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World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion

KeAi Communications Co. · Netherlands

ISSN1003-5257eISSN2773-0751
SJR Q3WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.261
H-Indexi
15
SNIPi
0.595
Total Worksi
930
Total Citationsi
2,413
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.72
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) is the first academic non-governmental organization which settled the head office in China. WFAS is a non-governmental international union of acupuncture-moxibustion societies that builds official relations with the World Health Organization and A-level liaison with the Technical Committe... World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS)is the first academic non-governmental organization which settled the head office in China. WFAS is a non-governmental international union of acupuncture-moxibustion societies that builds official relations with the World Health Organization and A-level liaison with the Technical Committee of Traditional Chinese Medicine of International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TC249). There are 253 group members, representing nearly 400,000 acupuncture workers in 70 countries and regions currently. Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciencesis the leading research institution of acupuncture-moxibustion in China. It is a comprehensive research organization subordinated to National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including scientific research, educational training and medical practice. This institute has led the development direction of acupuncture-moxibustion research and played an extremely important role in the history of acupuncture-moxibustion development. China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (CAAM)is a national first-level society of China Association for Science and Technology and is one of the most important academic groups in promoting the cause of acupuncture medicine. At present, there are more than 40,000 members, including the teachers, research specialists, clinicians and acupuncture researchers from universities and colleges, research institutes, clinical hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as academic research groups of traditional Chinese medicine. Xin XIE | Jia-yi

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications930
Publisher OrgElsevier BV
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
KeAi Communications Co.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1003-5257 / 2773-0751
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
68
246
2019
97
383
2020
65
170
2021
50
173
2022
50
142
2023
45
78
2024
50
66
2025
29
1
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Complementary and Alternative MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Integrative & Complementary Medicine

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesHealthcare and Venom ResearchTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesComplementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatment

Frequently asked questions about World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion

Is World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion?

World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.72.

Is World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion?

World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) is the first academic non-governmental organization which settled the head office in China. WFAS is a non-governmental international union of acupuncture-moxibustion societies that builds official relations with the World Health Organization and A-level liaison with the Technical Committe... World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS)is the first academic non-governmental organization which settled the head office in China. WFAS is a non-governmental international union of acupuncture-moxibustion societies that build

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref