The Ramon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics is an open access academic peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of original and unpublished papers in English in any area of applied ethics. It was created in 2010 and since then it has been published steadily once a year. It is published by the Ethos Chair at Ramon Llull University and Herder (Publishing House), with the collaboration of the Borja Institute of Bioethics (Ramon Llull University).

Scope:

Applied ethics offer an opportunity to continue thinking about the fundamentals, processes and consequences that determine the social sphere and, in this sense, the Journal aims to contribute to current debate by offering quality and academic rigour.

The journal’s interests include but are not restricted to the following topics: organizational ethics, business ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, professional ethics, bioethics, ecoethics, mass media ethics, ethics and new technologies, healthcare ethics, ethics applied to education, ethics applied to social work and ethics of care.

Articles of any of the following types are welcome:

– Theoretical foundations of applied ethics.
– Empirical research demonstrating the impact of applied ethics on the global or local level.
– Case study analyses exploring the different dimensions of applied ethics: organizational ethics, business ethics, bioethics, mass media ethics, ethics and psychology, ethics and new technologies, Corporate Social Responsibility.

Indexing:

The journal has been accepted for indexation within SCOPUS. It is also indexed within DOAJ, CARHUS +, The Philsopher’s Index, Caspur, Dialnet, EBSCO Publishing’s Electronic Databases, Health & Wellness Research Center, Health Reference Center Academic, Hinari, OpenJGate, PrimoCentral, ProQuest, SCOLOAR, SIIC databases, Summon by Serial Solutions, Ulrich’s International Periodical Directory.

Adherence to Communinty Standards:

The journal has its own Peer-review policy, Publication ethics and malpractice statement, and Open access policy that comply with international standards.

Permanent CALL FOR PAPERS: The Ramon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics welcomes submissions all along the year.

Please submit full papers by e-mail to gmarti@rectorat.url.edu

Read the instructions for authors here.

All papers submitted are peer-reviewed and feedback is given to the author within four months from the submission date.

As a general rule: in case of acceptance, papers received before September 30th are published in the following issue (i.e. reception September 2025 > Publication June 2026). In any case, a publication outlook will be given to the author(s) before the peer-review.