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Table 2 The editorial board members classified by regions

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

Journal title

North America

Europe & Central Asia

East Asia & Pacific

Latin America & the Caribbean

Middle East and North Africa

South Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Bioethics

98.1%

1.9%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Journal of Law and the Biosciences

82.9%

11.4%

5.7%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Journal of Medical Ethics

17.8%

57.8%

24.4%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Hastings Center Report

94.1%

5.9%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance

72.7%

9.1%

15.2%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

3.0%

BMC Medical Ethics

25.5%

45.5%

16.4%

1.8%

1.8%

0.0%

9.1%

Public Health Ethics

40.8%

30.6%

18.4%

2.0%

0.0%

2.0%

6.1%

Bioethics

32.1%

52.8%

11.3%

0.0%

1.9%

0.0%

1.9%

Developing World Bioethics

18.9%

8.1%

8.1%

27.0%

2.7%

8.1%

27.0%

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

30.9%

16.0%

45.7%

1.2%

1.2%

0.0%

4.9%

Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine

88.9%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

11.1%

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

79.2%

8.3%

4.2%

0.0%

2.1%

0.0%

6.3%

Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics

95.8%

0.0%

4.2%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Neuroethics

52.1%

35.4%

10.4%

2.1%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Ethik in der Medizin

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Acta Bioethica

18.2%

4.5%

0.0%

77.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Total

48.9%

27.5%

13.5%

4.6%

0.7%

0.6%

4.2%