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Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Churchill Livingstone · United Kingdom · Est. 1988

ISSN1744-3881eISSN1873-6947

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.918

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.175

Total Worksi

1,932

Total Citationsi

48,319

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice aims to provide rigorous peer-reviewed papers addressing research and implementation of complementary therapies in the clinical setting. It also covers legal and ethical concerns, evaluative accounts of therapy in practice, and philosophical analysis.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,932

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Churchill Livingstone

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-3881 / 1873-6947

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

126

3.4k

2019

183

5.7k

2020

200

3.4k

2021

158

2.2k

2022

952

2023

373

2024

136

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Integrative & Complementary Medicine

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesAcupuncture Treatment Research StudiesMindfulness and Compassion InterventionsMusic Therapy and HealthMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationCancer survivorship and carePain Management and Placebo EffectHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesBiofield Effects and Biophysics

Frequently asked questions about Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Is Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice?

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 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 2.58.

Is Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.