About the journal
BMC Medical Ethics is an open-access journal published by BMC in United Kingdom, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ and MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 2,090 EUR. Declared review time at DOAJ: 25 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- BMC
- ISSN
- 1472-6939
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 2,090 EUR
- Articles in DOAJ
- 1519
- Declared review time
- 25 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- open_review
- Official website
- https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2003-04-02
- MEDLINE · 2000-01-01
- PUBMED · 2002-01-09
- Indexing
- DOAJ · MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- 2,090 EUR
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 25 weeks
- Actual review time (measured)
- 103 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=100)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
1519
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
25weeks
Works in OpenAlex
1862
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
95
i10-index
1065
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy13
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-03-17
- Added to DOAJ
- 2003-04-02
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- LOCKSSPMC
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 100%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 23%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- Medical ethics
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 101088680
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Ethics in medical practice
- Ethics in medical practice
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
Show all subjects (50)
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Global Health and Surgery
- Global Health and Surgery
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Keywords (DOAJ)
- medical ethics
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