Developing World Bioethics

Aims & Scope

Developing World Bioethics provides long needed case studies, teaching materials, news in brief, and legal backgrounds to bioethics scholars and students in developing and developed countries alike.

This companion journal to Bioethics also features high-quality peer reviewed original articles.

It is edited by well-known bioethicists who are working in developing countries, yet it will also be open to contributions and commentary from developed countries' authors.

Developing World Bioethics is the only journal in the field dedicated exclusively to developing countries' bioethics issues.

The journal is an essential resource for all those concerned about bioethical issues in the developing world.

Members of Ethics Committees in developing countries will highly value a special section dedicated to their work.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	0.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15427

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	147

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.340

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	37

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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
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, Nursing 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.

• Lessons Never Learned: Crisis and gender‐based violence

  Citation: 163

  Authors: Neetu, Sara E, Giselle, Terry

• Identifying and evaluating layers of vulnerability – a way forward

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Florencia

• GLOBAL HEALTH ETHICS FOR STUDENTS

  Citation: 118

  Authors: ANDREW D., ROSS E.G.

• Latin American healthcare systems in times of pandemic

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Sergio G., Elizabeth

• Engaging Communities to Strengthen Research Ethics in Low‐Income Settings: Selection and Perceptions of Members of a Network of Representatives in Coastal <scp>K</scp>enya

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Dorcas M., Vicki, Francis K., P. Wenzel, Sassy C.

• AFRICAN AND WESTERN MORAL THEORIES IN A BIOETHICAL CONTEXT

  Citation: 76

  Authors: THADDEUS

• Prevalence of Scientific Misconduct Among a Group of Researchers in <scp>N</scp>igeria

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Patrick, Theresa

• The vicious circle of patient–physician mistrust in China: health professionals’ perspectives, institutional conflict of interest, and building trust through medical professionalism

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Jing‐Bao, Yu, Xiang, Ni, Joseph D., Bonnie, Arthur

• Quarantine, isolation and the duty of easy rescue in public health

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Alberto, Thomas, Hannah, Julian

• Commodification of Human Tissue: Implications for Feminist and Development Ethics

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Donna

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