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Moral status and ethical implications of abortion
Guest Editors
Lidia Casas, PhD, Diego Portales University, Chile
Bronwen Merner, PhD, MSH, University of Melbourne, Australia
Submission Status: Open until 2 January 2026
Ethical AI in healthcare
Guest Editors
Melissa McCradden, PhD, MHSc, Australian Institute for Machine Learning of The University of Adelaide; Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Australia
Seppe Segers, PhD, Ghent University, Belgium
Submission Status: Open until 27 November 2025
Euthanasia, end-of-life choices, and palliative care
Guest Editors
Jan Bollen, MD, PhD, Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands
BenjamÃn Herreros, MD, PhD, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Natasha Michael, MBChB, PhD, University of Notre Dame Australia, Australia
Xavier Symons, PhD, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Submission Status: Open until 7 November 2025
Ethical challenges in nursing practice
Guest Editors
Edison Luiz Devos Barlem, PhD, Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil
Yusrita Zolkefli, PhD, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Submission Status: Open until 31 October 2025
Ethical issues around patient confidentiality
Guest Editors
Marieke Bak, PhD, Technical University of Munich, Germany
James Scheibner, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Submission Status: Open until 4 August 2025
The ethics of the economics of healthcare
Guest Editors
Mathias Barra, PhD, Akershus University Hospital, Norway
Lars Sandman, PhD, Linköping University, Sweden
Iestyn Williams, PhD, University of Birmingham, UK
Submission Status: Open until 7 July 2025
Published
Racial disparities in healthcare
Guest Editors
Shervin Assari, MD, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, USA
Jordan M. Sang, PhD, BC Centre on Substance Use, Canada
Islamic medical ethics
Guest Editors
Rosie Duivenbode, MD, Uppsala University, Sweden
Aasim I. Padela, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Inass Shaltout, MD, Cairo University, Egypt
Ethical considerations in decision-making for gender-affirming care
Guest Editors:
Asa Radix: Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, USA
Arjee Javellana Restar: University of Washington, USA
Megan E. Sutter: Emory University, USA
Ariella R. Tabaac: Harvard Medical School, USA
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in health and medicine
Guest Editors:
Nan Liu: National University of Singapore, Singapore
Kadri Simm: University of Tartu, Estonia
Honghan Wu: University College London, UK
Perspectives and attitudes towards organ donation
Guest Editors:
Elena Cavazzoni: University of Sydney, Australia
Sonny Dhanani: University of Ottawa, Canada
Greg Moorlock: University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Matthew Weiss: Centre Mère-Enfant Soleil du CHU de Québec, Canada
2016
Cross journal collection
Translation in healthcare: ethical, legal, and social implications
Edited by: Donna Dickenson, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Michael Morrison
Collection published: 13 May 2016
2015
Cross journal collection
Extending evidence-based medicine
Edited by: Prof Trisha Greenhalgh
Collection published: 1 September 2015
Cross journal collection
Driving Regenerative Medicine to the Market and Clinic: An Exploration of Enablers, Impediments and Ethical-Legal Challenges
Collection published: 4 August 2015
Cross journal collection
The Many Meanings of ‘Quality’ in Healthcare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Edited by: Dr Deborah Swinglehurst
Collection published: 23 April 2015
2014
Cross journal collection
Reviewer acknowledgements 2013
Collection published: 26 February 2014
Cross journal collection
Medical ethics in informed consent
Edited by: Prof James Giordano, Dr Fernando Marques
Collection published: 7 January 2014
2013
Cross journal collection
Using and abusing evidence in science and health policy
Edited by: Prof Timothy Caulfield
Collection published: 31 January 2013
Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 3.0
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.1
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.384
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.975
Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 11
Submission to acceptance (median days): 190
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Downloads: 1,858,736
Altmetric mentions: 5,048
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Reviewer interacts with: Editor
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