AJOB Empirical Bioethics

Aims & Scope

AJOB Empirical Bioethics is dedicated to providing a welcoming and rigorous forum for empirically informed scholarship in bioethics.

In addition to publishing empirical research conducted using a variety of methods, the Journal seeks to publish conceptual analyses of the role of empirical research in bioethics, discussions of empirical methods and how they “fit” with ethical discourse, and ethical analyses and/or critiques of empirical research and research methodology.

AJOB Empirical Bioethics broadly construes empirical bioethics to include social scientific research applied to bioethical questions, health policy and health services research as it relates to bioethics, and other forms of original research.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.643

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8959

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	141

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Enhancing Understanding of Moral Distress: The Measure of Moral Distress for Health Care Professionals

  Citation: 408

  Authors: Elizabeth G., Phyllis B., Chuleeporn, Leroy R., Ann B.

• A paradigm for understanding trust and mistrust in medical research: The Community VOICES study

  Citation: 131

  Authors: M., I., D. F., R., J., R., G., E. M., C., L. D.

• Ethical and regulatory challenges of research using pervasive sensing and other emerging technologies: IRB perspectives

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Camille, John, Rebeca, Rubi, Cinnamon S., Nadir

• Qualitative study of participants' perceptions and preferences regarding research dissemination

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Rachel S., Traci H., Christopher R., M. Kathryn, T. Scott, Pearl Anna

• Assessing Patient Perspectives on Receiving Bad News: A Survey of 1337 Patients With Life-Changing Diagnoses

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Reza D., Melody, Arnav, Gordon H.

• Improving informed consent: Stakeholder views

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Emily E., Susan B., Alicia K.

• Better to know than to imagine: Including children in their health care

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Tenzin, Eva, Katharina M., Maja, Johannes, Regula, Marc, Bernice S.

• How are PCORI-funded researchers engaging patients in research and what are the ethical implications?

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Lauren E., Nancy E.

• Experimental Philosophical Bioethics

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Brian D., Joanna, Michael, Vilius, Jim A. C., Adam, Gail, Ivar R., Lynn A., Joshua, Julia, Stephen, Adam, Joshua, Mark, Emilian, David, Blanca, Julian, Mark, Nina, Jeremy, Kathryn, Kevin

• When bins blur: Patient perspectives on categories of results from clinical whole genome sequencing

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Leila, Jill O., Kurt D., Jennifer, Melody J., Denise Lautenbach, Jason L., Julia, Robert C., Amy L.

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