Journal profile · Health Care Sciences & Services
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
ISSN 0963-1801 · eISSN 1469-2147 · Cambridge University Press · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1992
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.43; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,550; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 47 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics in medical practice, Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 38.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics is designed to serve as an international forum for addressing the increasingly complex challenges of biology, medicine and healthcare. As a journal committed to expanding the community of bioethicists worldwide, CQ welcomes well-argued papers from a variety of methodological and normative viewpoints.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Care Sciences & Services
Editor-in-chief David LawrencePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 18, United Kingdom 6, Netherlands 3, Canada 2, Finland 2 (38 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions22.2%
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareMedicine9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.5%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine6%
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsNeuroscience5.9%
- Biomedical Ethics and RegulationMedicine5%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.43LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 674OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 84.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,776 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 47 | 40 | 36 |
| 2024 | 73 | 62 | 155 |
| 2023 | 85 | 63 | 808 |
| 2022 | 110 | 66 | 686 |
| 2021 | 49 | 22 | 360 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access articles
Cambridge bioethics education working groups Clinical neuroethics
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 0963-1801
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-2147
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
What CAS zone is Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Health Policy & Services / Social Sciences, Biomedical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.43; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics based?
Of the 38 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (18), United Kingdom (6) and Netherlands (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics open access, and what is the APC?
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,550.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .