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SpringerBriefs in Ethics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.4). Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 2211-8101Verify ISSN ↗2211-811XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 117 / 891 | 86th | Q1 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 249 / 744 | 66th | Q2 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 227 / 466 | 51st | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.4.
SpringerBriefs in Ethics is Q1 in Philosophy (rank 117 of 891), Q2 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 249 of 744) and Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 227 of 466), by CiteScore 2025.
SpringerBriefs in Ethics 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 2.4, quartile Q1, 86th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
SpringerBriefs in Ethics is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 2211-8101 and its online ISSN is 2211-811X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
SpringerBriefs in Ethics has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.24 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #387 of 805 Scopus journals in Philosophy.
SpringerBriefs in Ethics published 17 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 64. 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.
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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