About the journal
Journal of Medical Ethics is a journal published by BMJ. It is listed in MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- BMJ
- ISSN
- 0306-6800 · 1473-4257
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Official website
- http://jme.bmj.com/
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 1975-01-01
- PUBMED · 2017-08-09
- Indexing
- MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Actual review time (measured)
- 60 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=96)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
8144
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
130
i10-index
3569
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Editorial & policy5
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- Portico
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2027
- Level 2 — top tier (~20% of the field's channels)
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 99%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 83%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity2
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 7513619
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Subject areas
- Ethics in medical practice
- Ethics in medical practice
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Ethics in Clinical Research
Show all subjects (50)
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Disaster Response and Management
- Disaster Response and Management
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
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