Skip to main content

Conditions of publication

Agree to conditions of submission, BioMed Central's copyright and license agreement and article-processing charge (APC)

Copyright and license agreement

During submission, you will need to accept and confirm the following conditions:

  • All authors of the manuscript have read and agreed to its content and are accountable for all aspects of the accuracy and integrity of the manuscript in accordance with ICMJE criteria
  • That the article is original, has not already been published in a journal, and is not currently under consideration by another journal
  • That you agree to the terms of the BioMed Central Copyright and License Agreement, which we strongly recommend you read and, where applicable, Open Data policy. For authors who are prevented from being the copyright holder (for instance where Crown Copyright applies or researchers are US government employees), BioMed Central can accommodate non-standard copyright lines. If this applies to you, please contact us and provide details of your situation.

For more information see our Copyright and license policy.

Article-processing charge
An article-processing charge (APC) applies for each article accepted for publication in Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine . For further details please see our article-processing-charge page.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 1.7
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.0
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.989
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.372

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 51
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 265

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 396,923
    Altmetric mentions: 192

This journal is indexed by

    • PubMed
    • MEDLINE
    • PubMed Central
    • SCOPUS
    • SCImago
    • Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch)
    • Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
    • Social Science Citation Index
    • Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition
    • PsycINFO
    • Google Scholar
    • Academic OneFile
    • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
    • Current Abstracts
    • Current Contents / Social & Behavioral Sciences
    • Current Contents/Arts and Humanities
    • EBSCO Academic Search
    • EBSCO Biomedical Reference Collection
    • EBSCO CINAHL
    • EBSCO Health Policy Reference Center
    • EBSCO STM Source
    • EBSCO TOC Premier
    • OCLC
    • Summon by ProQuest
    • The Philosopher's Index

Need help with APC funding?

We offer a free open access support service to make it easier for you to discover and apply for article-processing charge (APC) funding.