Bioethics (journal)

Infobox Journal
title = Bioethics


discipline = Bioethics, Philosophy
abbreviation = None
publisher = Blackwell Publishing
country = UK, U.S.
frequency = 9 issues per year
history = ?? - present
website = "Bioethics" at Blackwell Publishing [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0269-9702]
ISSN (Print)= ISSN search link|0269-9702
ISSN (Online)= ISSN search link|1467-8519

Bioethics, is the Journal of the International Association of Bioethics. It is a blind peer reviewed journal published by Blackwell Publishing. [ Blackwell Publishing website (accessed 26 June 2007) [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0269-9702&site=1] ] There are 9 issues of this journal published each year, and it is available both in print and online. The ISI's Web of Knowledge Journal Citation Report rankings for "Bioethics" for 2006 were:
*4/28 for 'Ethics';
*3/7 for 'Medical Ethics';
*8/26 for 'Social Sciences, Biomedical'. [ Blackwell Publishing website (accessed 26 June 2007) [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/aims.asp?ref=0269-9702&site=1] ]

"Bioethics" is intended to " [provide] a forum for well-argued articles on the ethical questions raised by current issues such as: international collaborative clinical research in developing countries; public health; infectious disease; AIDS; managed care; genomics and stem cell research. These questions are considered in relation to concrete ethical, legal and policy problems, or in terms of the fundamental concepts, principles and theories used in discussions of such problems." [ Bioethics website (Accessed 26 June 2007) [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/aims.asp?ref=0269-9702&site=1] ]

In 2007, the editors are Professor Ruth Chadwick, Professor of Bioethics at the Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen) atLancaster University] [Ruth Chadwick's webpage at Lancaster University (accessed 26 June 2007) [http://www.cesagen.lancs.ac.uk/staff/chadwick.htm] ] and Professor Udo Schüklenk, Professor of Philosophy and Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. [Bioethics, Blackwell Publishing website (accessed 26 June 2007) [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/editors.asp?ref=0269-9702&site=1] ]

References

External links

* Bioethics: Publishers information, Blackwell Publishing [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0269-9702]