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South African Journal of Bioethics and Law is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by South African Medical Association.
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ISSN 1999-7639Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: South African Medical Association
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Professions (miscellaneous) | 35 / 101 | 65th | Q2 |
| Law | 434 / 1162 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 266 / 466 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 475 / 725 | 34th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.7.
South African Journal of Bioethics and Law is Q2 in Health Professions (miscellaneous) (rank 35 of 101), Q2 in Law (rank 434 of 1162) and Q3 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 266 of 466), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
South African Journal of Bioethics and Law 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 1.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 65th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.379, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 8.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$296 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.
South African Journal of Bioethics and Law is published by South African Medical Association. Its ISSN is 1999-7639.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
South African Journal of Bioethics and Law has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 0.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #46 of 97 Scopus journals in Health Professions (miscellaneous).
South African Journal of Bioethics and Law published 18 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 40. 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 91 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (83.2%), United States (4.9%) and Australia (1.6%). 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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