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Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Churchill Livingstone · United Kingdom

ISSN1873-6963

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.963

H-Indexi

115

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.319

Total Worksi

3,846

Total Citationsi

87,639

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Integrative & Complementary Medicine; Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Complementary and Manual Therapy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,846

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~22 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Churchill Livingstone

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1873-6963

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

286

8.1k

2019

298

7.4k

2020

137

3.2k

2021

109

1.9k

2022

925

2023

108

766

2024

187

449

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.

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ1

Complementary and Alternative MedicineQ1

Complementary and Manual TherapyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Integrative & Complementary Medicine

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Manual TherapyComplementary and Alternative MedicineAdvanced and Specialized Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesAcupuncture Treatment Research StudiesMindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPain Management and Placebo EffectBiofield Effects and BiophysicsMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMusic Therapy and HealthDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Is Complementary Therapies in Medicine a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Complementary Therapies in Medicine?

Complementary Therapies in 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 2.67.

Is Complementary Therapies in Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Complementary Therapies in Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Complementary Therapies in Medicine?