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Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
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Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

1073-1105

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medicine-and-ethics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Law 2 18 66 10
Medicine 2263 25 44 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 85
Documents by Best Scientists*: 159
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.544
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Law, Public health, Health care, MEDLINE and Nursing. Law, which encompasses Health law, State (polity), Supreme court, Legislation and Bioethics, is the main subject of it. Public health research featured in Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Public relations and Environmental health.

Many of the studies tackled connect Health care with a similar field of study like Family medicine. Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics focuses on Health policy research which is adjacent to topics in Public administration.

  • Law (24.66%)
  • Public health (12.33%)
  • Health care (11.23%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Parental Influence on Eating Behavior: Conception to Adolescence (871 citations)
  • Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain (615 citations)
  • Managing incidental findings in human subjects research: Analysis and recommendations (544 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics:

The most cited articles focus largely on the fields of Law, Public health, MEDLINE, Informed consent and Nursing. The works on Public health tackled in the most cited publications bring together disciplines like Public relations and Environmental health. The MEDLINE research tackled in the most cited articles is interrelated with Psychiatry which concerns subjects like Alternative medicine.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Public health, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Public relations and Health care. Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics facilitates discussions on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Global health, Preparedness, State (polity) and Vaccination. While it focused on Global health, it was also able to explore topics like Corporate governance, Engineering ethics and Health policy.

It focuses on Public health but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Emergency management, Medical education, Government, Concussion and Transparency (behavior). The journal facilitates discussions on Health care that incorporate concepts from other fields like Gerontology, Immigration, Immigration law, Racism and Ethnic group. It tackles studies in Law and the interrelated subject of International Health Regulations to gain insights into Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A Market Shaping Approach for the Biopharmaceutical Industry: Governing Innovation Towards the Public Interest. (3 citations)
  • Transparency of Regulatory Data across the European Medicines Agency, Health Canada, and US Food and Drug Administration (2 citations)
  • Affirmative Action in Medical School: A Comparative Exploration (2 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.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lawrence O. Gostin (55 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mark A. Rothstein (52 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • James G. Hodge (47 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Susan M. Wolf (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George J. Annas (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (168 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (104 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Boston University (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yale University (72 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Minnesota (61 papers) absent at the last 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, 95.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 66.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 0.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • Mitigating Racial Bias in Machine Learning

    (2022)
    86 Citations
  • Developing an Innovative Pandemic Treaty to Advance Global Health Security.

    Lawrence O. Gostin;Benjamin Mason Meier;Barbara Stocking

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • From Genetics to Genomics: Facing the Liability Implications in Clinical Care.

    Gary Marchant;Mark Barnes;James P. Evans;Bonnie LeRoy

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • Facilitating Access to a COVID-19 Vaccine through Global Health Law.

    Lawrence O. Gostin;Safura Abdool Karim;Benjamin Mason Meier

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Financing and Delivering Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to End the HIV Epidemic

    (2022)
    45 Citations
  • Has Global Health Law Risen to Meet the COVID-19 Challenge? Revisiting the International Health Regulations to Prepare for Future Threats

    Lawrence O. Gostin;Roojin Habibi;Benjamin Mason Meier

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • The Racialized Marketing of Unhealthy Foods and Beverages: Perspectives and Potential Remedies

    (2022)
    35 Citations

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