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Research Ethics Forum
Research Ethics Forum is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Springer Science and Business Media B.V..
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ISSN 2212-9529Verify ISSN ↗2212-9537Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Research Ethics Forum indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2022 (also 2016–2020, 2013–2014)).
What is the impact factor of Research Ethics Forum?
Research Ethics Forum has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Research Ethics Forum and what is its ISSN?
Research Ethics Forum is published by Springer Science and Business Media B.V. Its print ISSN is 2212-9529 and its online ISSN is 2212-9537.
Is Research Ethics Forum in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Research Ethics Forum open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Research Ethics Forum for 8 years, between 2013 and 2022, with 2 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2022, 4 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 152 works and 687 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2022, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2022, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Research Ethics Forum? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Research Ethics Forum has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Research Ethics Forum published 16 papers in 2022; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 39. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Research Ethics Forum? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2022. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2022
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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