2016 Google Scholar Metrics for Bioethics journals

I'm afraid the list isn't quite complete as for some reason at least one well-known quality publication, the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, just doesn't pop up. It's also the case that some journals that were covered in the past have disappeared from google's radar, even though they continue to exist. This info from google's media release might explain the inclusion and exclusion of particular journals: 'Publications with fewer than 100 articles in 2011-2015, or publications that received no citations over these years are not included.'

Quite possibly the below table will be displayed in odd ways on your screen, mea culpa. 

Usual CoI blurb applies. I co-edit two of the journals in this list. List up-dated July 2016.

*h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2010-2014 have at least h citations each

**h5-median for a publication is the median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index

                                                                                                    H5 index   H5 median

Journal of Medical Ethics                                                             29           42

Nursing Ethics                                                                              29           36

Science and Engineering Ethics                                                 26             36

The American Journal of Bioethics                                              26           36

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics                                           26           34

Neuroethics                                                                                   24           30

Bioethics                                                                                       22           31

Ethics                                                                                           20            35

bmc medical ethics                                                                       20           29

Hastings Center Report                                                                 19           29

American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience                            19             28

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy                                       17            22

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics         16           18

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy                                            15           25

Nursing Philosophy                                                                        15          23

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine                                           13          15

Public Health Ethics                                                                       14           27

Developing World Bioethics                                                         14           20

Health Care Analysis                                                                     14          19

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry                                                           14           18

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics                                               14           17

HEC Forum                                                                                     13           26

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics                                     13           20

The Journal of Clinical Ethics                                                        13           18

NanoEthics                                                                                     11           16

Indian Journal of Medical Ethics                                                     10           12

Asian Bioethics Review                                                                   8              18

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics              8             15

Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics                                                           8              13

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law                                     8             10

Ethik in der Medizin                                                                         7              12

Clinical Ethics                                                                                   7            8  

Christian Bioethics                                                                            5              10

Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics                                5             8

Monash Bioethics Review                                                                 5              6

Journal international de bioethique                                                    4              7

National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly                                              4              4