OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Bioethics is 28. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Tube Feed or Not Tube Feed: Ethics beyond the Consult Question	101
Prenatal Testing for Non-Medical Traits	97
Participation in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: A Matter of Physicians’ Professional Ethics?	83
Don’t Leave the Heart Behind	73
Postponed Withholding: The Wrong Nudge	57
Patient Diversity and Collaborative Co-Reasoning for Ethical Use of Machine Learning-Driven Decision Support Systems	57
Included but Still Invisible?: Considering the Protection-Inclusion Dilemma in Qualitative Research Findings	52
Integrating Counterfactual Thinking and Economic Definitions of Regret into Discussions of Agent-Regret in Healthcare	51
Beyond Integration: Advancing Climate-Conscious Clinical Ethics Through Temporal, Resilience, and Responsibility Frameworks	50
I Am Not My Genes: Against Genetic Exceptionalism and Essentialism in Justifying Confidentiality Breaches	49
Ethical Considerations in Clinical Trials for Rare Genetic Diseases: The Case of Huntington’s Disease	49
Going Back to Basics: What is the Target of Prenatal Screening?	41
From Classification to Governance: Ethical Challenges of Adaptive Learning in Medicine	40
“Treatment Pressures” and “Informal Coercion”: “Threats” in Mental Healthcare	39
Context-Sensitivity and the Inclusion of Subjective Beliefs Have Broad Implications	37
Moral Stress and Moral Distress: Confronting Challenges in Post- Dobbs Contexts	36
Responding to Parental Objections Over Testing for Death by Neurologic Criteria	35
ChatGPT and the Law of the Horse	34
Canadian Medical Assistance in Dying and the Hegemony of Privilege	34
External Dynamics Contextualizing the FDA’s Role in E-Cigarette Regulation	33
Emergency Department Boarding of a Teen Requiring Complex Care: How Should an Ethics Consultant Respond?	33
Pediatric Brain Death Testing Over Parental Objections: Not an Ethically Preferable Option	33
Vulnerable Patients, Adult Protective Services Investigations, and Reticent Surrogates: What is the Role of Clinical Ethics?	32
How Philosophy of Science Can Unlock New Methods in Bioethics	31
A Patient-Directed Approach: How the U.S. Model of Medical Aid in Dying Balances Compassion with Safeguards	31

Expanding Access to Genomic Sequencing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Roadmap to Discharge and Beyond	31
Preserve Patient Autonomy; Resist Expanding the Harm Principle to Override Decisions by Competent Patients	29
Sharing Agency versus Extending the Self: Relationality and Metaphorical Differences in Dementia Care	28
Expanding the Frame: An Afrofuturist Response to Artificial Womb Technology	28
The Unattainable Standard	28
Digital Privacy and Data Protection: From Ethical Principles to Action	28