American Journal of Bioethics
{{Infobox journal
| title = American Journal of Bioethics
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| editor = David Magnus
| discipline = Bioethics, philosophy, health policy, health law, health economics, sociology of medicine
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| abbreviation = Am. J. Bioeth.
| publisher = Taylor & Francis
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| frequency = Monthly
| openaccess =
| history = 1999–present
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| impact = 14.676
| impact-year = 2021
| website = http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=uajb20
| link1 = http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uajb20/current
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/uajb20
| link2-name = Online archive
| ISSN = 1526-5161
| eISSN = 1536-0075
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| OCLC = 42279301
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| LCCN = sn99009204
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The American Journal of Bioethics is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering all aspects of bioethics. It publishes target articles, open peer commentaries, editorials, book reviews, and case studies and commentaries in clinical care and research ethics. The journal also publishes special issues that address timely ethical challenges. The editor-in-chief is David Magnus (Stanford University), who was also one of the journals founders.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
The journal was established in 1999 by founding editor-in-chief Glenn McGee and David Magnus.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} It has produced independently managed journals on neuroscience and empirical bioethics as spin-offs.
bioethics.net
The journal is affiliated with bioethicstoday.org, also owned by Taylor & Francis, which publishes information on the latest journal publications, events, job opportunities, current news, and original blog content. The website is maintained by the editorial staff of the journal.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- Biological Abstracts{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=BA |title=Biological Abstracts – Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |accessdate=2016-11-02 |archive-date=2016-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101193742/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=BA |url-status=dead }}
- BIOSIS Previews{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |accessdate=2016-11-02 |archive-date=2017-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |url-status=dead }}
- CINAHL{{cite web |url=https://www.ebscohost.com/nursing/products/cinahl-databases/cinahl-complete |title=CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List |publisher=EBSCO Information Services |work=CINAHL |accessdate=2016-11-02}}
- CSA databases
- Current Contents/Life Sciences
- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
- EMBiology
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/100898738 |title=American Journal of Bioethics |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |accessdate=2016-11-02}}
- ProQuest databases
- Science Citation Index
- Scopus{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview |title=Content overview |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus |accessdate=2016-11-02}}
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Social Service Review
- The Philosopher's Index
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 14.676, ranking it first out of 16 journals in the category "Medical Ethics",{{cite book |year=2016 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Medical Ethics |title=2015 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} first out of 56 journals in the category "Ethics",{{cite book |year=2016 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Ethics |title=2015 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} second out of 44 journals in the category "Social Issues",{{cite book |year=2016 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Social Issues |title=2015 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} and first out of 45 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Biomedical".{{cite book |year=2016 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Social Sciences, Biomedical |title=2015 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} The journal's 5 year impact factor is 11.914.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.bioethics.net/ bioethics.net]
Category:Taylor & Francis academic journals
Category:English-language journals