Journal rankings · indicator year 2005
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Subfield ranking · 2005
Complementary and alternative medicine journal rankings 2005
25 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine has 25 ranked journals in 2005. The median OJR rose 0.08 on 2004 to 0.26, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 0.73. The top three are Seminars in Integrative Medicine, Complementary Therapies in Medicine, and The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2005. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2002–2004, the window the 2005 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery409
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine172
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health145
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine139
- Oncology120
- Infectious Diseases92
- Epidemiology91
- Psychiatry and Mental health87
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging81
- Neurology76
- Physiology72
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism70
- Complementary and alternative medicine25
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine54
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health52
- Dermatology49
- Hematology48
- Ophthalmology46
- Obstetrics and Gynecology41
- Rheumatology32
- Nephrology31
- Pharmacology31
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Geriatrics and Gerontology19
- Otorhinolaryngology17
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine17
- Rehabilitation17
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy12
- Hepatology9
- Genetics8
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology6
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
25 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2004. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2002–2004, the window the 2005 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2002–2004 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2005. | Compare |
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1Seminars in Integrative MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 1.94Q1 | 2.29 2.02 up from 2004 | 41 | 0% | — | ||
2Complementary Therapies in MedicineOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 1.69 0.09 up from 2004 | 105 | 4% | $2,760 | ||
3The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.33Q1 | 1.54 0.04 down from 2004 | 392 | 3% | — | ||
4BMC Complementary and Alternative MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.25Q1 | 2.11 0.97 up from 2004 | 40 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
5Complementary Therapies in Nursing and MidwiferyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.01Q1 | 0.98 0.09 down from 2004 | 89 | — | — | ||
6HomeopathyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 0.82Q1 | 1.07 0.34 up from 2004 | 180 | 0% | — | ||
7Complementary Medicine ResearchKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.73Q1 | 1.45 0.67 up from 2004 | 111 | 47% | — | ||
8Holistic Nursing PracticeLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.69Q2 | 0.87 0.22 up from 2004 | 128 | 0% | — | ||
9Acupuncture in MedicineSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.59Q2 | 0.52 0.13 down from 2004 | 108 | 0% | $4,150 | ||
10Complementary health practice reviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.40Q2 | 0.40 0.13 down from 2004 | 30 | 40% | — | ||
11Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental MedicineElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.27Q2 | 0.25 0.62 down from 2004 | 39 | — | — | ||
12Journal of Herbal PharmacotherapyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.27Q2 | 0.36 0.03 up from 2004 | 91 | 0% | — | ||
13Evidence-Based Integrative MedicineSpringer Nature · New Zealand | 0.26Q2 | 0.41 0.05 up from 2004 | 34 | 0% | — | ||
14Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics ResearchCognizant · United States | 0.10Q3 | 0.08 0.28 down from 2004 | 107 | 0% | $4,150 | ||
15Focus on Alternative and Complementary TherapiesWiley · United Kingdom | 0.09Q3 | 0.18 0.14 up from 2004 | 308 | 0% | — | ||
16Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.08Q3 | 0.17 0.05 up from 2004 | 88 | 46% | $4,090 | ||
17Deutsche Zeitschrift für AkupunkturSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.08Q3 | 0.22 0.08 up from 2004 | 49 | 2% | $3,390 | ||
18Journal of Natural RemediesOAInformatics Publishing Limited · India | 0.07Q3 | 0.16 0.12 up from 2004 | 100 | 0% | — | ||
19Alternative and Complementary TherapiesMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.06Q3 | 0.15no change | 161 | 1% | — | ||
20Chinese Journal of Integrative MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.04Q4 | 0.08 0.03 down from 2004 | 118 | 0% | $4,190 | ||
21Journal of Chinese Integrative MedicineElsevier BV · China | 0.02Q4 | 0.11 0.41 down from 2004 | 142 | 0% | $1,800 | ||
22The Chinese Journal of Modern Applied PharmacyChinese Medical Association | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 339 | 0% | — | ||
22Zhongguo xunzheng yixue zazhiSichuan University School of Medicine · China | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 164 | 0% | — | ||
22Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.00Q4 | 0.02 0.02 up from 2004 | 54 | 0% | $3,790 | ||
22Journal of pharmacopunctureOAKorean Pharmacopuncture Institute · South Korea | 0.00Q4 | 0.08 0.03 down from 2004 | 79 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Complementary and alternative medicine highlighted.
- Surgery409
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine172
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health145
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine139
- Oncology120
- Infectious Diseases92
- Epidemiology91
- Psychiatry and Mental health87
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging81
- Neurology76
- Physiology72
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism70
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine54
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health52
- Dermatology49
- Hematology48
- Ophthalmology46
- Obstetrics and Gynecology41
- Rheumatology32
- Nephrology31
- Pharmacology31
- Complementary and alternative medicine25
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Geriatrics and Gerontology19
- Otorhinolaryngology17
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine17
- Rehabilitation17
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy12
- Hepatology9
- Genetics8
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology6
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2005. Corpus-wide, 70.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
13 additional Complementary and alternative medicine journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2002–2004, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2005. Publication window: 2002–2004. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 25
- Window papers (baseline)
- 31,706 +87.9% from indicator year 2002
- Median OJR
- 0.256 -15.6% from indicator year 2002
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2002–2004 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 54 | 59 | 58 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 10,081 | 12,572 | 16,878 | 21,623 | 26,753 | 31,706 | 37,684 | 43,890 | 50,771 | 57,287 | 63,712 | 70,340 | 76,880 | 82,138 | 84,954 | 84,743 | 79,392 | 67,381 | 51,618 | 40,222 | 35,638 | 38,286 | 44,112 | 53,446 | 58,255 | 63,352 | |
| Median OJR | 0.09 | 0.1623 | 0.303 | 0.302 | 0.17 | 0.256 | 0.242 | 0.21 | 0.1617 | 0.27 | 0.3159 | 0.31 | 0.390 | 0.40 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.263 | 0.25 | 0.238 | 0.391 | 0.408 | 0.407 | 0.3165 | 0.37 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.