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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN2662-7671eISSN2662-7671

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.825

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.037

Total Worksi

2,584

Total Citationsi

32,607

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,584

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2662-7671 / 2662-7671

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

PMC, Portico

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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

2017

380

12k

2020

305

7.6k

2021

343

5.7k

2022

465

5.9k

2023

429

3.7k

2024

495

1.4k

2025

317

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)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAcupuncture Treatment Research StudiesTraditional Chinese Medicine AnalysisEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityNatural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesGinger and Zingiberaceae researchFlavonoids in Medical Research

Frequently asked questions about BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Is BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies: 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 BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies?

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 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 3.46.

Is BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies?