Medical ethics is full of twists and turns, so it is perhaps fitting that the American Medical Association killed its Journal of Ethics, without explanation, in an abrupt announcement in its November issue that the December issue would be the last issue.
From the Editor in Chief, AMA Journal of Ethics, Nov 2025
Breaking Bad News, Audiey C. Kao, MD, PhD
"For over a quarter of a century, the AMA Journal of Ethics has striven to publish insightful commentaries, engaging podcasts, and provocative artwork that help medical students, physicians, and all health care professionals reflect on and make sound ethical decisions in service to patients and society. I write to inform you that the AMA Journal of Ethics will cease publishing new content after December 2025. Understandably, this news will be sad and unexpected for the journal’s readers and supporters. I share in this loss.
"Previously published content will be maintained on the journal’s website and remain freely available to all in keeping with our guiding premise that ethics inquiry is a public good. With humility, I am hopeful and confident that this archived journal content will stay evergreen for years to come. "
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Here's an article in MedpageToday, mourning the demise of the journal in a way that appears to have left authors of forthcoming articles in the lurch:
In Memoriam: The Sudden Demise of the AMA Journal of Ethics
— A great loss for physicians, the profession, and the public
by Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, and Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD
"without warning, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced that it would cease publishing AMA JoE after the December 2025 issue. Journals like AMA JoE operate a year or more in advance, so multiple authors and editors of upcoming issues for 2026-2027 were left in the lurch by this unexpected announcement. Students and trainees are now scrambling to find new homes for their articles, some of which have already undergone extensive editorial review."
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