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BMC Medical Ethics

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ISSN: 14726939

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
3
SJR
0.975
CiteScore
5.2
Categories
Health Policy
Health (social science)
Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects
Areas
Medicine
Nursing
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2000-2025
journal names
BMC Medical Ethics
BMC MED ETHICS
Publications
1 499
Citations
26 711
h-index
65
Top-3 citing journals
BMC Medical Ethics
BMC Medical Ethics (1688 citations)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (448 citations)
Journal of Medical Ethics
Journal of Medical Ethics (363 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (88 publications)
University of Oslo
University of Oslo (78 publications)
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (53 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (258 publications)
USA (231 publications)
Canada (171 publications)

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USA, 231, 15.41%
Canada, 171, 11.41%
Netherlands, 127, 8.47%
Germany, 117, 7.81%
Norway, 104, 6.94%
Australia, 85, 5.67%
South Africa, 85, 5.67%
Switzerland, 67, 4.47%
Sweden, 67, 4.47%
Belgium, 60, 4%
Italy, 53, 3.54%
Japan, 50, 3.34%
China, 49, 3.27%
France, 33, 2.2%
Uganda, 30, 2%
Spain, 26, 1.73%
Kenya, 26, 1.73%
Denmark, 25, 1.67%
Iran, 25, 1.67%
Ireland, 22, 1.47%
Nigeria, 22, 1.47%
Saudi Arabia, 22, 1.47%
Ghana, 20, 1.33%
Singapore, 18, 1.2%
Ethiopia, 18, 1.2%
Malawi, 17, 1.13%
Republic of Korea, 17, 1.13%
Israel, 16, 1.07%
Poland, 16, 1.07%
Austria, 15, 1%
Egypt, 15, 1%
Thailand, 14, 0.93%
Finland, 14, 0.93%
Mexico, 13, 0.87%
Pakistan, 13, 0.87%
Tanzania, 13, 0.87%
Brazil, 11, 0.73%
India, 10, 0.67%
Jordan, 10, 0.67%
Lebanon, 10, 0.67%
Sri Lanka, 10, 0.67%
Portugal, 9, 0.6%
Cameroon, 9, 0.6%
Malaysia, 9, 0.6%
New Zealand, 9, 0.6%
Croatia, 9, 0.6%
Botswana, 6, 0.4%
Zimbabwe, 6, 0.4%
Turkey, 6, 0.4%
Greece, 5, 0.33%
Sudan, 5, 0.33%
Bangladesh, 4, 0.27%
Zambia, 4, 0.27%
Qatar, 4, 0.27%
Morocco, 4, 0.27%
UAE, 4, 0.27%
Romania, 4, 0.27%
Argentina, 3, 0.2%
Congo-Brazzaville, 3, 0.2%
Serbia, 3, 0.2%
Chile, 3, 0.2%
Russia, 2, 0.13%
Barbados, 2, 0.13%
Benin, 2, 0.13%
Hungary, 2, 0.13%
Vietnam, 2, 0.13%
Indonesia, 2, 0.13%
Colombia, 2, 0.13%
Latvia, 2, 0.13%
Lithuania, 2, 0.13%
Mali, 2, 0.13%
Nepal, 2, 0.13%
Oman, 2, 0.13%
Slovenia, 2, 0.13%
Tunisia, 2, 0.13%
Philippines, 2, 0.13%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.13%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.07%
Estonia, 1, 0.07%
Albania, 1, 0.07%
Bahrain, 1, 0.07%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1, 0.07%
Brunei, 1, 0.07%
Gabon, 1, 0.07%
Gambia, 1, 0.07%
Georgia, 1, 0.07%
Yemen, 1, 0.07%
Cyprus, 1, 0.07%
Kyrgyzstan, 1, 0.07%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.07%
Laos, 1, 0.07%
Mozambique, 1, 0.07%
Niger, 1, 0.07%
Papua New Guinea, 1, 0.07%
Peru, 1, 0.07%
Rwanda, 1, 0.07%
Syria, 1, 0.07%
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Germany, 60, 8.33%
Canada, 50, 6.94%
Australia, 46, 6.39%
Sweden, 38, 5.28%
Norway, 33, 4.58%
Switzerland, 29, 4.03%
Belgium, 28, 3.89%
South Africa, 28, 3.89%
Italy, 27, 3.75%
China, 25, 3.47%
Iran, 18, 2.5%
Uganda, 18, 2.5%
Japan, 16, 2.22%
Spain, 13, 1.81%
Singapore, 13, 1.81%
France, 12, 1.67%
Malawi, 12, 1.67%
Republic of Korea, 12, 1.67%
Ireland, 11, 1.53%
Saudi Arabia, 11, 1.53%
Ethiopia, 11, 1.53%
Kenya, 10, 1.39%
Egypt, 9, 1.25%
Jordan, 9, 1.25%
Denmark, 8, 1.11%
Poland, 8, 1.11%
Portugal, 7, 0.97%
Ghana, 7, 0.97%
Israel, 7, 0.97%
Lebanon, 7, 0.97%
Tanzania, 7, 0.97%
Austria, 5, 0.69%
Brazil, 5, 0.69%
India, 5, 0.69%
Finland, 5, 0.69%
Croatia, 5, 0.69%
Morocco, 4, 0.56%
Mexico, 4, 0.56%
New Zealand, 4, 0.56%
Pakistan, 4, 0.56%
Thailand, 4, 0.56%
Sri Lanka, 4, 0.56%
Argentina, 3, 0.42%
Botswana, 3, 0.42%
Greece, 3, 0.42%
Malaysia, 3, 0.42%
Nigeria, 3, 0.42%
UAE, 3, 0.42%
Romania, 3, 0.42%
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Colombia, 2, 0.28%
Serbia, 2, 0.28%
Sudan, 2, 0.28%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.28%
Chile, 2, 0.28%
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Barbados, 1, 0.14%
Bahrain, 1, 0.14%
Benin, 1, 0.14%
Brunei, 1, 0.14%
Hungary, 1, 0.14%
Vietnam, 1, 0.14%
Indonesia, 1, 0.14%
Yemen, 1, 0.14%
Qatar, 1, 0.14%
Cyprus, 1, 0.14%
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Congo-Brazzaville, 1, 0.14%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.14%
Laos, 1, 0.14%
Latvia, 1, 0.14%
Nepal, 1, 0.14%
Oman, 1, 0.14%
Peru, 1, 0.14%
Rwanda, 1, 0.14%
Syria, 1, 0.14%
Slovenia, 1, 0.14%
Tunisia, 1, 0.14%
Turkey, 1, 0.14%
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Philippines, 1, 0.14%
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