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Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2004

ISSN2194-6329

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.322

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.583

Total Worksi

1,181

Total Citationsi

12,465

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Comp lementary and Integrative Medicine ( JCIM ) focuses on evidence concerning the efficacy and safety of complementary medical (CM) whole systems, practices, interventions and natural health products, including herbal and traditional medicines. JCIM is the official journal of the Natural Health Product Research Society of Canada . You can access the back issues  of the Society's former Journal of Natural Health Product Research.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,181

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA LicenseCreative Commons license

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2194-6329

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

Portico

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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

2019

101

1.1k

2020

182

1.3k

2021

297

2022

149

2023

161

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 MedicineQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Alternative MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesNatural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesPhytochemicals and Medicinal PlantsPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesPhytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesMindfulness and Compassion InterventionsEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAcupuncture Treatment Research StudiesDrug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Is Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine: it is indexed in 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 Complementary and Integrative Medicine?

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.322.

Is Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine is indexed in Scopus.