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Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Press · China · Est. 1978

ISSN1672-0415eISSN1993-0402

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.635

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.749

Total Worksi

3,202

Total Citationsi

37,971

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

This journal is supervised by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, sponsored by Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine and China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. It is the first international peer-reviewed monthly journal on integrative medicine included in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E).

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,202

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Region🌍 Global South

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1672-0415 / 1993-0402

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

118

2.5k

2019

137

2.6k

2020

132

1.6k

2021

125

1.3k

2022

109

948

2023

121

607

2024

122

197

2025

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 MedicineQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Pharmacology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Integrative & Complementary Medicine

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Alternative MedicinePharmacology (medical)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesTraditional Chinese Medicine AnalysisAcupuncture Treatment Research StudiesComplementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesPlant-based Medicinal ResearchPharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsGinseng Biological Effects and ApplicationsHealthcare and Venom ResearchNeurological Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsFlavonoids in Medical Research

Frequently asked questions about Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Is Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine?

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 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 2.00.

Is Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.