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NanoEthics

Studies of New and Emerging Technologies

Publishing model:
Open access

Overview

Nanoscale technologies are surrounded by both hype and fear. Optimists suggest they are desperately needed to solve problems of terrorism, global warming, clean water, land degradation and public health. Pessimists fear the loss of privacy and autonomy, "grey goo" and weapons of mass destruction, and unforeseen environmental and health risks. Concern over fair distribution of the costs and benefits of nanotechnology is also rising.

Introduced in 2007, NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale provides a needed forum for informed discussion of ethical and social concerns related to nanotechnology, and a counterbalance to fragmented popular discussion.

While the central focus of the journal is on ethical issues, discussion extends to the physical, biological and social sciences and the law. NanoEthics provides a philosophically and scientifically rigorous examination of ethical and societal considerations and policy concerns raised by nanotechnology. 

Editor-in-Chief
  • Christopher Coenen
Impact factor
1.3 (2022)
5 year impact factor
1.8 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
50 days
Downloads
186,795 (2023)

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Journal updates

  • NanoEthics is now fully open access!

    We are excited to announce that NanoEthics has now become a fully open access (OA) journal as of January 2023. This means that we are no longer accepting non-OA articles for submission. All new content published in the journal will be published under an open access licence, and freely available to readers worldwide, enabling the widest possible dissemination and reuse. 

  • English Language Editing

    For editors and reviewers to accurately assess the work presented in your manuscript you need to ensure the English language is of sufficient quality to be understood.

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1871-4765
Print ISSN
1871-4757
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  18. ProQuest
  19. SCImago
  20. SCOPUS
  21. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  22. Social Science Citation Index
  23. TD Net Discovery Service
  24. The Philosopher’s Index
  25. UGC-CARE List (India)
  26. Wanfang
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