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Journal of Herbal Medicine

Elsevier GmbH · Germany · Est. 2011

ISSN2210-8041

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.423

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.681

Total Worksi

1,103

Total Citationsi

15,283

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Herbal Medicine serves as an authoritative resource on the profession and practice of herbal medicine. It publishes research on traditional medicine, ethnobotany, western herbal medicine, herbal therapeutics, phytomedicine, herbal preparations, and medicinal plants in healthcare. The journal also covers biological and pharmacological effects of plant extracts, and their various activities such as anti-inflammatory, anti-cholesterol, hypotensive, antispasmodic, anti-diabetic, anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal.

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General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 149 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,103

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2210-8041

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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?

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

1.6k

2019

1.8k

2020

111

1.8k

2021

970

2022

214

1.4k

2023

134

525

2024

100

130

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Integrative & Complementary Medicine

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityComplementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesNatural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesPhytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesPharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesNatural product bioactivities and synthesisPhytochemicals and Medicinal PlantsHerbal Medicine Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Herbal Medicine

Is Journal of Herbal Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Herbal Medicine: 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 Herbal Medicine?

Journal of 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 1.96.

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

Journal of Herbal Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.