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BMC Medical Ethics is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of ethics in medicine. The journal is particularly interested in receiving submissions on ethical aspects of biomedical research and clinical practice, including professional choices and conduct, medical technologies, healthcare systems and health policies.

  • Considers both normative and empirical contributions to medical ethics
  • Welcomes multidisciplinary research on ethical issues in healthcare and encourages global perspectives, as well as culturally diverse approaches to bioethics 

 

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  • Anastasia Widyadari PhD

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Journal Impact Factor
3.8 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
4.3 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
9 days
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2.5M (2025)

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Electronic ISSN
1472-6939
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  5. CNKI
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  7. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  8. DOAJ
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  10. EMCare
  11. Gale
  12. GoOA - The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  13. Google Scholar
  14. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  15. Medline
  16. Naver
  17. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  18. Ovid Discovery
  19. PhilPapers
  20. Philosopher’s Index
  21. Portico
  22. ProQuest
  23. PsycINFO
  24. PubMedCentral
  25. SCImago
  26. SCOPUS
  27. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  28. Social Science Citation Index
  29. TD Net Discovery Service
  30. Wanfang
  31. eLibrary.ru
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