About the Journal
For four decades, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy has been the flagship scholarly journal in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine. Its contributors and focus are international, addressing bioethical concerns across the world. Significant attention has been given to bioethics and foundational issues in health care policy in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. The journal’s concerns range from clinical bioethics to studies in the philosophy of medicine such as explorations of the nature of concepts of health and disease, as well as the character of medical explanation.
Abstracting & Indexing Services
The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services:
Abstracts in Anthropology
CAB Abstracts
EMBASE
Periodicals Index Online (PIO)
Philosopher's Index
PhilPapers
PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000
PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000 International
PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Central
PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Discovery
PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest International Academic Research Library
PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Platinum
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PubMed
Scopus
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Impact factor and ranking
| Year | Impact Factor | Ssi: Social Science, Biomedical | Ssi: Ethics |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 37 out of 46 | 39 out of 77 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 36 out of 45 | 29 out of 57 |
| 2021 | 1.493 | 41 out of 46 | 31 out of 56 |
| 2020 | 0.944 | 39 out of 44 | 41 out of 56 |
| 2019 | 1.139 | 37 out of 45 | 28 out of 55 |
| 2018 | 1.234 | 32 out of 45 | 25 out of 54 |
| 2017 | 0.854 | 37 out of 42 | 30 out of 52 |
| 2016 | 0.871 | 30 out of 40 | 28 out of 51 |
| 2015 | 1.293 | 22 out of 39 | 16 out of 51 |
| 2014 | 0.851 | 28 out of 39 | 23 out of 52 |
| 2013 | .0542 | 33 out of 37 | 30 out of 50 |
| 2012 | 0.0812 | 28 out of 36 | 21 out of 48 |
| 2011 | 0.789 | 27 out of 37 | 20 out of 47 |
| 2010 | .0618 | 28 out of 33 | 23 out of 38 |
| 2009 | 0.735 | 24 out of 33 | 15 out of 34 |
| 2008 | 0.712 | 24 out of 29 | 13 out of 28 |
| 2007 | 0.706 | 22 out of 27 | 10 out of 27 |
This information is taken from the Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2024), published annually as part of the Social Science Citation Index by ISI.
