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Top 50 Bioethics Journals and Top 250 MostCited Articles Since 2011, 2016 EditionMay 23, 2016 | BRL Blog, Featured

This 2016 edition of the “top bioethics journals and articles” list includes updated rankings for bioethics

journals and new citation metrics for articles published in 2015, as well as updates for previous years’

top articles. Links to the publisher pages are included for each article as well as links to their citation

page on Google Scholar. The average H5 index for the top fifty-two journals is 13.38, with a tied high of

28 and a minimum of 6.

Here are the top top 52 journals and 252 most cited articles from the top bioethics journals published in

2009 through 2015. View the Top Articles by Year: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011.

About this Analysis

This is an updated citation analysis for 2011 through 2015 of the top 100 bioethics journals. I’ve

included the top 50 journals and the top cited articles per year including the h5 ranking.  Just over

20,000 articles were analyzed in this dataset, shared here as a spreadsheet. If you’re interested in using

this study in a publication or presentation please let me know so I can share a link to your research on

this blog post.

I utilized Harzing’s Publish or Perish software over a period of 10 days to gather this new data in May,

2016. The citation metrics are from Google Scholar’s index.

Author: Mark Hakkarinen, M.A.

Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University.

Mark.Hakkarinen@georgetown.edu

Bioethics Journal Impact Analysis

This analysis uses the h5 index measurement in Publish or Perish Citation information data gathered in

May, 2016. The Google Scholar metrics are based on data in their index as of June, 2015. More notes

about accuracy available here: http://www.harzing.com/pophelp/accuracy.htm

Journal of Medical

Ethics

0306-6800 28 28 38

Title ISSN

h5 (Harzing's

Publish or

Perish, Google

Scholar Source)

h5-index (Google

Scholar

Calculated, June

2015 Index)

h5-median

(Google Scholar

Calculated, June

2015 Index)

U a

Nursing Ethics 0969-7330 28 28 36

American Journal

of Bioethics

(AJOB)

1526-5161 25 28 34

Journal of Law,

Medicine and

Ethics

1073-1105 24 23 31

Neuroethics 1874-5490 23 20 25

Science and

Engineering

Ethics

1353-3452 23 22 34

Bioethics 0269-9702 22 22 28

AJOB

Neuroscience

2150-7740 20 18 28

BMC Medical

Ethics

1472-6939 19 18 25

Journal of Health

Politics, Policy

and Law

0361-6878 19 18 24

Hastings Center

Report

0093-0334 18 20 27

Medicine, Health

Care and

Philosophy

1386-7423 18 16 20

Environmental

Values

0963-2719 16 14 38

Journal of

Empirical

Research on

Human Research

Ethics

1556-2646 16 16 22

American Journal 0098-8588 15 16 25

of Law &

Medicine

Journal of

Medicine and

Philosophy

0360-5310 15 18 22

Nursing

Philosophy

1466-7681 15 14 22

Public Health

Ethics

1754- 9973 15 13 18

Developing World

Bioethics

1471-8731 14 14 17

Ethics & Behavior 1050-8422 14 13 21

Health Care

Analysis

1065-3058 14 14 23

Philosophy,

Ethics, &

Humanities in

Medicine

1747-5341 14

Cambridge

Quarterly of

Healthcare Ethics

0963-1801 13 12 16

HEC Forum 0956-2737 13 12 20

Journal of

Bioethical Inquiry

1176-7529 13 11 16

Theoretical

Medicine and

Bioethics

1386-7415 13 13 17

AJOB Primary

Research

2150-7716 12 11 15

ATLA:

Alternatives to

Laboratory

0261-1929 12 13 19

Animals

Ethical Theory

and Moral Practice

1386-2820 12 10 13

Journal of Applied

Philosophy

0264-3758 11 11 15

Medical Law

Review

0967- 0742 11 10 14

NanoEthics 1871-4757 11 14 20

Accountability in

Research

0898-9621 10 10 15

Clinical Ethics 1477-7509 10 7 10

Journal Medical

Humanities

1041-3545 10 10 16

Journal of Medical

Humanities

1041-3545 10 9 13

Kennedy Institute

of Ethics Journal

1054-6863 10

AMA Journal of

Ethics (formerly

Virtual Mentor)

2376-6980 9 8 9

Journal of Clinical

Ethics

1046-7890 9 12 23

Ethik in der

Medizin

0935-7335 8 9 12

European Journal

of Health Law

0929-0273 8 8 9

International

Journal of

Feminist

Approaches to

Bioethics (IJFAB)

1937-4585 8 8 11

Showing 1 to 52 of 52 entries

Journal of Legal

Medicine

0194-7648 8 9 10

Acta Bioethica 0717-5906 7 7 11

Cuadernos de

Bioética

1132-1989 7 6 8

Journal of Global

Ethics

1744-9626 7 7 11

South African

Journal of

Bioethics and Law

1999-7639 7 7 11

Asian Bioethics

Review

1793-8759 6 9 13

Indian Journal of

Medical Ethics

0974-8466 6 10 10

JONA's Healthcare

Law, Ethics, and

Regulation

1520-9229 6

Journal of

Religious Ethics

0384-9694 6 6 8

Monash Bioethics

Review

1321-2753 6 5 6

 Top Bioethics Articles by Year

2015

56 with 9 or more citations.

*Top citations calculated as of May, 2016. These rankings are likely skewed more heavily towards those

published earlier in the year.

1. “Withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration from minimally conscious and vegetative patients:

family perspectives“. C Kitzinger, J Kitzinger. Journal of Medical Ethics 28 cites

2. “Enhancing motivation by use of prescription stimulants: The ethics of motivation enhancement“. T

Kjærsgaard. AJOB Neuroscience 25 cites

3. “Broad consent for research with biological samples: Workshop conclusions“. C Grady, L Eckstein, B

Berkman, D Brock…. The American Journal … 24 cites

4. “Problems with traditional science publishing and finding a wider niche for post-publication peer

review“. JA Teixeira da Silva, J Dobránszki. Accountability in research 24 cites

5. “Toward interventions to address moral distress Navigating structure and agency“. LC Musto, PA

Rodney, R Vanderheide. Nursing ethics 20 cites

6. “A threat to autonomy? The intrusion of predictive brain implants“. F Gilbert. AJOB neuroscience 20

cites

7. “Suicide tourism: a pilot study on the Swiss phenomenon“. S Gauthier, J Mausbach, T Reisch…. Journal

of medical ethics 19 cites

8. “The medicalization of love“. BD Earp, A Sandberg…. Cambridge Quarterly of … 19 cites

9. “The social determinants of health: Why should we care?“. A Preda, K Voigt. The American Journal of

Bioethics 18 cites

10. “Neglected ends: Clinical ethics consultation and the prospects for closure“. A Fiester. The American

Journal of Bioethics 17 cites

11. “Imposing genetic diversity“. R Sparrow. The American Journal of Bioethics 17 cites

12. “Selecting the right tool for the job“. AL Caplan, C Plunkett, B Levin. … American Journal of Bioethics

17 cites

13. “Ritual male infant circumcision and human rights“. AJ Jacobs, KS Arora. The American Journal of

Bioethics 17 cites

14. “Beyond bench and bedside: Disentangling the concept of translational research“. AL van der Laan,

M Boenink. Health Care Analysis 17 cites

15. “Sex and circumcision“. BD Earp. The American Journal of Bioethics 16 cites

16. “On the impermissibility of infant male circumcision: a response to Mazor (2013)“. E Ungar-Sargon.

Journal of Medical Ethics 15 cites

17. “Personal utility in genomic testing: is there such a thing?“. EM Bunnik, ACJW Janssens…. Journal of

medical ethics 14 cites

18. “Looking for trouble: Preventive genomic sequencing in the general population and the role of

patient choice“. G Lázaro-Muñoz, JM Conley, AM Davis…. The American Journal … 14 cites

19. “A code of ethics for health care ethics consultants: Journey to the present and implications for the

field“. AJ Tarzian, LD Wocial…. The American Journal … 14 cites

20. “The social licence for research: why care. data ran into trouble“. P Carter, GT Laurie, M Dixon-

Woods. Journal of medical ethics 13 cites

21. “Bioethics: why philosophy is essential for progress“. J Savulescu. Journal of medical ethics 13 cites

22. “Young people’s experiences of participation in clinical trials: Reasons for taking part“. M

Luchtenberg, E Maeckelberghe…. The American Journal … 13 cites

23. “Reframing problems of incommensurability in environmental conflicts through pragmatic

sociology: From value pluralism to the plurality of modes of engagement with …“. L Centemeri.

Environmental values 13 cites

24. “Culture, compassion and clinical neglect: probity in the NHS after Mid Staffordshire“. C Newdick, C

Danbury. Journal of medical ethics 12 cites

25. “Addressing consent issues in donation after circulatory determination of death“. KJ Overby, MS

Weinstein, A Fiester. … American Journal of Bioethics 12 cites

26. “Patient perspectives on the learning health system: The importance of trust and shared decision

making“. M Kelley, C James, S Alessi Kraft…. The American Journal … 12 cites

27. “Returning a research participant’s genomic results to relatives: analysis and recommendations“. SM

Wolf, R Branum, BA Koenig…. … , Medicine & Ethics 12 cites

28. “‘Moral distress’–time to abandon a flawed nursing construct?“. MJ Johnstone, A Hutchinson.

Nursing ethics 11 cites

29. “Constructing a theoretical model of moral distress“. ELD Barlem, FRS Ramos. Nursing ethics 11 cites

30. “Moral distress A review of the argument-based nursing ethics literature“. J McCarthy, C Gastmans.

Nursing ethics 11 cites

31. “Ethics consultation in pediatrics: Long-term experience from a pediatric oncology center“. LM

Johnson, CL Church, M Metzger…. The American Journal of … 11 cites

32. “The Texas Advanced Directive Law: Unfinished business“. M Kapottos, S Youngner. The American

Journal of Bioethics 11 cites

33. “You can’t make me do it, but I could be persuaded: a Federalism perspective on the Affordable Care

Act“. SF Haeder, DL Weimer. Journal of health politics, policy and law 11 cites

34. “Why is it hard to make progress in assessing children’s decision-making competence?“. IM Hein,

PW Troost, A Broersma…. … medical ethics 11 cites

35. “Empathy, justice, and moral behavior“. J Decety, JM Cowell. AJOB Neuroscience 11 cites

36. “Involving Research Stakeholders in Developing Policy on Sharing Public Health Research Data in

Kenya Views on Fair Process for Informed Consent, Access …“. I Jao, F Kombe, S Mwalukore, S Bull…. …

of Empirical Research … 11 cites

37. “Paradigm dressed as epoch: the ideology of the Anthropocene“. J Baskin. Environmental Values 11

cites

38. “Ebola: what it tells us about medical ethics“. AJ Dawson. Journal of medical ethics 10 cites

39. “Penetrating the omerta of predatory publishing: the romanian connection“. D Djuric. Science and

engineering ethics 10 cites

40. “Domesticating the Drone: The Demilitarisation of Unmanned Aircraft for Civil Markets“. P Boucher.

Science and engineering ethics 10 cites

41. “Addressing Pricing Power in Integrated Delivery: The Limits of Antitrust“. R Berenson. Journal of

Health Politics, Policy and Law 10 cites

42. “Challenges for principles of need in health care“. N Juth. Health Care Analysis 10 cites

43. “Developing Ethical Practices for Public Health Research Data Sharing in South Africa The Views and

Experiences From a Diverse Sample of Research Stakeholders“. SG Denny, B Silaigwana, D Wassenaar….

… of Empirical Research … 10 cites

44. “Rethinking “commercial” surrogacy in Australia“. J Millbank. Journal of bioethical inquiry 10 cites

45. “‘The Medical’and ‘Health’in a Critical Medical Humanities“. S Atkinson, B Evans, A Woods, R

Kearns. Journal of Medical Humanities 10 cites

46. “Positive affect as coercive strategy: conditionality, activation and the role of psychology in UK

government workfare programmes“. L Friedli, R Stearn. Medical humanities 10 cites

47. “Revealing the results of whole-genome sequencing and whole-exome sequencing in research and

clinical investigations: some ethical issues“. N Hallowell, A Hall, C Alberg, R Zimmern. Journal of medical

ethics 9 cites

48. “Limits to relational autonomy—The Singaporean experience“. LKR Krishna, DS Watkinson, NL

Beng. Nursing ethics 9 cites

49. “Ethical obligations and clinical goals in end-of-life care: Deriving a quality-of-life construct based

on the Islamic concept of accountability before God (taklīf)“. A Padela, A Mohiuddin. The American

Journal of Bioethics 9 cites

50. “Sleepwalking into infertility: The need for a public health approach toward advanced maternal age“.

ME Lemoine, V Ravitsky. The American Journal of Bioethics 9 cites

51. “Placebo effects and informed consent“. M Alfano. The American Journal of Bioethics 9 cites

52. “An ethical evaluation of stereotactic neurosurgery for anorexia nervosa“. S Müller, R Riedmüller, H

Walter, M Christen. AJOB Neuroscience 9 cites

53. ““Could have chosen otherwise under identical conditions”: An evolutionary perspective on free

will“. J Banja. AJOB Neuroscience 9 cites

54. “Ethical Considerations for Outcome‑adaptive Trial Designs: A Clinical Researcher’s Perspective“.

SB Saxman. Bioethics 9 cites

55. “Trust, Respect, and Reciprocity Informing Culturally Appropriate Data-Sharing Practice in

Vietnam“. L Merson, TV Phong, NT Dung, TTD Ngan…. … of Empirical Research … 9 cites

56. “Risks, benefits, complications and harms: Neglected factors in the current debate on non-

therapeutic circumcision“. R Darby. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 9 cites

2014

There are 48 articles with 15 or more citations.

1. “Diagnosing mental disorders and saving the normal: American Psychiatric Association, 2013.

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, …“. F Svenaeus. Medicine, health care and

philosophy 867 cites

2. “Against autonomy: justifying coercive paternalism“. S Conly. Journal of medical ethics 117 cites

3. “Addressing the ethical challenges in genetic testing and sequencing of children“. EW Clayton, LB

McCullough, LG Biesecker…. The American Journal … 38 cites

4. “Pascal’s Wager: health insurance exchanges, Obamacare, and the Republican dilemma“. DK Jones,

KWV Bradley…. Journal of health politics, … 38 cites

5. “Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management“. DE Alexander. Science and

engineering ethics 26 cites

6. “A review of the key issues associated with the commercialization of biobanks“. T Caulfield, S

Burningham, Y Joly…. … and the Biosciences 25 cites

7. “Ethische und rechtliche Aspekte im Umgang mit genetischen Zufallsbefunden–Herausforderungen

und Lösungsansätze“. P Erdmann. Ethik in der Medizin 25 cites

8. “Assessing the likely harms to kidney vendors in regulated organ markets“. J Koplin. The American

Journal of Bioethics 23 cites

9. “Changing the conversation about brain death“. RD Truog, FG Miller. The American Journal of Bioethics

23 cites

10. “Egalitarianism and moral bioenhancement“. R Sparrow. The American journal of bioethics 22 cites

11. “Authorship matrix: A rational approach to quantify individual contributions and responsibilities in

multi-author scientific articles“. TP Clement. Science and engineering ethics 22 cites

12. “Multiplex parenting: IVG and the generations to come“. C Palacios-González, J Harris, G Testa.

Journal of medical ethics 20 cites

13. “Brave new love: The threat of high-tech “conversion” therapy and the bio-oppression of sexual

minorities“. BD Earp, A Sandberg, J Savulescu. AJOB neuroscience 20 cites

14. “Imposing options on people in poverty: the harm of a live donor organ market“. S Rippon. Journal of

medical ethics 19 cites

15. “Ethical review of health systems research in low-and middle-income countries: a conceptual

exploration“. AA Hyder, A Rattani, C Krubiner…. The American Journal … 19 cites

16. “Essential health benefits and the Affordable Care Act: Law and process“. N Bagley, H Levy. Journal of

health politics, policy and law 19 cites

17. “A costly separation between withdrawing and withholding treatment in intensive care“. D

Wilkinson, J Savulescu. Bioethics 19 cites

18. “The regulation of cognitive enhancement devices: extending the medical model“. H Maslen, T

Douglas, RC Kadosh…. … and the Biosciences 19 cites

19. “The Ebola outbreak in Western Africa: ethical obligations for care“. A Yakubu, MO Folayan, N Sani-

Gwarzo…. Journal of medical … 18 cites

20. “Learning the requirements for compassionate practice Student vulnerability and courage“. K Curtis.

Nursing Ethics 18 cites

21. “Life context of pharmacological academic performance enhancement among university students–a

qualitative approach“. E Hildt, K Lieb, AG Franke. BMC medical ethics 18 cites

22. “A second rebuttal on health“. C Boorse. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 18 cites

23. “Stimulating the self: The influence of conceptual frameworks on reactions to deep brain

stimulation“. G Mecacci, WFG Haselager. AJOB Neuroscience 18 cites

24. “Epigenetics and the environment in bioethics“. C Dupras, V Ravitsky, B Williams‑Jones. Bioethics 18

cites

25. “Death, posthumous harm, and bioethics“. JS Taylor. Journal of medical ethics 17 cites

26. “Problematising autonomy and advocacy in nursing“. C Cole, S Wellard, J Mummery. Nursing ethics

17 cites

27. “Patient and citizen participation in health: The need for improved ethical support“. L Williamson.

The American Journal of Bioethics 17 cites

28. “Brain images, babies, and bathwater: critiquing critiques of functional neuroimaging“. MJ Farah.

Hastings Center Report 17 cites

29. “Use of a Patient Preference Predictor to help make medical decisions for incapacitated patients“. A

Rid, D Wendler. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 17 cites

30. “Public attitudes toward cognitive enhancement“. NS Fitz, R Nadler, P Manogaran, EWJ Chong….

Neuroethics 17 cites

31. “Approaches to suffering at the end of life: the use of sedation in the USA and Netherlands“. JAC

Rietjens, JR Voorhees, A van der Heide…. Journal of medical … 16 cites

32. “The ethics of advertising for health care services“. Y Schenker, RM Arnold, AJ London. The American

Journal of … 16 cites

33. “Transnational gestational surrogacy: Does it have to be exploitative?“. J Kirby. The American Journal

of Bioethics 16 cites

34. “Have we asked too much of consent?“. BA Koenig. Hastings Center Report 16 cites

35. “The human right to water: The importance of domestic and productive water rights“. RP Hall, B Van

Koppen, E Van Houweling. Science and Engineering … 16 cites

36. “Moral competence in social robots“. BF Malle, M Scheutz. … in Science, Technology and Engineering

… 16 cites

37. “Treatment decision making for incapacitated patients: is development and use of a patient

preference predictor feasible?“. A Rid, D Wendler. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 16 cites

38. “The nocebo effect of informed consent“. S Cohen. Bioethics 16 cites

39. “Cognition and the compassion deficit: the social psychology of helping behaviour in nursing“. J

Paley. Nursing Philosophy 16 cites

40. “Nurses’ perception of ethical climate, medical error experience and intent-to-leave“. JI Hwang, HA

Park. Nursing ethics 15 cites

41. “Failing a student nurse A new horizon of moral courage“. S Black, J Curzio, L Terry. Nursing ethics 15

cites

42. “The challenge of informed consent and return of results in translational genomics: empirical

analysis and recommendations“. GE Henderson, SM Wolf, KJ Kuczynski…. … , Medicine & Ethics 15 cites

43. “Functional neuroimaging: Technical, logical, and social perspectives“. GK Aguirre. Hastings Center

Report 15 cites

44. “The recent history of Christian bioethics critically reassessed“. HT Engelhardt. Christian Bioethics 15

cites

45. “Better living through chemistry? A reply to Savulescu and Persson on ‘moral enhancement’“. R

Sparrow. Journal of Applied Philosophy 15 cites

46. “Enhancing moral conformity and enhancing moral worth“. T Douglas. Neuroethics 15 cites

47. “What is nursing in the 21st century and what does the 21st century health system require of

nursing?“. PA Scott, A Matthews, M Kirwan. Nursing Philosophy 15 cites

48. “Ebola, epidemics, and ethics-what we have learned“. GK Donovan. Philosophy, Ethics, and

Humanities in … 15 cites

2013

2013

This year there are 47 articles with 30 or more citations.

1. “Mind wars“. JD Moreno. Monash Bioethics Review 118 cites

2. “An ethics framework for a learning health care system: a departure from traditional research ethics

and clinical ethics“. RR Faden, NE Kass, SN Goodman…. Hastings Center … 108 cites

3. “The research‑treatment distinction: a problematic approach for determining which activities should

have ethical oversight“. NE Kass, RR Faden, SN GooDMAN…. Hastings Center … 88 cites

4. “Improving understanding in the research informed consent process: a systematic review of 54

interventions tested in randomized control trials“. A Nishimura, J Carey, PJ Erwin…. … medical … 86

cites

5. “Arrests of and forced interventions on pregnant women in the United States, 1973–2005:

Implications for women’s legal status and public health“. LM Paltrow, J Flavin. Journal of Health Politics,

Policy and Law 83 cites

6. “What is degrowth? From an activist slogan to a social movement“. F Demaria, F Schneider, F

Sekulova…. Environmental … 81 cites

7. “Obesity: Chasing an elusive epidemic“. D Callahan. Hastings Center Report 58 cites

8. “Engineering ethics beyond engineers’ ethics“. JM Basart, M Serra. Science and Engineering Ethics 58

cites

9. “Just how cognitive is “cognitive enhancement”? On the significance of emotions in university

students’ experiences with study drugs“. S Vrecko. AJOB neuroscience 56 cites

10. “Do researchers have an obligation to actively look for genetic incidental findings?“. C Gliwa, BE

Berkman. The American Journal of Bioethics 54 cites

11. “Treating patients as persons: A capabilities approach to support delivery of person-centered care“.

VA Entwistle, IS Watt. The American Journal of Bioethics 54 cites

12. “Designing robots for care: Care centered value-sensitive design“. A Van Wynsberghe. Science and

engineering ethics 53 cites

13. “What is personalized medicine: sharpening a vague term based on a systematic literature review“. S

Schleidgen, C Klingler…. … medical … 53 cites

14. “Physicians under the influence: social psychology and industry marketing strategies“. S Sah, A

Fugh‑Berman. … Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 51 cites

15. “Deep brain stimulation and the search for identity“. K Witt, J Kuhn, L Timmermann, M Zurowski, C

Woopen. Neuroethics 50 cites

16. “Institutional corruption of pharmaceuticals and the myth of safe and effective drugs“. DW Light, J

Lexchin, JJ Darrow. The Journal of Law, Medicine … 47 cites

17. “Case-based knowledge and ethics education: Improving learning and transfer through emotionally

rich cases“. CE Thiel, S Connelly, L Harkrider…. … and engineering ethics 47 cites

18. ““I Am Who I Am”: on the perceived threats to personal identity from deep brain stimulation“. F

Baylis. Neuroethics 46 cites

19. “Did my brain implant make me do it? Questions raised by DBS regarding psychological continuity,

responsibility for action and mental competence“. L Klaming, P Haselager. Neuroethics 45 cites

20. “Moral distress in nursing Contributing factors, outcomes and interventions“. AS Burston, AG

Tuckett. Nursing Ethics 44 cites

21. “On good and bad forms of medicalization“. E Parens. Bioethics 44 cites

22. “The asilomar survey: Stakeholders’ opinions on ethical issues related to brain-computer

interfacing“. F Nijboer, J Clausen, BZ Allison, P Haselager. Neuroethics 43 cites

23. “Nudging and informed consent“. S Cohen. The American Journal of Bioethics 42 cites

24. “The social model of disability: Dichotomy between impairment and disability“. D Anastasiou, JM

Kauffman. … of Medicine and Philosophy 42 cites

25. “Salvaging the concept of nudge“. Y Saghai. Journal of Medical Ethics 40 cites

26. “Out of step: fatal flaws in the latest AAP policy report on neonatal circumcision“. JS Svoboda, RS

Van Howe. Journal of Medical Ethics 39 cites

27. “Trust in nurse-patient relationships: a literature review“. L Dinç, C Gastmans. Nursing ethics 39 cites

28. “Getting moral enhancement right: the desirability of moral bioenhancement“. I Persson, J

Savulescu. Bioethics 39 cites

29. “Media, politics and science policy: MS and evidence from the CCSVI trenches“. D Pullman, A

Zarzeczny…. … medical ethics 37 cites

30. “Primum non nocere: obesity stigma and public health“. LR Vartanian, JM Smyth. Journal of bioethical

inquiry 36 cites

31. “PPI, paradoxes and Plato: who’s sailing the ship?“. J Ives, S Damery, S Redwod. Journal of Medical

Ethics 35 cites

32. “If I could just stop loving you: Anti-love biotechnology and the ethics of a chemical breakup“. BD

Earp, OA Wudarczyk, A Sandberg…. The American Journal … 35 cites

33. “Health care ethics consultation: An update on core competencies and emerging standards from the

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities’ Core …“. AJ Tarzian, ACCUT Force. The American

Journal of Bioethics 35 cites

34. “Key opinion leaders and the corruption of medical knowledge: what the Sunshine Act will and won’t

cast light on“. S Sismondo. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 35 cites

35. “Pain perception in disorders of consciousness: neuroscience, clinical care, and ethics in dialogue“. A

Demertzi, E Racine, MA Bruno, D Ledoux…. Neuroethics 35 cites

36. “The challenge of crafting policy for do-it-yourself brain stimulation“. NS Fitz, PB Reiner. Journal of

medical ethics 33 cites

37. “Transplant tourism: the ethics and regulation of international markets for organs“. IG Cohen. The

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 33 cites

38. “The high price of “free” trade: US trade agreements and access to medicines“. R Lopert, D Gleeson.

The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 33 cites

39. “Voluntary simplicity and the social reconstruction of law: degrowth from the grassroots up“. S

Alexander. Environmental Values 33 cites

40. “Me, myself and my brain implant: Deep brain stimulation raises questions of personal authenticity

and alienation“. F Kraemer. Neuroethics 33 cites

41. “Big bad data: law, public health, and biomedical databases“. S Hoffman, A Podgurski. … Journal of

Law, Medicine & Ethics 32 cites

42. “Social epigenetics and equality of opportunity“. M Loi, L Del Savio, E Stupka. Public health ethics 32

cites

43. “Assessing decision-making capacity in the behaviorally nonresponsive patient with residual covert

awareness“. A Peterson, L Naci, C Weijer, D Cruse…. … Neuroscience 31 cites

44. “Moral enhancement via direct emotion modulation: A reply to John Harris“. T Douglas. Bioethics 31

cites

45. “Vulnerability in research ethics: a way forward“. MM Lange, W Rogers, S Dodds. Bioethics 31 cites

46. “The monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) genetic predisposition to impulsive violence: Is it relevant to

criminal trials?“. ML Baum. Neuroethics 31 cites

47. “The effectiveness of ethics education: A quasi-experimental field study“. DR May, MT Luth. Science

and engineering ethics 30 cites

2012

There are 49 articles with 33 or more citations.

1. “After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?“. A Giubilini, F Minerva. Journal of Medical Ethics 147

cites

2. “Seeking better health care outcomes: the ethics of using the “nudge”“. JS Blumenthal-Barby, H

Burroughs. … American Journal of Bioethics 80 cites

3. “Autism as a natural human variation: Reflections on the claims of the neurodiversity movement“. P

Jaarsma, S Welin. Health Care Analysis 77 cites

4. “Out of bounds? A critique of the new policies on hyperandrogenism in elite female athletes“. K

Karkazis, R Jordan-Young, G Davis…. The American Journal … 69 cites

5. “A multidimensional analysis of ethical climate, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and

organizational citizenship behaviors“. CC Huang, CS You, MT Tsai. Nursing Ethics 65 cites

6. “To tell the truth, the whole truth, may do patients harm: the problem of the nocebo effect for

informed consent“. RE Wells, TJ Kaptchuk. The American Journal of Bioethics 63 cites

7. “Framing the issues: moral distress in health care“. BM Pauly, C Varcoe, J Storch. Hec Forum 62 cites

8. “Development and testing of an instrument to measure moral distress in healthcare professionals“.

AB Hamric, CT Borchers, EG Epstein. AJOB Primary Research 62 cites

9. “Consequences of clinical situations that cause critical care nurses to experience moral distress“. DL

Wiegand, M Funk. Nursing Ethics 61 cites

10. “The quality of informed consent: mapping the landscape. A review of empirical data from

developing and developed countries“. A Mandava, C Pace, B Campbell, E Emanuel…. Journal of Medical

… 60 cites

11. “‘Human-on-a-chip’developments: a translational cutting-edge alternative to systemic safety

assessment and efficiency evaluation of substances in laboratory …“. U Marx, H Walles, S Hoffmann, G

Lindner…. … Animals-ATLA 59 cites

12. “The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue part 1: conceptual and

definitional issues in psychiatric diagnosis“. J Phillips, A Frances, MA Cerullo…. … , and Humanities … 56

cites

13. “The relationship of ethics education to moral sensitivity and moral reasoning skills of nursing

students“. M Park, D Kjervik, J Crandell, MH Oermann. Nursing ethics 53 cites

14. “Those who have the gold make the evidence: How the pharmaceutical industry biases the outcomes

of clinical trials of medications“. J Lexchin. Science and engineering ethics 53 cites

15. “The purpose in chronic addiction“. H Pickard. AJOB neuroscience 51 cites

16. “Adherence, shared decision-making and patient autonomy“. L Sandman, BB Granger, I Ekman, C

Munthe. Medicine, Health Care and … 51 cites

17. “Neuroeducation–a critical overview of an emerging field“. D Ansari, B De Smedt, RH Grabner.

Neuroethics 51 cites

18. “Nurses’ perceptions of and responses to morally distressing situations“. C Varcoe, B Pauly, J Storch,

L Newton…. Nursing Ethics 50 cites

19. “Empirical research on moral distress: issues, challenges, and opportunities“. AB Hamric. Hec Forum

50 cites

20. “Ethical concerns for maternal surrogacy and reproductive tourism“. R Deonandan, S Green, A Van

Beinum. Journal of Medical Ethics 47 cites

21. “The case for conserving disability“. R Garland-Thomson. Journal of bioethical inquiry 47 cites

22. “Symbiotic empirical ethics: a practical methodology“. L Frith. Bioethics 46 cites

23. “Why bioethics needs a concept of vulnerability“. W Rogers, C Mackenzie, S Dodds. IJFAB:

International Journal of … 46 cites

24. “Prevalence of plagiarism in recent submissions to the Croatian Medical Journal“. K Baždarić, L Bilić-

Zulle, G Brumini…. Science and engineering … 45 cites

25. “The ethics of ‘public understanding of ethics’—why and how bioethics expertise should include

public and patients’ voices“. S Schicktanz, M Schweda, B Wynne. … , health care and philosophy 45 cites

26. “Should we allow organ donation euthanasia? Alternatives for maximizing the number and quality of

organs for transplantation“. D Wilkinson, J Savulescu. Bioethics 45 cites

27. “Public health ethics theory: review and path to convergence“. LM Lee. The Journal of Law, Medicine

& Ethics 44 cites

28. “And lead us (not) into persuasion…? Persuasive technology and the ethics of communication“. A

Spahn. Science and engineering ethics 41 cites

29. “Owning genetic information and gene enhancement techniques: why privacy and property rights

may undermine social control of the human genome“. AD Moore. Bioethics 41 cites

30. “The burden of normality: from ‘chronically ill’to ‘symptom free’. New ethical challenges for deep

brain stimulation postoperative treatment“. F Gilbert. Journal of Medical Ethics 38 cites

31. “Effect of financial relationships on the behaviors of health care professionals: a review of the

evidence“. C Robertson, S Rose…. … Journal of Law, Medicine … 38 cites

32. “Seeking consent to genetic and genomic research in a rural Ghanaian setting: a qualitative study of

the MalariaGEN experience“. P Tindana, S Bull, L Amenga-Etego…. … medical ethics 38 cites

33. “Evaluating the first-in-human clinical trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy“. AR

Chapman, CC Scala. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 38 cites

34. “A brief historicity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: issues and

implications for the future of psychiatric canon and practice“. S Kawa, J Giordano. … , and Humanities in

Medicine 38 cites

35. “Medical futility at the end of life: the perspectives of intensive care and palliative care clinicians“.

RJ Jox, A Schaider, G Marckmann…. Journal of medical … 37 cites

36. “Iranian intensive care unit nurses’ moral distress A content analysis“. FA Shorideh, T Ashktorab, F

Yaghmaei. Nursing Ethics 37 cites

37. “Behavior change or empowerment: on the ethics of health-promotion strategies“. PA Tengland.

Public Health Ethics 37 cites

38. “Too fast or not too fast: the FDA’s approval of Merck’s HPV vaccine Gardasil“. L Tomljenovic, CA

Shaw. … Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 36 cites

39. “Person centred care and shared decision making: Implications for ethics, public health and

research“. C Munthe, L Sandman, D Cutas. Health Care Analysis 36 cites

40. “Solidarity in contemporary bioethics–towards a new approach“. B Prainsack, A Buyx. Bioethics 36

cites

41. “Moral distress and the contemporary plight of health professionals“. W Austin. HEC forum 36 cites

42. “Visions and ethics in current discourse on human enhancement“. A Ferrari, C Coenen, A Grunwald.

Nanoethics 35 cites

43. “How family caregivers’ medical and moral assumptions influence decision making for patients in

the vegetative state: a qualitative interview study“. K Kuehlmeyer, GD Borasio, RJ Jox. Journal of medical

ethics 34 cites

44. “Personalized genomic medicine and the rhetoric of empowerment“. ET Juengst, MA Flatt, RA

Settersten. Hastings Center Report 34 cites

45. “A systematic approach to engineering ethics education“. J Li, S Fu. Science and engineering ethics 34

cites

46. “Research ethics education for community-engaged research: A review and research agenda“. EE

Anderson, S Solomon, E Heitman…. … of Empirical Research … 34 cites

47. “Moral distress: Tensions as springboards for action“. C Varcoe, B Pauly, G Webster, J Storch. HEC

forum 33 cites

48. “Moral distress: a comparative analysis of theoretical understandings and inter-related concepts“. K

Lützén, BE Kvist. HEC forum 33 cites

49. “A systematic review and thematic analysis of cinema in medical education“. D Darbyshire, P Baker.

Medical Humanities 33 cites

2011

There are fifty articles published with 40 for more citations.

1. “Retractions in the scientific literature: do authors deliberately commit research fraud?“. RG Steen.

Journal of medical ethics 113 cites

2. “Body Awareness: a phenomenological inquiry into the common ground of mind-body therapies“. WE

Mehling, J Wrubel…. … , and Humanities … 112 cites

3. “Moral enhancement and freedom“. J Harris. Bioethics 104 cites

4. “Burnout in palliative care: A systematic review“. SM Pereira, AM Fonseca, AS Carvalho. Nursing

Ethics 100 cites

5. “A systematic review of the empirical literature evaluating IRBs: what we know and what we still need

to learn“. L Abbott, C Grady. … of Empirical Research on Human Research … 94 cites

6. “Why and how do journals retract articles? An analysis of Medline retractions 1988–2008“. E Wager, P

Williams. Journal of medical ethics 90 cites

7. “Phenomenology and its application in medicine“. H Carel. Theoretical medicine and bioethics 69 cites

8. “What values in design? The challenge of incorporating moral values into design“. N Manders-Huits.

Science and engineering ethics 67 cites

9. “Some early ethics of geoengineering the climate: a commentary on the values of the Royal Society

report“. SM Gardiner. Environmental Values 64 cites

10. “Constitutional moments in governing science and technology“. S Jasanoff. Science and engineering

ethics 63 cites

11. “Retractions in the medical literature: how many patients are put at risk by flawed research?“. RG

Steen. Journal of Medical Ethics 60 cites

12. “End‑of‑Life Decision‑Making in Canada: The Report by the Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel

on End‑of‑Life Decision‑Making“. U Schüklenk, JJM Van Delden, J Downie…. Bioethics 60 cites

13. “Defining medical futility and improving medical care“. LJ Schneiderman. Journal of bioethical inquiry

60 cites

14. “A Not‑So‑New Eugenics“. R Sparrow. Hastings Center Report 59 cites

15. “Social practice and the evolution of personal environmental values“. S Hards. Environmental values

59 cites

16. “What happens in the lab: Applying midstream modulation to enhance critical reflection in the

laboratory“. D Schuurbiers. Science and engineering ethics 58 cites

17. “Ethical issues in human genomics research in developing countries“. J de Vries, SJ Bull, O Doumbo,

M Ibrahim…. … Medical Ethics 57 cites

18. “Reconsidering the value of consent in biobank research“. J Allen, B McNamara. Bioethics 55 cites

19. “The opacity of mind“. P Carruthers. … of compulsion in addiction. AJOB Neuroscience 54 cites

20. “Should non-invasiveness change informed consent procedures for prenatal diagnosis?“. Z Deans, AJ

Newson. Health Care Analysis 53 cites

21. “Risk communication and informed consent in the medical tourism industry: a thematic content

analysis of Canadian broker websites“. K Penney, J Snyder, VA Crooks…. … medical ethics 52 cites

22. “Informed consent: its history, meaning, and present challenges“. TL Beauchamp. Cambridge

Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 52 cites

23. “Deflating the neuroenhancement bubble“. JC Lucke, S Bell, B Partridge, WD Hall. Ajob Neuroscience

51 cites

24. “Terrible economics, ecosystems and banking“. CL Spash. Environmental Values 48 cites

25. “The ‘patient’s physician one-step removed’: the evolving roles of medical tourism facilitators“. J

Snyder, VA Crooks, K Adams, P Kingsbury…. Journal of Medical … 47 cites

26. ““Doctor, would you prescribe a pill to help me…?” A national survey of physicians on using

medicine for human enhancement“. TD Hotze, K Shah, EE Anderson…. The American Journal of … 47

cites

27. “The dynamics of health care opinion, 2008–2010: Partisanship, self-interest, and racial

resentment“. M Henderson, DS Hillygus. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and … 47 cites

28. “The placebo phenomenon and medical ethics: Rethinking the relationship between informed

consent and risk–benefit assessment“. FG Miller, L Colloca. Theoretical medicine and bioethics 47 cites

29. “Acceptability of financial incentives to improve health outcomes in UK and US samples“. M

Promberger, RCH Brown, RE Ashcroft…. Journal of medical … 46 cites

30. “Can broad consent be informed consent?“. M Sheehan. Public Health Ethics 46 cites

31. “‘Unbearable suffering’: a qualitative study on the perspectives of patients who request assistance in

dying“. MK Dees, MJ Vernooij-Dassen, WJ Dekkers…. Journal of medical … 45 cites

32. “The concept of voluntary consent“. RM Nelson, T Beauchamp, VA Miller…. The American Journal …

45 cites

33. “Re-thinking the unthinkable: environmental ethics and the presumptive argument against

geoengineering“. CJ Preston. Environmental values 45 cites

34. “Donation after cardiocirculatory death: a call for a moratorium pending full public disclosure and

fully informed consent“. AR Joffe, J Carcillo, N Anton…. … , and Humanities … 45 cites

35. “The return of individual research findings in paediatric genetic research“. K Hens, H Nys, JJ

Cassiman, K Dierickx. Journal of Medical Ethics 44 cites

36. “The ethics of care: Role obligations and moderate partiality in health care“. P Nortvedt, MH Hem, H

Skirbekk. Nursing Ethics 44 cites

37. “Illness as unhomelike being-in-the-world: Heidegger and the phenomenology of medicine“. F

Svenaeus. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 44 cites

38. “Illness narratives: reliability, authenticity and the empathic witness“. J Shapiro. Medical humanities

44 cites

39. “The limits of narrative: provocations for the medical humanities“. A Woods. Medical humanities 44

cites

40. “The law, policy, and ethics of employers’ use of financial incentives to improve health“. KM

Madison, KG Volpp…. … Journal of Law, Medicine … 43 cites

41. “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, public health, and the elusive target of human

rights“. L Gable. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 43 cites

42. “Personal genome testing: test characteristics to clarify the discourse on ethical, legal and societal

issues“. EM Bunnik, MHN Schermer…. … medical ethics 43 cites

43. “Defining the medical humanities: three conceptions and three narratives“. H Brody. Journal of

Medical Humanities 43 cites

44. “Blended learning in ethics education: A survey of nursing students“. LL Hsu. Nursing Ethics 42 cites

45. “Organizational ethics: A literature review“. R Suhonen, M Stolt, H Virtanen, H Leino-Kilpi. Nursing

ethics 41 cites

46. “Why moral philosophers are not and should not be moral experts“. D Archard. Bioethics 41 cites

47. “Is continuous sedation at the end of life an ethically preferable alternative to physician-assisted

suicide?“. K Raus, S Sterckx, F Mortier. The American Journal of Bioethics 40 cites

48. “Can research and care be ethically integrated?“. EA Largent, S Joffe, FG Miller. Hastings Center

Report 40 cites

49. “Fable hospital 2.0: the business case for building better health care facilities“. BL Sadler, LL Berry, R

Guenther…. Hastings Center … 40 cites

50. “Off-label drug use and promotion: balancing public health goals and commercial speech“. AS

Kesselheim. American Journal of Law and Medicine 40 cites

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