	Acta Bioethica	0