The Journal of Information Ethics is an academic journal

Academic journal

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 of philosophy

Philosophy

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. The editor-in-chief is R. Hauptmann. It has been published biannually since 1992 by McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company

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 and the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

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According to Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

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, it "deals with ethical issues in all of the information sciences, from library acquisitions to database management, with a multidisciplinary approach."

Review and indexes

The journal has been reviewed by Library Journal

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, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Special Libraries, and Library and Information Science Annual.

It is abstracted and indexed in Library Literature, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, Scopus

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, PubMed

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, ATLA Religion

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, and The Philosophers' Index.