American Journal of Bioethics

The American Journal of Bioethics is a monthly journal published by Taylor and Francis that covers bioethics, philosophy, health policy, health law, health economics, and the sociology of medicine, founded in 1999 and indexed in MEDLINE, the Science Citation Index Expanded, and the Social Sciences Citation Index with a 2025 impact factor of 17.6American Journal of Bioethics 是泰勒-弗朗西斯出版集团的月刊，覆盖生命伦理、哲学、卫生政策、卫生法、卫生经济与医学社会学，1999 年创刊，被 MEDLINE、科学引文索引扩展版与社会科学引文索引收录，2025 年影响因子为 17.6。

Scope

• Target articles on the social impact of clinical research发表针对临床研究社会影响的目标论文。
• Work on access to health care and on medical records and data发表关于医疗服务可及性以及病历与数据的研究。
• Open peer commentaries and responses that debate each target article in public发表公开同行评论以及对目标论文的回应，形成公开讨论。
• Book reviews in bioethics and related fields发表生命伦理及相关领域的书评。
• Coverage spans bioethics, philosophy, health policy, health law, health economics, and the sociology of medicine覆盖生命伦理、哲学、卫生政策、卫生法、卫生经济与医学社会学。

History

• The journal was founded in 1999 by Glenn McGee, who served as its founding editor该刊由 Glenn McGee 于 1999 年创办，他出任创始主编。^[1]
• Its first issue appeared in winter 2001 and was published by MIT Press before the journal moved to Taylor and Francis首期于 2001 年冬季面世，当时由 MIT Press 出版，之后转由泰勒-弗朗西斯出版。
• Its affiliated journals include AJOB Neuroscience, launched in 2010, and AJOB Empirical Bioethics, launched in 2014其系列子刊包括 2010 年创办的 AJOB Neuroscience 与 2014 年创办的 AJOB Empirical Bioethics。
• The journal is affiliated with the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities and appears twelve times a year该刊与美国生命伦理与人文协会相关联，每年出版 12 期。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is David Magnus, PhD, of Stanford University现任主编为斯坦福大学的 David Magnus 博士。
• The executive managing editor is Bela Fishbeyn, MS, also at Stanford执行管理编辑为同样任职于斯坦福大学的 Bela Fishbeyn 硕士。
• Associate editors include Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Kayhan Parsi, and Richard Sharp副编辑包括 Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby、Kayhan Parsi 与 Richard Sharp。
• Submissions are peer reviewed under a double-anonymized model, and authors may choose open access through Taylor and Francis Open Select投稿采用双匿名同行评审，作者可通过泰勒-弗朗西斯 Open Select 选择开放获取。