Impact Factor
2.15
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.94
46 total citations
h5-index
11
h5 depth signal
Cited share
42.0%
21 of 50
Total citations
46
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.71
External metric anchor
Self-citation
0.0%
0 self-citations
Citations Trend
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
29
Canada
8
Australia
4
United Kingdom
4
New Zealand
2
Citing Fields of Research
Philosophy
104
Medical Ethics
95
Psychiatry & Psychology
35
Sociology
24
Literary Theory
18
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,122
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
50
21 cited publications
Last 12 months
0
0.0 publications/month
Open access share
0.0%
0 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
29 citing publications
Leading citing field
Philosophy
104 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
1 September 2025
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1n1, 1991-
v1n1, 1991-
v1n1, Mar. 1991-1994
1995-v6n4,Dec. 1996
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Medical Ethics
Philosophy
Anesthetic & Pain Medicine
Psychiatry & Psychology
Healthcare Policy
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Broad Categories
Ethics
Philosophy
Medical Ethics
Political Science & International Relations
Robotics
MeSH Descriptors
Bioethics
Ethics, Medical
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994323
Open DOI
Beyond Words: A Philosophical Analysis of the Linguistic Refractoriness of Chronic Pain
Chronic pain challenges health care due to its subjective, complex nature and resistance to verbal expression. Patients try to explain what their pain feels like but fail to produce a report that is both faithful and communicatively effe...
02
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994318
Open DOI
Contributors
03
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994324
Open DOI
Morbus Mediterraneus : A Cultural Alibi for an Unequal Pain Burden
According to a widespread trope in German medical literature, patients from the Mediterranean basin are hypersensitive to pain, exaggerating its severity to win familial sympathy and avoid responsibilities; moreover, they are alleged to ...
04
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994321
Open DOI
The Silent Struggle: A Woman's Journey Through Pain
This paper seeks to deepen the understanding of the complex issues surrounding this patient by exploring the intersections of her experiences. Specifically, it focuses on three aspects of Maria's pain: her identity as a woman, her pregna...
05
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994319
Open DOI
Introduction to the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Special Issue, "Chronic Pain and Social Justice"
06
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994325
Open DOI
Suck It Up and Stay on the Grind: Ethical Considerations Surrounding Trust, Chronic Pain, and the American Workplace
The United States has long been scrutinized for its lack of accessible social services, including access to quality health care and employee leave accommodations. Studies show that over 24 percent of US adults suffer from chronic pain, w...
07
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994320
Open DOI
Remembering Pain Otherwise: Disability, Enclosed Surfacing, and Crip Memory
By tracing the sticky history between pain and disability studies, this paper examines how chronic pain is either excluded from the debate or framed as a problem of the body itself. To address these resulting tensions, we articulate the ...
08
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994317
Open DOI
Disability Through the Lens of Justice by Jessica Begon (review)
09
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994326
Open DOI
On the Dangers of Cancer Exceptionalism in Pain Medicine
10
DOI 10.1353/ken.2025.a994322
Open DOI
When "Good-Enough" Treatment Is Not Good Enough: Epistemic Injustice, Pain-Related Motivational Deficit, and Epistemic Deflection in the Treatment of Gynecological Pain
While treatments exist for gynecological conditions such as endometriosis, these treatments often fail to treat the root disease or disorder and entail severe side effects. This paper joins recent calls to challenge the normalization of ...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
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Also issued online.