Impact Factor
2.43
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
1.17
100 total citations
h5-index
14
h5 depth signal
Cited share
42.2%
38 of 90
Total citations
100
Citation footprint
Metric signal
1.54
External metric anchor
Self-citation
7.0%
7 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
174
Italy
42
United Kingdom
35
Australia
24
Canada
14
Citing Fields of Research
Philosophy
201
Medical Ethics
173
Palliative Care
39
Psychiatry & Psychology
34
History & Philosophy Of Science
31
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,709
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
90
38 cited publications
Last 12 months
40
3.3 publications/month
Open access share
35.0%
14 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
174 citing publications
Leading citing field
Philosophy
201 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
8 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v19n1, Jan. 1998-
v19n1, Jan. 1998-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Philosophy
Medical Ethics
Broad Categories
Ethics
Philosophy
Medical Ethics
MeSH Descriptors
Bioethics
Ethics, Medical
Philosophy, Medical
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
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DOI 10.1007/s11017-026-09769-y
Open DOI
The ethics of separation: conjoined twins, bodily autonomy, and abortion
02
DOI 10.1007/s11017-026-09771-4
Open DOI
Clinical reasoning as a hermeneutic arc: teleology, narrative, and practical wisdom in patient care
03
DOI 10.1007/s11017-026-09770-5
Open DOI
Likelihood ratios and the dependence of clinical evidence: should individual LRs be taken at face value?
04
DOI 10.1007/s11017-026-09768-z
Open DOI
Reification as a vice: rethinking bioethics beyond moral status
05
DOI 10.1007/s11017-026-09767-0
Open DOI
An ethical defense of safer supply
: Safer supply is a medical form of harm reduction in which a patient is prescribed a drug to which they are addicted. Despite ample high-quality evidence that it is a safe and effective last-line treatment for severe, treatment-refracto...
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DOI 10.1007/s11017-026-09764-3
Open DOI
Flourishing within vulnerability: on human fragility and the conditions for a habitable environment
In recent philosophical discourse, flourishing has emerged as a concept of growing importance—often linked to the field of well-being studies and explored by various and different disciplines. The article approaches flourishing not as an...
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DOI 10.1007/s11017-026-09763-4
Open DOI
Camouflaging in autism as a dual-normative construct: a philosophical critique
Social camouflaging—broadly defined as the suppression or modulation of autistic traits to conform to dominant ableist social norms—has become a dominant construct in autism research. Yet despite its empirical and cultural prominence, th...
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DOI 10.1007/s11017-026-09762-5
Open DOI
The last low whispers revisited: a reply to Sulmasy on palliative sedation
Many ethicists who have opposed euthanasia have nonetheless approved of various practices which have been believed to hasten, or risk hastening, the death of terminally ill and suffering patients. For instance, they have approved of a pr...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
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