Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

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Manuscript submissions are encouraged from all responsible contributors regardless of affiliation with the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. The journal solicits in-depth articles (8,000-12,000 words) that combine detailed conceptual analysis with practical engagement. While we accept papers in all areas of bioethics, we are especially interested in publishing papers that explore ethical and social issues in science practice, and/or philosophical approaches to health, environmental, and science policy, especially those which situate philosophical and ethical issues in a global context.

Manuscript submission takes place via our online submission system at https://kiej.scholasticahq.com/.

Authors can visit the link to find additional information about submission guidelines. All manuscripts should be prepared for blind review with an abstract of 100-150 words, saved in *.doc or *.docx format, and submitted separately from author information (gathered at a separate stage in the online process). Manuscripts already under consideration at another journal will not be considered.

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Peer Review Policy

Submissions to the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal should be original, unpublished works that are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The Editor-in-Chief does an initial review, in order to determine the suitability of a submission to the journal and its basic professional quality, and thereby chooses which papers to send out for full review. The full review process is double anonymized. Papers are generally reviewed by two referees. The journal is looking for papers that are both practically engaged and conceptually rich major contributions to philosophical ethics broadly construed. We prefer papers that address current pressing ethical and political issues, and that are situated in the philosophical literature. Papers that address topics directly relevant to a vulnerable or marginalized group must cite and engage with the relevant scholarship by members of that group, if such scholarship exists. While we encourage interdisciplinary engagement, we do not publish papers that are primarily reports on an empirical study. Papers that are given a “revise and resubmit” decision are reviewed anew upon resubmission, sometimes by the original referees and sometimes by new referees, depending on context. The review process generally takes about two months for papers that are sent out to referees.

Editor in Chief

Quill Kukla, PhD

Managing Editor

Aaron Gray

Assistant Managing Editor

Shahriar Khosravi

Editorial Board

Sean Aas, PhD
Department of Philosophy & Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University

John Barugaghare, PhD
Department of Philosophy, Makerere University, Uganda

Nancy Berlinger, PhD
The Hastings Center

Adam Cureton, PhD
Department of Philosophy, University of Tennessee

Dena S. Davis, JD, PhD, Emerita
Department of Religion Studies, Lehigh University

Megan A. Dean, PhD
Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University

Kevin C. Elliott, PhD
Lyman Briggs College, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, & Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University

Stephen John, PhD
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge

Eva Feder Kittay, PhD, Emerita
Department of Philosophy & Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, Stony Brook University/SUNY

Maggie Little, BPhil, PhD
Department of Philosophy & Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University

Alyssa M. Newman, PhD
Department of Sociology & Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University

Jing-Bao Nie, BMed, MMed, PhD
Bioethics Centre, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand

Vardit Ravitsky, PhD
The Hastings Center; School of Public Health, University of Montreal; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Keisha Ray, PhD
McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Alison N.C. Reiheld, PhD
Department of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD
Department of Philosophy, Program in Disability Studies, & Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University

Travis N. Rieder, PhD
Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University

Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai, MD, PhD
The Hastings Center; Department and Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Bioethics & Center for Biomedical Ethics, National Taiwan University

Jada Wiggleton-Little, PhD
Department of Philosophy, Ohio State University

Eric Winsberg, PhD
British Academy Global Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge; Professor of Philosophy, University of South Florida

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2.0 (2024)
1.8 (Five-Year Impact Factor)
0.00050 (Eigenfactor™ Score)

Rank in Category (by Journal Impact Factor):
26 of 77 journals, in “Ethics”
25 of 68 journals, in "Social Issues"

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Readers include: Health professionals, clergy, scholars of ethics and philosophy, lawyers, public policy makers, scientists, health care administrators, patrons of medical libraries, and others interested in ethical issues raised by advances in medicine and technology

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