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Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science

Higher Education Press Limited Company · China · Est. 2003

ISSN1993-0399

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.24

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.277

Total Worksi

2,315

Total Citationsi

4,275

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science, an international journal, seeks to promote international communication and exchange in order to promote the development of acupuncture-moxibustion and Tuina (Chinese therapeutic massage) therapies.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,315

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Higher Education Press Limited Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1993-0399

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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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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?

N/A

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

171

2019

164

2020

146

2021

123

2022

118

2023

2024

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 StudiesHealthcare and Venom ResearchTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedical Research and TreatmentsMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersComplementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesGastrointestinal motility and disordersNeurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science

Is Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science: 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 Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science?

Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science 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 0.36.

Is Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.