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The American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) is an international journal of bioethics that publishes leading research on current ethical challenges in the health sciences.
AJOB has followed through on the innovative vision that built bioethics: serious discussion of the social implications of biomedicine. The journal provides an authoritative, annotated conversation that has been used by judges, senators, journalists, scholars, schoolteachers, and many others.
Areas of interest include:
- social implications of clinical research
- access to health services
- medical records and data
AJOB accepts the following types of article: target articles, open peer commentaries, book reviews, response to open peer commentaries.
The journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy. Information on the journals peer review times and acceptance rate can be found in the "Metrics" tab, and further detail is available on the journals website.
You can discover more about bioethics and the AJOB family through bioethics.net, which publishes InFocus articles, current news, and other features on emerging issues in bioethics.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
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AJOB is the companion journal of AJOB Neuroscience and AJOB Empirical Bioethics.
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AJOB Empirical Bioethics
Publishing empirical scholarship on bioethics, including qualitative and quantitative research relating to bioethics, health policy and health services.
AJOB Neuroscience
AJOB Neuroscience examines ethics and the brain sciences, including the ethical, social and legal dimensions of neuroscience.
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