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Journal of Law and the Biosciences

Oxford University Press·United Kingdom·ISSN 2053-9711

Open accessIn DOAJNo publication chargeMedicine

Journal of Law and the Biosciences is published by Oxford University Press as an open access journal (ISSN 2053-9711). The journal lists no article processing charge. Typical time to publication is 13 wks. Its OpenAlex h-index is 50. Primary field: No publication charge. It is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. 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

No charge

DOAJ records no article processing charge for this journal.

Checked · Journal fee page

Time to publication

13 wks

Broadly typical for the field.

h-index

50

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

4.4

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Journal of Law and the Biosciences does not charge an article processing charge according to its DOAJ record. Journals in this position are usually funded by a society, a university or a national body.

The journal's own fee page →

What this journal has charged over time

List price for an open-access article in Journal of Law and the Biosciences, as recorded by OpenAlex for each year. The fee has fallen 100% since 2021, from $1,470 to $0.

$0$735$1.5k2021: $1,47020212022: $020222023: $020232024: $020242025: $02025

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 modelPeer review (policy)
LicenceCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND
Author keeps copyrightNo
Plagiarism screeningYes
Editorial boardPublished →
LanguagesEN

Verification checks

7 of 8 confirmed

These are facts we could verify in public records, not a verdict. A journal missing a check is not necessarily disreputable — many long-established subscription journals sit outside the open-access registries entirely. Use them as questions to ask, and confirm anything that matters directly with the journal before you submit.

  • Listed in the Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ applies a documented set of inclusion criteria.
  • Included in OpenAlex's curated core setOpenAlex flags well-established venues that appear across major indexes.
  • Peer review model publicly declaredPeer review
  • Publication charges stated up frontA journal that will not tell you the fee before submission is worth a second look.
  • Screens submissions for plagiarismReported to DOAJ by the journal.
  • Participates in a digital preservation schemeArchiving means the record survives if the publisher does not.
  • Assigns persistent identifiers (DOIs)Standard practice; its absence is unusual.
  • Still actively publishingMost recent indexed article: 2025.

Scope

The subjects Journal of Law and the Biosciences publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Biomedical Ethics and RegulationEthics in Clinical ResearchNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsReproductive Health and TechnologiesPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeIntellectual Property and PatentsEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareEthics in medical practiceLaw, AI, and Intellectual Property

Publication record

Indexed articles520
Total citations9,563
i10-index220
Most recent indexed article2025
Open access since2014
All ISSNs2053-9711

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.