Bioethics News

Subscription or hybridMedicine

Bioethics News is published by Springer Science+Business Media as a subscription journal (ISSN 1321-2753). The list article processing charge is $3,190. Its OpenAlex h-index is 27. Figures on this page are sourced from OpenAlex and DOAJ and should be confirmed on the journal’s own site before submission.

Cost to publish

$3,190

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

Checked · How we source APCs

Time to publication

Not reported to DOAJ.

h-index

27

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

1.7

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in Bioethics News is listed at $3,190. The publisher also lists 2,590 EUR, 2,290 GBP. No waiver policy is recorded in our sources, which does not mean none exists. Ask.

What this journal has charged over time

List price for an open-access article in Bioethics News, as recorded by OpenAlex for each year. The fee has risen 19% since 2019, from $2,690 to $3,190.

$0$1.6k$3.2k2019: $2,69020192020: $2,75020202021: $2,78020212022: $2,89020222023: $2,89020232024: $3,09020242025: $3,1902025

Publishers change list prices without notice and often apply discounts, institutional agreements or waivers. Treat this as the trend, and confirm the current figure with the journal.

Peer review and licensing

Review modelNot reported
LicenceNot reported
Author keeps copyrightNot reported
Plagiarism screeningNot reported
Editorial boardNot linked in DOAJ
LanguagesNot reported

Verification data is limited because this journal is not listed in DOAJ. Many long-established subscription journals are not in DOAJ and this does not indicate any quality concern.

Scope

The subjects Bioethics News publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Ethics in medical practiceEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareEthics in Clinical ResearchReproductive Health and TechnologiesNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsBiomedical Ethics and RegulationPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesOrgan Donation and TransplantationPatient Dignity and PrivacyGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Publication record

Indexed articles643
Total citations3,770
i10-index111
Most recent indexed article2026
All ISSNs1321-2753, 1836-6716

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.