Journal rankings · indicator year 2011
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Subfield ranking · 2011
Complementary and alternative medicine journal rankings 2011
36 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine has 36 ranked journals in 2011. The median journal has an OJR of 0.31, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2010; Q1 starts at OJR 1.10. The top three are BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Complementary health practice review, and The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2011. 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 2008–2010, the window the 2011 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)
- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
36 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 2010. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2008–2010, the window the 2011 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2008–2010 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 2002 to 2011. | Compare |
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1BMC Complementary and Alternative MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 4.04 0.19 up from 2010 | 200 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
2Complementary health practice reviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.12Q1 | 1.72 0.29 up from 2010 | 36 | — | — | ||
3The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.92Q1 | 2.32 0.29 up from 2010 | 595 | 18% | — | ||
4Complementary Medicine ResearchKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.84Q1 | 2.13 1.06 up from 2010 | 50 | 50% | — | ||
5Complementary Therapies in MedicineOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.71Q1 | 2.29 0.59 up from 2010 | 128 | 8% | $2,760 | ||
6Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian StudiesElsevier BV · South Korea | 1.61Q1 | 2.74 1.05 up from 2010 | 99 | 100% | — | ||
7Complementary Therapies in Clinical PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.48Q1 | 2.06 0.46 up from 2010 | 150 | 6% | $3,530 | ||
8Acupuncture in MedicineSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.26Q1 | 1.33 0.54 down from 2010 | 132 | 7% | $4,150 | ||
9HomeopathyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 1.10Q1 | 1.43 0.48 up from 2010 | 166 | 2% | — | ||
10International Journal of Ayurveda ResearchOAMedknow · India | 0.98Q2 | 1.18no 2010 value | 56 | 94% | — | — | |
11Holistic Nursing PracticeLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.76Q2 | 0.99 0.08 down from 2010 | 126 | 0% | — | ||
12EXPLOREElsevier BV · United States | 0.72Q2 | 0.90 0.03 down from 2010 | 184 | 9% | $2,090 | ||
13Forschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary MedicineKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.71Q2 | 0.66 0.13 up from 2010 | 230 | 61% | — | ||
14Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative MedicineOAElsevier BV · India | 0.68Q2 | 0.92no 2010 value | 51 | 100% | $1,800 | — | |
15European Journal of Integrative MedicineElsevier BV · Germany | 0.50Q2 | 0.80 0.14 up from 2010 | 59 | 3% | $2,430 | ||
16Chinese Journal of Integrative MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.46Q2 | 0.98 0.35 up from 2010 | 246 | 5% | $4,190 | ||
17Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics ResearchCognizant · United States | 0.34Q2 | 0.53 0.01 up from 2010 | 88 | 0% | $4,150 | ||
18International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Research Education & PracticeOAMassage Therapy Foundation · Canada | 0.34Q2 | 0.77 0.17 down from 2010 | 40 | 100% | — | ||
19Medical AcupunctureMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.29Q3 | 0.21 0.13 down from 2010 | 126 | 6% | — | ||
20Journal of Chinese Integrative MedicineElsevier BV · China | 0.28Q3 | 0.64 0.32 up from 2010 | 525 | 0% | $1,800 | ||
21AYU (An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda)Medknow · India | 0.21Q3 | 0.29 0.29 up from 2010 | 49 | 97% | — | ||
22Focus on Alternative and Complementary TherapiesWiley · United Kingdom | 0.16Q3 | 0.27 0.23 up from 2010 | 302 | 2% | — | ||
23Journal of Dietary SupplementsTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.15Q3 | 0.47 0.24 up from 2010 | 82 | 4% | — | ||
24Journal of Natural RemediesOAInformatics Publishing Limited · India | 0.15Q3 | 0.19 0.21 down from 2010 | 92 | 0% | — | ||
25World Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · United States | 0.14Q3 | 0.13 0.04 up from 2010 | 85 | 0% | — | ||
26Deutsche Zeitschrift für AkupunkturSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.14Q3 | 0.20 0.26 down from 2010 | 165 | 1% | $3,390 | ||
27Alternative and Complementary TherapiesMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.13Q3 | 0.21 0.06 down from 2010 | 147 | 0% | — | ||
28Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.11Q4 | 0.12 0.04 down from 2010 | 159 | 6% | $4,090 | ||
29Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Ganzheitsmedizin / Swiss Journal of Integrative MedicineOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.08Q4 | 0.09 0.02 up from 2010 | 188 | 90% | — | ||
30Journal of pharmacopunctureOAKorean Pharmacopuncture Institute · South Korea | 0.06Q4 | 0.35 0.09 up from 2010 | 116 | 100% | — | ||
31Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.06Q4 | 0.15 0.03 down from 2010 | 243 | 0% | $3,790 | ||
32Zhongguo xunzheng yixue zazhiSichuan University School of Medicine · China | 0.02Q4 | 0.04 0.01 down from 2010 | 537 | 0% | — | ||
33Zhonghua zhongyiyao xuekanChinese Medical Association · China | 0.01Q4 | 0.01 0.01 down from 2010 | 2,372 | 0% | — | ||
34The Chinese Journal of Modern Applied PharmacyChinese Medical Association | 0.01Q4 | 0.02no change | 762 | 0% | — | ||
35Nanfang huli xuebaoUniverse Scientific Publishing · China | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 738 | 0% | — | ||
36Revista Internacional de AcupunturaElsevier BV | 0.00Q4 | 0.05 0.02 up from 2010 | 94 | 0% | $1,870 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Complementary and alternative medicine highlighted.
- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2011. Corpus-wide, 75.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
15 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 2008–2010, 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: 2011. Publication window: 2008–2010. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 36
- Window papers (baseline)
- 70,340 +38.5% from indicator year 2008
- Median OJR
- 0.31 +92.5% from indicator year 2008
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2008–2010 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.