About PBJ

About the Journal

The Penn Bioethics Journal is the nation's premier peer-reviewed undergraduate bioethics journal. The journal was established in Spring, 2004 with the first issue published April 1, 2005 as part of the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference hosted by Penn. The editorial board has included undergraduates from all four schools at the University of Pennsylvania with faculty advisors Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D. and Connie Ulrich, Ph.D., R.N.

The Process

The editors select a theme for each bi-annual issue of the journal. The theme of the journal is not decided until after all the articles are submitted and normally features an Editorial or Paper. Submissions are not required to correspond to the selected theme. Additionally, many issues of the journal feature one or more interviews with prominent professionals in fields related to the issue theme. Our acceptance process is very competitive with submissions undergoing an initial review, a small-group review, and, if warranted a final review by the full editorial board of approximately 30 students.

Publication

The journal's call for papers goes out internationally, with publication in professional journals and posting on related websites. Faculty members on campus, around the country, and abroad are advising students with superb term papers to submit them for publication. While the board does not release specific statistics, we receive a large number of submissions for each issue and carefully select the small number that are ultimately published. For more information on submitting, please see our submit section.

Copyright

The Penn Bioethics Journal (ISSN#: 2150-5462) is published twice a year by the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
All business correspondence, including subscriptions, renewals, and address changes, should be addressed to
The Penn Bioethics Journal
3401 Market Street, Suite 320
Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Manuscripts for publication should be submitted according to the submission rules on the website: http://www.bioethicsjournal.com/submit.html
Subscription rates are by request. Permission must be requested for any kind of copying, such as copying for general distribution, advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, or for resale. Requests for these permissions or further information should be addressed to bioethicsjournal@gmail.com.

Current Staff


Editor in Chief

Publisher

Managing Editor

Managing Editor

Managing Editor

Managing Editor

Managing Editor

Managing Editor

Managing Editor

Anand Muthusamy

Kathleen Sun

Klyde Breitton

Lucy Chen

Lili McKinley

Ruchita Pendse

Sudesh Raju

Mary Sun

Aditi Verma



ASSOCIATE EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
Diana Blidarescu, Megan Dwyer, Andy Guo, Andrew Jakubowski, Yunica Jiang, Jacqui Kemmer, Kurt Koehler, Georgio Legerme, Amy Li, Robin Lo, Loren Miller, Zaina Naeem, Nitin Prabhakar, Shelby Rosario, Shashank Sirivolu, Chidera Ufondu, Andrew Wadley, Garrrett Young, Nikolai Zapertov