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Indian journal of medical ethics
ISSN 0974-8466 · eISSN 0975-5691 · Forum For Medical Ethics Society
Indian journal of medical ethics: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 96 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Indian journal of medical ethics is published by Forum For Medical Ethics Society. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, Medical and Health Sciences Research and Ethics in Clinical Research, together about 48.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine28.1%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine10.7%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine10.1%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions5.6%
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcarePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.5%
- Biomedical Ethics and RegulationMedicine4.2%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine3.9%
- Health, Medicine and SocietyHealth Professions3.1%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects | Q3 | 39/53 | 27th |
| Health Policy | Q3 | 243/330 | 26th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 228OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,011 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 65 | 374 |
| 2025 | 96 | 96 | 637 |
| 2024 | 89 | 89 | 665 |
| 2023 | 78 | 78 | 695 |
| 2022 | 94 | 94 | 798 |
| 2021 | 96 | 96 | 867 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 |
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
- Forum For Medical Ethics Society
- ISSN
- 0974-8466
- Electronic ISSN
- 0975-5691
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Indian journal of medical ethics
Which databases index Indian journal of medical ethics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Indian journal of medical ethics is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Indian journal of medical ethics open access, and what is the APC?
Indian journal of medical ethics 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .