Ethics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	American Journal of Bioethics	ca. 13.4
2	Ethics	ca. 10.8
3	Journal of Business Ethics	ca. 6.1
4	Nursing Ethics	ca. 4.2
5	Journal of Medical Ethics	ca. 4.1
6	Journal of Responsible Innovation	ca. 3.9
7	Science and Engineering Ethics	ca. 3.7
8	Ethics and Information Technology	ca. 3.6
9	Hastings Center Report	ca. 3.3
10	Business Ethics Quarterly	ca. 3
11	BMC Medical Ethics	ca. 2.7
12	Journal of Bioethical Inquiry	ca. 2.4
13	Bioethics	ca. 2.2
-	Environmental Values	ca. 2.2
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	ca. 2.2
-	Developing World Bioethics	ca. 2.2
17	Medicine Health Care and Philosophy	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics	ca. 2.1
19	Ethics & Behavior	ca. 2
20	Health Care Analysis	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Media Ethics	ca. 1.9
22	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	ca. 1.8
24	Journal of Medicine and Philosophy	ca. 1.6
25	HEC Forum	ca. 1.5
26	Neuroethics	ca. 1.4
-	Philosophical Psychology	ca. 1.4
-	Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics	ca. 1.4
-	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal	ca. 1.4
30	Nanoethics	ca. 1.3
-	Ethics & International Affairs	ca. 1.3
-	Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics	ca. 1.3
34	Economics and Philosophy	ca. 1.2
-	Philosophy of the Social Sciences	ca. 1.2
36	Journal of Applied Philosophy	ca. 1.1
37	Human Studies	ca. 1
38	Journal of Moral Philosophy	ca. 0.9
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	ca. 0.9
40	Journal of Social Philosophy	ca. 0.8
-	Law and Philosophy	ca. 0.8
42	Journal of the Philosophy of Sport	ca. 0.7
-	International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics	ca. 0.7
-	Ethics & Global Politics	ca. 0.7
45	Social Philosophy & Policy	ca. 0.4
-	Acta Bioethica	ca. 0.4
-	Journal of Value Inquiry	ca. 0.4
48	Environmental Ethics	ca. 0.3
49	Studies in East European Thought	ca. 0.2