Perspectives in biology and medicine
Last updated ISSN 0031-5982
Perspectives in biology and medicine is published by Johns Hopkins University Press in health professions. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Perspectives in biology and medicine concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Ethics in medical practice
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Medical History and Innovations
- History of Medical Practice
Key facts
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0031-5982, 1529-8795 |
| Subject area | Health Professions |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,355 |
| Publishing since | 1932 |
| Journal website | www.press.jhu.edu/journals/perspectives_in_biology_a |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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