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Table 1 List of high-impact medical ethics journals

From: Analyzing the composition of the editorial boards in high-impact medical ethics journals: a survey study

Journal title

Abbreviation

Country of publication

Impact factor

American Journal of Bioethics

AJB

United States

14.676

Journal of Law and the Biosciences

JLB

United States

6.066

Journal of Medical Ethics

JME

England

5.926

Hastings Center Report

HCR

United States

4.298

Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance

ARPQA

United States

3.057

BMC Medical Ethics

BME

England

2.834

Public Health Ethics

PHE

England

2.706

Bioethics

BE

England

2.512

Developing World Bioethics

DWB

England

2.427

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

JBI

New Zealand

2.216

Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine

PEHM

England

2.200

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

JERHRE

United States

1.978

Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics

JLME

United States

1.604

Neuroethics

NE

Netherlands

1.427

Ethik in der Medizin

EM

Germany

0.729

Acta Bioethica

AB

Chile

0.490