Impact Factor
3.66
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
4.27
621 total citations
h5-index
29
h5 depth signal
Cited share
77.0%
117 of 152
Total citations
621
Citation footprint
Metric signal
4.45
External metric anchor
Self-citation
7.4%
46 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
177
China
50
Netherlands
40
United Kingdom
30
Canada
27
Citing Fields of Research
Scientometrics & Research Ethics
417
Medical Ethics
203
Education & Pedagogy
30
Information & Library Science
25
Philosophy
18
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,071
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
152
117 cited publications
Last 12 months
61
5.1 publications/month
Open access share
39.3%
24 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
177 citing publications
Leading citing field
Scientometrics & Research Ethics
417 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
13 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1n4,1991-
v1n4,1991-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Scientometrics & Research Ethics
Broad Categories
Ethics
Scientometrics & Research Ethics
Medical Ethics
MeSH Descriptors
Ethics
Program Evaluation
Research
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2747675
Open DOI
An ethical analysis of student–faculty co‑authorships in manuscripts derived from PhD dissertations
02
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2744222
Open DOI
Anticipating the unpredictable: A qualitative study on ethics experts’ perspectives on review challenges related to AI
03
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2741356
Open DOI
The systemic breach of AI in academic publishing: Infrastructural failures and authorial misconduct across seven major publishers
Academic publishing has always suffered from various problems. What is relatively new, and what years of research into the topic now show clearly, is their high frequency and systematicity. The num...
04
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2733727
Open DOI
Opening Pandora’s box: Paper mills in conference proceedings
Maintaining research integrity is crucial for the credibility of science. A key threat to research integrity is the rise of paper mills, commercial entities that sell co-authorship slots and/or vio...
05
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2737718
Open DOI
Coping with the impacts of generative artificial intelligence on scholarly publications
06
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2736608
Open DOI
AI translation and citation irregularities
Zhang, Li, and Bouter (2026) have proposed a classification of citation irregularities consisting of nine categories.1 Beyond concerns about AI-generated papers, however, another problem deserves a...
07
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2725029
Open DOI
Subscription, open access, hybrid – and now AI: AI-induced evidence skew in scholarly work
Little attention has been paid to how publication and access models influence the evidence that AI systems retrieve, process, and summarize. This article introduces the concept of AI-induced evidence skew, proposes four pathways through ...
08
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2730991
Open DOI
Leadership to strengthen research culture and foster responsible conduct of research: A case study
In research performing organizations (RPOs), clear policies and procedures on the responsible conduct of research (RCR) are essential. However, evidence on how such policies is implemented in pract...
09
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2723276
Open DOI
A study of compliance with data-sharing requests by Social Science researchers
1. Research integrity continues to grapple with several threats, ranging from plagiarism to the misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Researchers have highlighted problematic issues like plagiari...
10
DOI 10.1080/08989621.2026.2721689
Open DOI
Radical reproducibility, real constraints: An autoethnography of open and transparent research from the inside
Many concerns about the quality and integrity of the scientific literature have been raised in recent years. These concerns span a range of issues, including questionable research practices, defici...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Irregular.
Title from cover.
Imprint varies.
Four issues per v.
Also issued online.