Mindfulness journal launches Ethics of Mindfulness collection on Buddhist and clinical ethics

A new Special Collection, "The Ethics of Mindfulness," calls attention to ethical dimensions embedded in both traditional Buddhist contexts and contemporary clinical/secular mindfulness, offering a formal venue for scholars and clinicians to debate how practice and research should be governed as mindfulness spreads into new settings.

The Collection was introduced on 9 February 2026 and is open for submissions. The call appears under the journal heading "Buddhist psychology, meditation and mindfulness" and states that the intention of the Special Collection is to explore and debate the potential of "Buddhist Psychology" in its several versions and..., the publicly available announcement is truncated and the full scope text is not shown in the excerpts available. A correspondence tied to the Collection is authored by Eviatar Shulman and Michael Zimmermann; the report linking that correspondence to the Collection contains an incomplete fragment about their argument and the substantive text of that correspondence was not provided in the materials on hand.

Mindfulness identifies itself as an international, peer-reviewed journal examining the latest research findings and best practices in mindfulness, and the journal’s profile underscores why the Collection may matter. Mindfulness has a 2024 Impact Factor of 3.5 and a 5-year Impact Factor of 4.4, a median submission-to-first-decision time of 5 days, and recorded 1.9 million downloads in 2025. The journal operates a hybrid publishing model and lists 685 open access articles, signaling broad reach and an established platform for ethical debate.

The journal’s current editorial leadership is listed under Co-Editors-in-Chief Oleg N. Medvedev and Christian U. Krägeloh, though the announcement excerpt does not specify which editor or editors formally introduced the Special Collection. The journal’s recent volume is Volume 16, Issue 12; recent items dated 27 January 2026 include a BRIEF REPORT titled "Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Older Adults: The Mindful Aging Memory (MAM) Program" and a RESEARCH article "The Development and Effects of a Nursing Program with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Psychological Care After Post-Stroke Patients" by Gayoon Kujapan Smith, Kedsaraporn Kenbubpha, and Kesorn Sattratham.

Practical signals for clinicians, teachers, and researchers appear in the journal’s governance notes. The journal reports, "We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in this journal in 2024 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." The site also offers a Conflict of Interest statement and a "Disclosure of Interest Form (pdf, 332 kB)," and displays prompts to "Submit your manuscript" and to "View all calls for papers."

For practitioners and researchers engaged in training, program design, or clinical delivery, the Collection provides an occasion to foreground questions about ethical practice, disclosure, and the cultural framing of mindfulness. Watch for full text of the Shulman and Zimmermann correspondence, for forthcoming editorial guidance on submissions, and for updates on the journal's calls for papers as the Collection develops.