Journal profile

AJOB empirical bioethics

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-
ISSN2329-4515 | 2329-4523 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
2.91
Citation rate 2.25 114 total citations
h5-index 14 h5 depth signal
Cited share 71.7% 38 of 53
Total citations 114 Citation footprint
Metric signal 2.29 External metric anchor
Self-citation 1.8% 2 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 215
Canada 27
United Kingdom 22
Australia 12
Switzerland 9

Citing Fields of Research

Medical Ethics 185
Patient Care 42
Palliative Care 33
Genetics & Genomics 28
Scientometrics & Research Ethics 20

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 358 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 53 38 cited publications
Last 12 months 23 2.6 publications/month
Open access share 26.1% 6 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 215 citing publications
Leading citing field Medical Ethics 185 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 13 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v8n1, 2017-
PubMed
v8n1, 2017- ; Selected citations only before this date

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Medical Ethics

Broad Categories

Ethics Medicine Medical Ethics Genetics & Genomics Palliative Care Psychiatry Patient Care

MeSH Descriptors

Bioethical Issues Ethics, Clinical Ethics, Research

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

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Mathilde Cassou, Vardit Ravitsky, Anne-Marie Laberge
In Canada, prenatal cell-free DNA screening is mainly used as a second-tier screening test that targets specific aneuploidies, namely trisomy 21, 18 and 13. Within the PEGASUS-2 study, we conducted in-depth interviews with 11 individuals...