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Complementary Medicine Research

S. Karger AG · Switzerland · Est. 1994

ISSN2504-2106

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.289

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.459

Total Worksi

2,352

Total Citationsi

16,664

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 61 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,352

Publisher OrgKarger Publishers

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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?

S. Karger AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2504-2106

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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

560

2019

875

2020

397

2021

256

2022

171

2023

115

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)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationAcupuncture Treatment Research StudiesPublic Administration and Political AnalysisMedical and Health Sciences ResearchHerbal Medicine Research StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringPain Management and Placebo EffectBiofield Effects and Biophysics

Frequently asked questions about Complementary Medicine Research

Is Complementary Medicine Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Complementary Medicine Research: 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 Complementary Medicine Research?

Complementary Medicine Research 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 0.88.

Is Complementary Medicine Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Complementary Medicine Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Complementary Medicine Research?