BMC Medical Ethics

Top Research Topics at BMC Medical Ethics?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Philosophy of medicine, Informed consent, Research ethics, Health care and Family medicine. Philosophy of medicine research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Nursing, Bioethics, Public relations, Medical education and Qualitative research. The journal focused on Bioethics research but expanded to cover Medical ethics.

The Public relations works featured in it incorporate elements from Context (language use) and Public health. The study on Qualitative research presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Focus group. Topics in Informed consent explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Social psychology, Clinical trial, Research design and Autonomy, Law.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Research ethics, apply to Ethical code as well. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Family medicine, it also covered topics in Alternative medicine, Cross-sectional study, Response rate (survey) and MEDLINE.

• Philosophy of medicine (88.88%)
• Informed consent (26.71%)
• Research ethics (20.82%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review (517 citations)
• Improving understanding in the research informed consent process: a systematic review of 54 interventions tested in randomized control trials. (282 citations)
• Pandemic influenza preparedness: an ethical framework to guide decision-making. (188 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at BMC Medical Ethics:

The journal publications mostly deal with topics like Philosophy of medicine, Informed consent, Research ethics, Family medicine and Social psychology. The journal papers explore topics in Philosophy of medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like MEDLINE, Bioethics, Public relations, Medical education and Qualitative research. The most cited publications address concerns in Family medicine which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Alternative medicine, Nursing, Health care and CINAHL.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Law
• Health care
• Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Philosophy of medicine, Health care, Informed consent, Research ethics and Family medicine. The concepts on Philosophy of medicine presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Context (language use), Bioethics, Public relations, Medical education and Qualitative research. The presented research on Health care deals specifically with Nursing but it also addresses topics in Intensive care.

The journal addresses concerns in Informed consent which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Clinical trial and Randomized controlled trial. BMC Medical Ethics explores topics in Research ethics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Declaration of Helsinki and Ethical code. While Family medicine is the focus of BMC Medical Ethics, it also provided insights into the studies of Cross-sectional study, Observational study, Medical ethics and Psychological intervention.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Artificial intelligence for good health: a scoping review of the ethics literature (5 citations)
• Study protocol: the Australian genetics and life insurance moratorium-monitoring the effectiveness and response (A-GLIMMER) project. (4 citations)
• Ethics review of big data research: What should stay and what should be reformed? (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in BMC Medical Ethics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Michael Parker (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Keymanthri Moodley (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Reidar Pedersen (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Jantina de Vries (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Morten Magelssen (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in BMC Medical Ethics (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Oxford (64 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Oslo (58 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Toronto (42 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Cape Town (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• McGill University (25 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.30% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.42% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.27% of all publications and 41.01% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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