Impact Factor
2.86
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
1.80
356 total citations
h5-index
22
h5 depth signal
Cited share
46.5%
93 of 200
Total citations
356
Citation footprint
Metric signal
1.76
External metric anchor
Self-citation
0.8%
3 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
186
Canada
9
United Kingdom
6
Singapore
3
Australia
3
Citing Fields of Research
Medical Ethics
499
Philosophy
157
Palliative Care
129
Healthcare Policy
90
Patient Care
73
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
5,582
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
200
93 cited publications
Last 12 months
64
9.1 publications/month
Open access share
32.8%
21 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
186 citing publications
Leading citing field
Medical Ethics
499 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
30 September 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v3n5, Sept.-Oct. 1974-
v3n5, Sept.-Oct. 1974-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Medical Ethics
Palliative Care
Genetics & Genomics
Philosophy
Transplantation
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Institute of Society, Ethics, and the Life Sciences
Broad Categories
Ethics
Health Services Research
Psychiatry
Medical Ethics
Genetics & Genomics
Palliative Care
Philosophy
Law & Legal Studies
Anthropology
MeSH Descriptors
Ethics, Medical
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1002/hast.70069
Open DOI
The Dead Donor Rule and Normothermic Regional Perfusion
Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) can be used after the circulatory determination of death to prevent or minimize organ damage before the donor's organs are retrieved. It involves restarting circulation within the donor's body to rep...
02
DOI 10.1002/hast.70037
Open DOI
Can I Get a Witness? The Ethical Dimensions of Family Presence in Patient Suffering
For patients who are suffering, the bedside presence of a family member can provide comfort, and many people hold that there is moral value in being present with a conscious, suffering patient. Yet what is the moral significance of the a...
03
DOI 10.1002/hast.70094
Open DOI
Hastings Conversations: Working with Erik Parens
However helpful have been the papers, reports, and books Erik Parens has produced while at The Hastings Center, conversation with him has always been even better. In both his writing and conversation, he goes to core values. As Erik depa...
04
DOI 10.1002/hast.70034
Open DOI
Beyond Words: Addressing Ethical Issues in Clinical Documentation through Medical Education
Stigmatizing language in medical documentation is a barrier to achieving patient‐centered care and health justice: it can contribute to patient distrust and alienation, and it appears more frequently in the charts of patients from margin...
05
DOI 10.1002/hast.70088
Open DOI
Mapping the Scientific Mesolevel: Where Are We Aiming?
Susan Wolf et al.'s article “Filling the Network Gap in Research Ethics: Analyzing Ethical Issues at Scale in Big Team Science” aims to provide analysis of ethics at the level of scientific teams. But is the emphasis on formal teams the ...
06
DOI 10.1002/hast.70080
Open DOI
Hidden in Plain Sight: Professionalization, Accreditation, and the Legitimacy of Clinical Ethics
A recent article by physician Ronald Dworkin, echoing research from the last five years, suggests that physicians find little value in clinical ethics consultations. At the same time, clinical ethicists have worked to create more structu...
07
DOI 10.1002/hast.70093
Open DOI
“Where are they?” The Range and Implications of Clinician Reactions to Absent Families
In “Can I Get a Witness? The Ethical Dimensions of Family Presence in Patient Suffering,” Jennifer Blumenthal‐Barby and colleagues ask us to scrutinize “the instinct to blame families” who are absent from the care of their seriously ill ...
08
DOI 10.1002/hast.70046
Open DOI
Filling the Network Gap in Research Ethics: Analyzing Ethical Issues at Scale in Big Team Science
Scientific research increasingly involves large, multidisciplinary teams networked across multiple institutions to develop new technologies. Despite the rise of complex research networks and big team science, there has been too little an...
09
DOI 10.1002/hast.70084
Open DOI
Robert D. Truog replies
This letter responds to the letter “Reexamining the UDDA: Are We Ready for Significant Change?,” by Paul T. Menzel, in the same, July‐August 2026, issue of the Hastings Center Report .
10
DOI 10.1002/hast.70087
Open DOI
Contributors
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Issues for 1971 have issue numbers only but constitute v. 1.
Special supplements with distinctive titles accompany some issues.
Also issued online.
Indexes: 1971-76. 1 v.
Vol. 16, no. 1 (JAN-FEB 1986)19900914 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper