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Medical Acupuncture

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1933-6594

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.23

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.468

Total Worksi

1,385

Total Citationsi

6,455

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Integrative & Complementary Medicine; Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 85 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,385

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1933-6594

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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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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

661

2019

673

2020

202

2021

327

2022

104

2023

2024

110

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 MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Integrative & Complementary Medicine

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesComplementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesPain Management and Placebo EffectMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentHealthcare and Venom ResearchTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesPsychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsBiofield Effects and BiophysicsMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationHistory of Medicine Studies

Frequently asked questions about Medical Acupuncture

Is Medical Acupuncture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Acupuncture: 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 Medical Acupuncture?

Medical Acupuncture 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 0.50.

Is Medical Acupuncture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Acupuncture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medical Acupuncture?