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INNOVATIONS IN ACUPUNCTURE AND MEDICINE

SPRINGER · US · Est. 2021

ISSN3059-4049eISSN3059-4049

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.279

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine publishes high-quality, evidence-based research in acupuncture and medicine. It welcomes innovative research exploring pharmacological applications, research on herbal formulations and pharmacognosy, physiological and pathological mechanisms, integrative medicine with acupuncture, pharmaceuticals, pharmacopuncture, and other medical disciplines.

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General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications51

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SPRINGER

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

3059-4049 / 3059-4049

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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?

N/A

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

2021

2022

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.

Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineQ3

Complementary and Alternative MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Integrative & Complementary Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesComplementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesHealthcare and Venom ResearchMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentPiperaceae Chemical and Biological StudiesNerve injury and regenerationGenomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stressPain Management and Placebo EffectComputational Drug Discovery Methods

Frequently asked questions about INNOVATIONS IN ACUPUNCTURE AND MEDICINE

Is INNOVATIONS IN ACUPUNCTURE AND MEDICINE a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for INNOVATIONS IN ACUPUNCTURE AND 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 INNOVATIONS IN ACUPUNCTURE AND MEDICINE?

INNOVATIONS IN ACUPUNCTURE AND 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 1.65.

Is INNOVATIONS IN ACUPUNCTURE AND MEDICINE indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

INNOVATIONS IN ACUPUNCTURE AND MEDICINE is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.