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Best Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects journals

53 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects. The top 53 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 13 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 American Journal of Bioethics 18.5 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Journal of Nursing Regulation 7.9 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
3 Science and Engineering Ethics 7 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
4 Journal of Medical Ethics 6.9 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
5 Nursing Ethics 6.3 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
6 Neuroethics 6.2 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
7 BMC Medical Ethics 5.7 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
8 Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice 5 85th Q1 ESCI – No
9 Nursing Philosophy 4.7 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
10 Public Health Ethics 4.1 82th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
11 HEC Forum 4 80th Q1 SSCI – No
12 Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 3.9 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
13 Business Ethics and Leadership 3.9 76th Q1 – C Yes
14 Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom) 3.8 74th Q2 SSCI – No
15 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 3.6 72th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
16 International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being 3.6 70th Q2 SSCI – Yes
17 New Genetics and Society 3.6 68th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
18 New Bioethics 3.6 66th Q2 ESCI – No
19 Health Care Analysis 3.4 65th Q2 SSCI – No
20 Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 3.4 63th Q2 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – Yes
21 Medicine, Science and the Law 3.3 61th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
22 Hastings Center Report 3.3 59th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
23 Asian Bioethics Review 3 57th Q2 ESCI – No
24 Legal Medicine 2.8 55th Q2 SCIE – No
25 Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 2.7 53th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
26 Developing World Bioethics 2.7 51th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
27 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2.6 50th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
28 Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2.5 48th Q3 SSCI – No
29 Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research 2.2 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
30 Clinical Ethics 2.2 44th Q3 – – No
31 AMA Journal of Ethics 2.2 42th Q3 – – No
32 Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 2 40th Q3 – – No
33 Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie 1.9 38th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
34 Ethik in der Medizin 1.6 36th Q3 SCIE – No
35 Journal of Forensic Nursing 1.6 34th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
36 Journal of Clinical Ethics 1.5 33th Q3 – – No
37 Medwave 1.4 31th Q3 ESCI – Yes
38 Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 1.4 29th Q3 SCIE – No
39 Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
40 Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care 1.1 25th Q3 – – Yes
41 Journal of Client-Centered Nursing Care 1 23th Q4 – – Yes
42 Issues in Law and Medicine 0.8 21th Q4 SSCI – No
43 Journal of Law and Medicine 0.8 19th Q4 ESCI – No
44 Cuadernos de Bioetica 0.8 17th Q4 ESCI – No
45 Medicina e Morale 0.7 16th Q4 – – No
46 Journal of Animal Ethics 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
47 Chinese Medical Ethics 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
48 International Library of Bioethics 0.6 10th Q4 – – No
49 Journal of Health and Nursing Management 0.5 8th Q4 – – Yes
50 Advancing Global Bioethics 0.5 6th Q4 – – No
51 Iranian Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine 0.4 4th Q4 – – No
52 Medizinrecht 0.1 2th Q4 – – No
53 Sante Mentale et Droit 0 0th Q4 – – No

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