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Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

Wolters Kluwer · Netherlands · Est. 2021

ISSN2097-0226eISSN2765-8619

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.997

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.006

Total Worksi

195

Total Citationsi

1,703

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications195

Publisher OrgWolters Kluwer

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

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

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2097-0226 / 2765-8619

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

252

2021

485

2022

464

2023

629

2024

228

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)

Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesPharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsTraditional Chinese Medicine AnalysisHealthcare and Venom ResearchPlant-based Medicinal ResearchGinseng Biological Effects and ApplicationsComplementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesLong-Term Effects of COVID-19Gut microbiota and health

Frequently asked questions about Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

Is Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine?

Acupuncture and Herbal 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 5.21.

Is Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine?