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South African Journal of Bioethics and Law

South African Medical Association

South AfricaHealth Professions (miscellaneous) (Q2); Law (Q2); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q3)ISSN-matched source record
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Q2Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
8H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.379SJR (2025)
2019-2025Coverage

About South African Journal of Bioethics and Law

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law is a scholarly journal published by South African Medical Association. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.379 and H-index of 8.

Coverage: 2019-2025. Research categories: Health Professions (miscellaneous) (Q2); Law (Q2); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q3).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2023-12-12. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY-NC
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 7100 ZAR
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Reported submission-to-publication time14 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2008 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1999-7639
ISSN-L1999-7639
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationHealth and Medical Publishing Group
Publisher country codeZA
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex476
Citations recorded in OpenAlex2,212
OpenAlex H-index20
Years represented in OpenAlex2008–2025 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Ethics in medical practice; Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare; Ethics in Clinical Research; Biomedical Ethics and Regulation; Legal Issues in South Africa; Patient Dignity and Privacy.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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