Journal profile
Bioethics Update
ISSN 2395-938X · eISSN 2448-7511 · Publicaciones Permanyer · Spain
Bioethics Update: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 29 days to acceptance (25 articles, last 24 months); 13 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bioethics Update is published by Publicaciones Permanyer. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, Bioethics and Human Rights Issues and Medical and Health Sciences Research, together about 49.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine32.7%
- Bioethics and Human Rights IssuesComputer Science9.8%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine7.3%
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsNeuroscience5.4%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities4.8%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine4.8%
- Medicine, History, and PhilosophyMedicine3.8%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 150 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 31 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 22 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 33 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 50 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
29 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 19 days – 39 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 206 days (25 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 230 days
- Sample
- 25 articles with submission and acceptance dates (26 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Publicaciones Permanyer
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2395-938X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2448-7511
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bioethics Update
How long does peer review take at Bioethics Update?
Based on the dates recorded on 25 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 29 days (interquartile range 19–39 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Bioethics Update?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bioethics Update is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Bioethics Update open access, and what is the APC?
Bioethics Update is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .