Journal profile

Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN0963-1801 | 1469-2147 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed
Official Website Verify CrossRef

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
3.03
Citation rate 2.39 352 total citations
h5-index 24 h5 depth signal
Cited share 59.2% 90 of 152
Total citations 352 Citation footprint
Metric signal 1.22 External metric anchor
Self-citation 1.4% 5 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 218
United Kingdom 83
Finland 34
Germany 27
Netherlands 24

Citing Fields of Research

Medical Ethics 350
Philosophy 249
Palliative Care 74
Patient Care 58
Psychiatry & Psychology 51

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 2,747 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 152 90 cited publications
Last 12 months 16 4.0 publications/month
Open access share 93.8% 15 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 218 citing publications
Leading citing field Medical Ethics 350 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 7 July 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1,winter 1992-
PubMed
v1n1,winter 1992-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Philosophy Medical Ethics

Broad Categories

Ethics Philosophy Medical Ethics

MeSH Descriptors

Ethics, Medical Professional Staff Committees

Latest Publications

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

03
DOI 10.1017/s0963180126100097

No Need to Feel

Open DOI
Julio Cabrera
This article presents five arguments against the idea that non-sentience is a sufficient condition for not considering abortion an immoral act: the formal paradox argument, the third-person argument, the abortionist status argument, the ...
04
DOI 10.1017/s0963180126100139

Sentience. Not Necessarily a Problem?

Open DOI
Karim Akerma
Pain is often portrayed as the guardian of life. Unpleasant sensations are undisputedly in the service of the self-preservation of living beings. However, it is questionable whether the first sensations in evolution must have been those ...
05
Open DOI
Oscar Horta, Iria Murado-Carballo
Initiatives protecting wild animal health, including vaccination campaigns, medical treatments, and parasite control programs, have been implemented for decades. Their goal has been to safeguard human well-being, as well as to further co...
07
Open DOI
Simon Knutsson
I aim to make progress on the following question: When is it morally wrong to risk harming another being? I will pay special attention to the use of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans ( C. elegans ), but my points are relevant to other...
08
DOI 10.1017/s0963180126100085

Sentience and Why It Matters

Open DOI
David Benatar
In this article, it is argued that in the actual world, even if not in all possible worlds, sentience is both a necessary and sufficient condition for having moral standing. In arguing for this conclusion, the concepts of sentience and m...
10
Open DOI
Søren Holm, Jonathan Lewis
Neural organoids derived from pluripotent stem cells have sparked ethical debate because, it is claimed, they could be sentient, or could develop sentience. We critically assess three routes for defending such a possibility: analogy with...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Quarterly.

Title from cover.

Also available online.

Vol. 3, no. 4 (FALL 1994)19950519 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper