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Global Bioethics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.9), DOAJ. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 1128-7462Verify ISSN ↗1591-7398Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 83 / 891 | 90th | Q1 |
| Health (social science) | 158 / 387 | 59th | Q2 |
| Health Policy | 169 / 330 | 48th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present (also 2011, 1996–2009), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.9.
Global Bioethics is Q1 in Philosophy (rank 83 of 891), Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 158 of 387) and Q3 in Health Policy (rank 169 of 330), by CiteScore 2025.
Global Bioethics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q1, 90th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.458, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,226 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Global Bioethics is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 1128-7462 and its online ISSN is 1591-7398.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Global Bioethics has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 2.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 805 Scopus journals in Philosophy.
Global Bioethics published 17 papers in 2025. 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 51 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (14.9%), Canada (9.6%) and United Kingdom (6.8%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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