Impact Factor
2.93
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
2.04
188 total citations
h5-index
20
h5 depth signal
Cited share
61.7%
58 of 94
Total citations
188
Citation footprint
Metric signal
2.13
External metric anchor
Self-citation
3.2%
6 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
264
United Kingdom
41
Australia
30
Canada
22
China
20
Citing Fields of Research
Philosophy
305
Medical Ethics
214
Psychiatry & Psychology
63
Transplantation
43
Palliative Care
35
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
2,325
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
94
58 cited publications
Last 12 months
43
3.9 publications/month
Open access share
32.6%
14 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
264 citing publications
Leading citing field
Philosophy
305 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
7 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v3n1, 1978-
v3n1, 1978-
v3n1, 1978-1994
1995-1999
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Philosophy
Medical Ethics
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Society for Health and Human Values
Broad Categories
Ethics
Philosophy
Medical Ethics
MeSH Descriptors
Ethics, Medical
Philosophy, Medical
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag035
Open DOI
Voluntary Assumption of Risk and Rights Negation: Toward a New Libertarian Theory of Abortion
Libertarian debates on abortion have not advanced beyond the seminal theory of evictionism developed by Walter Block. Indeed, despite being subject to waves of intralibertarian critique, evictionism has managed to remain the leading libe...
02
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag036
Open DOI
Can a Chatbot Be Your Chatdoc?
Vulnerable individuals have taken their own lives while in relationships with chatbots. Not only did the chatbots not discourage them from taking their lives but they also actively encouraged it. Another man suffering hallucinations took...
03
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag034
Open DOI
Clinical Ethics in Name Only? The Case for Moral Realism at the Bedside
As Clinical Ethics Consultation (CEC) becomes more institutionalized, concerns about its legitimacy and efficacy have grown. We defend a realist orientation, according to which CEC has normative force only if its recommendations answer t...
04
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag015
Open DOI
Human Enhancement, Bioethics, and Moral Diversity: An International Philosophical Endeavor
Human enhancement raises a host of important conceptual and moral questions drawn from ethics and metaphysics, social/political theory, and philosophy of medicine. What does it mean to be human? Is it permissible fundamentally to alter o...
05
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag031
Open DOI
Conscience, Conflict, and Health Care: A Critical Examination of the Conflict-of-Interest Argument against Conscientious Objection
I critically examine a conflict-of-interest argument against conscientious objection in health care. This argument claims that conscientious objection is analogous to conflict of interest in which objecting professionals place their pers...
06
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag018
Open DOI
Choosing Death So That Others May Live: The Permissibility of Living Vital Organ Donation
The conventional admiration for supererogatory acts, where individuals sacrifice themselves to aid others, contrasts sharply with the hesitance observed when considering the living donation of vital organs. This article challenges this i...
07
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag028
Open DOI
The Institutional Status of Medical and Psychiatric Diagnoses: The Consequences of the Speech Act of Diagnosis
Diagnosis, as the statement of the disease from which the patient suffers, is a central element in modern medicine. However, a diagnosis is more than just a statement about an illness aimed at guiding treatment. It is also a powerful spe...
08
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag013
Open DOI
“No” to Human Enhancement? An Assessment from Two Kinds of Daoism
Both advocates and critics of human enhancement technology today agree that it will change fundamental parameters of human existence. This paper explores the ethical dimension of human enhancement from the perspective of Daoism (Daoism i...
09
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag030
Open DOI
Conscience Rights, Naturalism, and Moral Knowledge: In Defense of Conscience Absolutism
The ethical issue of conscience rights is a conflict of at least two values: the autonomy of the physician and the autonomy of the patient. The task of commentators is to circumscribe the right to refuse (for the clinician) and the right...
10
DOI 10.1093/jmp/jhag025
Open DOI
Predictors in the Clinic: Predicting Patient Choice and Preference
It has been proposed that technical systems that estimate patient choices and preferences should guide treatment when patients are incapacitated. However, the ethical debate about such Patient Preference Predictors needs conceptual clari...
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