Impact Factor
2.19
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.97
83 total citations
h5-index
12
h5 depth signal
Cited share
37.1%
36 of 97
Total citations
83
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.39
External metric anchor
Self-citation
0.0%
0 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
156
Canada
12
United Kingdom
11
Belgium
3
Italy
3
Citing Fields of Research
Medical Ethics
221
Philosophy
108
History & Philosophy Of Science
65
Patient Care
63
Palliative Care
63
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
4,384
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
97
36 cited publications
Last 12 months
40
6.7 publications/month
Open access share
0.0%
0 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
156 citing publications
Leading citing field
Medical Ethics
221 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
1 September 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v8n4,summer 1965-
v8n4,summer 1965-
Active Coverage
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Medical Ethics
Patient Care
Literary Theory
History & Philosophy Of Science
Philosophy
Healthcare Policy
Broad Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Medicine
History & Philosophy Of Science
Medical Ethics
Philosophy
Literary Theory
Anthropology
Substance Abuse
MeSH Descriptors
Biochemistry
Medicine
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1353/pbm.0.a1002388
Open DOI
Kudos to CUDOS: Resurrecting Mertonian principles to remedy politicized science
Science is the most effective system humans have developed to understand reality. Like all systems, it is flawed and subject to bias and error. Reforms such as the Open Science movement seek to address these issues by institutionalizing ...
02
DOI 10.1353/pbm.0.a1002387
Open DOI
The Intersection of Politics with Medical Practice, Education, and Research
The intersections of politics with medicine has emerged over recent years as a contentious issue that affects diverse professional domains, including medical practice, education, and research. Many disagreements exist, including how to d...
03
DOI 10.1353/pbm.0.a1002386
Open DOI
Playing Field, or Sidelines? Should physicians engage in politics?
Despite unequivocal evidence of the powerful role of governmental policies and social investments in determining the health of individuals and communities, physicians and health-care organizations are often ambivalent about the propriety...
04
DOI 10.1353/pbm.0.a998133
Open DOI
Incorporating Social Justice and Activism in Medicine and Medical Education
In recent years, politics has assumed an expanding role in medical education. This has resulted, at least in part, from mandates issued by accrediting bodies, such as the LCME and ACGME. The influence of politics has been manifest in mul...
05
DOI 10.1353/pbm.0.a995377
Open DOI
Ideological Restrictions in Research Funding
Public officials currently restrict funding and access to data for research that could potentially be stigmatizing or distressing to members of disadvantaged groups. These policies appeal to ethical principles that encourage researchers ...
06
DOI 10.1353/pbm.0.a995379
Open DOI
Whiplash: Politicization and Counter-Politicization in Research Funding
The post-WWII architecture of the US research enterprise was built on a delicate institutional settlement: government would provide sustained funding for scientific research, while leaving the evaluation of scientific ideas largely to th...
07
DOI 10.1353/pbm.0.a995378
Open DOI
Sex, Medicine, and Moralization
Over the last century, biologists have come to know much more about the two sexes, but they have not seen any need to revise the traditional binary “gametic” account of sex. One would expect that medical controversies would take place ag...
08
DOI 10.1353/pbm.2026.a1002738
Open DOI
What Is the Future of Personalized Medicine? A Review of Tyranny of the Gene by James Tabery
James Tabery's Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health (2023) offers interesting and timely commentary on the recent history of genomic medicine and raises important questions about the promises and fai...
09
DOI 10.1353/pbm.2026.a1002737
Open DOI
Medical Objects, Graphic Medicine, and Brian Fies's Mom's Cancer
Medical objects play a crucial role in diagnosis and treatment, yet the ways in which individuals experience them remain underexplored in medical discourse. With its attention to lived experiences, graphic medicine can humanize and compl...
10
DOI 10.1353/pbm.2026.a1002736
Open DOI
In Patients' Hands: Smartphones as Medical Infrastructure
This article examines the ways in which smartphones have emerged as essential pieces of medical infrastructure that increasingly connect patients to their health-care providers, directly interface with medical devices, and bear responsib...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Place of publication varies.
Also issued online.
Vol. 31, no. 1 (AUTUM 1987)19890818 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper