Journal profile · ETHICS
Cuadernos de Bioetica
ISSN 1132-1989 · eISSN 2386-3773 · Asociacion Espanola de Bioetica y Etica Medica
Cuadernos de Bioetica: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2 (journal website); subscription journal; median 59 days to acceptance (17 articles, last 24 months); 13 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cuadernos de Bioetica is published by Asociacion Espanola de Bioetica y Etica Medica and is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, Ethics in medical practice and Law, Ethics, and AI Impact, together about 58.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La revista Cuadernos de Bioética, órgano oficial de la Asociación Española de Bioética y Ética Médica, publica cuatrimestralmente artículos y recensiones bibliográficas sobre todas las áreas de la bioética: fundamentación, ética de la investigación, bioética clínica, biojurídica, etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ETHICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine40.8%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions13%
- Law, Ethics, and AI ImpactBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine5%
- Bioethics and Human Rights IssuesComputer Science4.5%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine3.2%
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions2.6%
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsNeuroscience2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ethics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ethics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 985 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | 0 | 8 |
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 PubMed · to
59 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 40 days – 121 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 17 articles with submission and acceptance dates (22 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 websitePeer review
- Peer review
Peer review: articles accepted in editor-supervised review; some commissioned by editorial committee. Model summary
Estos proceden de los aceptados en la revisión tutelada por los editores de la revista como de otros que por encargo el comité editorial solicite a sus autores.
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
- Asociacion Espanola de Bioetica y Etica Medica
- ISSN
- 1132-1989
- Electronic ISSN
- 2386-3773
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cuadernos de Bioetica
What CAS zone is Cuadernos de Bioetica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cuadernos de Bioetica is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Ethics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cuadernos de Bioetica?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 9.
How long does peer review take at Cuadernos de Bioetica?
Based on the dates recorded on 17 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 59 days (interquartile range 40–121 days). 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 Cuadernos de Bioetica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cuadernos de Bioetica is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Cuadernos de Bioetica open access, and what is the APC?
Cuadernos de Bioetica is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .