Journal rankings · indicator year 2009
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Subfield ranking · 2009
Complementary and alternative medicine journal rankings 2009
31 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine has 31 ranked journals in 2009. The median OJR rose 0.11 on 2008 to 0.27, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 0.83. The top three are BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Acupuncture in Medicine, and The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2009. 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 2006–2008, the window the 2009 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)
- Surgery500
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine212
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine184
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health180
- Oncology134
- Epidemiology119
- Infectious Diseases110
- Psychiatry and Mental health100
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging99
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism95
- Physiology91
- Neurology87
- Complementary and alternative medicine31
Show all 42 subfields
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health64
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine63
- Ophthalmology59
- Hematology55
- Dermatology51
- Obstetrics and Gynecology44
- Rheumatology39
- Nephrology37
- Pharmacology34
- Reproductive Medicine31
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology25
- Otorhinolaryngology21
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine18
- Rehabilitation18
- Immunology and Allergy16
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Genetics11
- Hepatology10
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Urology9
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
31 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 2008. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2006–2008 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 2009. | Compare |
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1BMC Complementary and Alternative MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.18Q1 | 3.41 0.85 down from 2008 | 150 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
2Acupuncture in MedicineSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 1.84 0.11 down from 2008 | 98 | 4% | $4,150 | ||
3The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.77Q1 | 2.27 0.47 up from 2008 | 485 | 13% | — | ||
4Complementary Therapies in MedicineOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.62Q1 | 1.91 0.14 down from 2008 | 130 | 15% | $2,760 | ||
5Complementary Therapies in Clinical PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.29Q1 | 1.35 0.01 down from 2008 | 108 | 8% | $3,530 | ||
6Complementary health practice reviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.26Q1 | 1.16 0.39 up from 2008 | 45 | 42% | — | ||
7Forschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary MedicineKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.12Q1 | 0.78 0.72 down from 2008 | 84 | 48% | — | ||
| 0.83Q1 | 1.25 0.11 down from 2008 | 36 | — | — | |||
9Holistic Nursing PracticeLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.79Q2 | 1.02 0.05 down from 2008 | 133 | 2% | — | ||
10Dynamic MedicineBioMed Central · United Kingdom | 0.75Q2 | 1.23 0.06 up from 2008 | 35 | 100% | — | ||
11Complementary Medicine ResearchKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.71Q2 | 0.89 0.26 down from 2008 | 107 | 66% | — | ||
12HomeopathyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 0.60Q2 | 0.95no change | 192 | 2% | — | ||
13EXPLOREElsevier BV · United States | 0.38Q2 | 0.58 0.09 up from 2008 | 254 | 2% | $2,090 | ||
14Journal of Herbal PharmacotherapyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.28Q2 | 0.30 0.16 down from 2008 | 75 | — | — | ||
15Medical AcupunctureMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.28Q2 | 0.31 0.17 up from 2008 | 80 | 0% | — | ||
16Chinese Journal of Integrative MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.27Q2 | 0.37 0.10 up from 2008 | 182 | 2% | $4,190 | ||
17Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics ResearchCognizant · United States | 0.20Q3 | 1.04 0.91 up from 2008 | 110 | 0% | $4,150 | ||
18Journal of Natural RemediesOAInformatics Publishing Limited · India | 0.18Q3 | 0.32 0.26 up from 2008 | 102 | 0% | — | ||
19Deutsche Zeitschrift für AkupunkturSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.15Q3 | 0.34 0.12 down from 2008 | 96 | 1% | $3,390 | ||
20Journal of Chinese Integrative MedicineElsevier BV · China | 0.14Q3 | 0.31 0.15 down from 2008 | 417 | 0% | $1,800 | ||
21Alternative and Complementary TherapiesMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.13Q3 | 0.21 0.08 up from 2008 | 138 | 0% | — | ||
22Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.07Q3 | 0.16 0.03 up from 2008 | 186 | 93% | $4,090 | ||
23Focus on Alternative and Complementary TherapiesWiley · United Kingdom | 0.05Q3 | 0.07 0.02 up from 2008 | 312 | 0% | — | ||
24Journal of pharmacopunctureOAKorean Pharmacopuncture Institute · South Korea | 0.05Q3 | 0.28 0.15 up from 2008 | 113 | 100% | — | ||
25Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.04Q4 | 0.20 0.08 up from 2008 | 184 | 0% | $3,790 | ||
26Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Ganzheitsmedizin / Swiss Journal of Integrative MedicineOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.04Q4 | 0.15 0.05 up from 2008 | 62 | 56% | — | ||
27Zhongguo xunzheng yixue zazhiSichuan University School of Medicine · China | 0.03Q4 | 0.07no change | 385 | 0% | — | ||
28Zhonghua zhongyiyao xuekanChinese Medical Association · China | 0.01Q4 | 0.01no change | 1,674 | 0% | — | ||
29The Chinese Journal of Modern Applied PharmacyChinese Medical Association | 0.01Q4 | 0.01 0.01 up from 2008 | 682 | 0% | — | ||
30Nanfang huli xuebaoUniverse Scientific Publishing · China | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 283 | 0% | — | ||
30Revista Internacional de AcupunturaElsevier BV | 0.00Q4 | 0.00 0.18 down from 2008 | 49 | 0% | $1,870 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Complementary and alternative medicine highlighted.
- Surgery500
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine212
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine184
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health180
- Oncology134
- Epidemiology119
- Infectious Diseases110
- Psychiatry and Mental health100
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging99
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism95
- Physiology91
- Neurology87
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health64
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine63
- Ophthalmology59
- Hematology55
- Dermatology51
- Obstetrics and Gynecology44
- Rheumatology39
- Nephrology37
- Pharmacology34
- Complementary and alternative medicine31
- Reproductive Medicine31
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology25
- Otorhinolaryngology21
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine18
- Rehabilitation18
- Immunology and Allergy16
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Genetics11
- Hepatology10
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Urology9
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2009. Corpus-wide, 71.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
11 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 2006–2008, 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: 2009. Publication window: 2006–2008. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 31
- Window papers (baseline)
- 57,287 +52.0% from indicator year 2006
- Median OJR
- 0.27 +13.5% from indicator year 2006
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2006–2008 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.