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Canadian Journal of Bioethics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by University of Montreal.
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ISSN 2561-4665Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Montreal
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 278 / 891 | 68th | Q2 |
| Health (social science) | 300 / 387 | 22nd | Q4 |
| Health Policy | 261 / 330 | 21st | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.9.
Canadian Journal of Bioethics is Q2 in Philosophy (rank 278 of 891), Q4 in Health (social science) (rank 300 of 387) and Q4 in Health Policy (rank 261 of 330), by CiteScore 2025.
Canadian Journal of Bioethics is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.212, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 12.
Canadian Journal of Bioethics is published by University of Montreal. Its ISSN is 2561-4665.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Canadian Journal of Bioethics has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #218 of 805 Scopus journals in Philosophy.
Canadian Journal of Bioethics published 55 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 102. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Canada (61.6%), United States (21.7%) and United Kingdom (3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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