Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Aims & Scope

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy: A European Journal is the official journal of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care.

It provides a forum for international exchange of research data, theories, reports and opinions in bioethics and philosophy of medicine.

The journal promotes interdisciplinary studies, and stimulates philosophical analysis centered on a common object of reflection: health care, the human effort to deal with disease, illness, death as well as health, well-being and life.

Particular attention is paid to developing contributions from all European countries, and to making accessible scientific work and reports on the practice of health care ethics, from all nations, cultures and language areas in Europe.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	2.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.893

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	55

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5762

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	679

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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 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.

• Epistemic injustice in healthcare: a philosophial analysis

  Citation: 426

  Authors: Havi, Ian James

• Lifeworld-led healthcare is more than patient-led care: an existential view of well-being

  Citation: 240

  Authors: Karin, Les, Kathleen

• ChatGPT: evolution or revolution?

  Citation: 225

  Authors: Bert, Henk ten

• Lifeworld-led Healthcare: Revisiting a Humanising Philosophy that Integrates Emerging Trends

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Les, Kathleen, Karin

• The concepts of health and illness revisited

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Lennart

• Towards a Dynamic Definition of Health and Disease

  Citation: 174

  Authors: Johannes

• Basic ethical principles in European bioethics and biolaw: Autonomy, dignity, integrity and vulnerability – Towards a foundation of bioethics and biolaw

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Jacob Dahl

• Illness as unhomelike being-in-the-world: Heidegger and the phenomenology of medicine

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Fredrik

• The new holism: P4 systems medicine and the medicalization of health and life itself

  Citation: 138

  Authors: Henrik, Bjørn, Linn

• Towards an empirical ethics in care: relations with technologies in health care

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Jeannette

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