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| Discipline | Bioethics,philosophy,health policy,health law,health economics,sociology of medicine |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | David Magnus |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1999–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 20.8 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Am. J. Bioeth. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 1526-5161 (print) 1536-0075 (web) |
| LCCN | sn99009204 |
| OCLC no. | 42279301 |
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TheAmerican Journal of Bioethics is a monthlypeer-reviewedacademic journal published byTaylor & Francis, covering all aspects ofbioethics. It publishes target articles,open peer commentaries,editorials,book reviews, andcase studies and commentaries in clinical care and research ethics. The journal also publishes special issues that address timely ethical challenges. Theeditor-in-chief isDavid Magnus (Stanford University), who was also one of the journals founders.[citation needed]
The journal was established in 1999 by founding editor-in-chiefGlenn McGee and David Magnus.[citation needed] It has produced independently managed journals onneuroscience and empirical bioethics as spin-offs.
The journal is affiliated with bioethicstoday.org, also owned byTaylor & Francis, which publishes information on the latest journal publications, events, job opportunities, current news, and original blog content. The website is maintained by the editorial staff of the journal.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to theJournal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024impact factor of 20.8, ranking it first out of 23 journals in the category "Medical Ethics",[6] first out of 77 journals in the category "Ethics",[7] first out of 68 journals in the category "Social Issues",[8] and first out of 48 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Biomedical".[9] The journal's 5 year impact factor is 14.7.
