Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Subfield ranking · 2015
Complementary and alternative medicine journal rankings 2015
42 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine has 42 ranked journals in 2015. The median OJR rose 0.06 on 2014 to 0.59, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 0.97. The top three are BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, and Complementary Medicine Research.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. 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 2012–2014, the window the 2015 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)
- Surgery773
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine297
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health252
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine238
- Oncology188
- Infectious Diseases182
- Epidemiology176
- Neurology151
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism141
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging138
- Physiology129
- Psychiatry and Mental health123
- Complementary and alternative medicine42
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine95
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health85
- Dermatology74
- Ophthalmology74
- Hematology71
- Obstetrics and Gynecology61
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology49
- Reproductive Medicine45
- Pharmacology42
- Emergency Medicine36
- Geriatrics and Gerontology36
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Rehabilitation29
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine23
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Genetics19
- Hepatology19
- Immunology and Allergy17
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Urology11
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
42 ranked journals
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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 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 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 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
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1BMC Complementary and Alternative MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 3.28 0.09 down from 2014 | 1,155 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
2Complementary Therapies in Clinical PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.65Q1 | 2.33 0.30 up from 2014 | 134 | 4% | $3,530 | ||
3Complementary Medicine ResearchKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.45Q1 | 1.69 0.30 down from 2014 | 122 | 58% | — | ||
4Complementary Therapies in MedicineOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 2.88 0.33 up from 2014 | 284 | 17% | $2,760 | ||
5The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.37Q1 | 1.94 0.23 down from 2014 | 495 | 30% | — | ||
6Acupuncture in MedicineSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.30Q1 | 1.67 0.09 up from 2014 | 250 | 17% | $4,150 | ||
7Journal of Traditional and Complementary MedicineOAElsevier BV · Taiwan | 1.27Q1 | 2.55 1.63 up from 2014 | 132 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
8Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative MedicineOAElsevier BV · India | 1.16Q1 | 1.16 0.04 down from 2014 | 150 | 100% | $1,800 | ||
9Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian StudiesElsevier BV · South Korea | 1.06Q1 | 1.43 0.09 down from 2014 | 149 | 100% | — | ||
10HomeopathyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 0.98Q1 | 2.06 0.30 up from 2014 | 127 | 8% | — | ||
11Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative MedicineOASAGE Publishing · United States | 0.97Q1 | 1.78 0.79 up from 2014 | 108 | 55% | $1,200 | ||
12Journal of Chinese Integrative MedicineElsevier BV · China | 0.96Q2 | 2.77 1.47 up from 2014 | 271 | 8% | $1,800 | ||
13EXPLOREElsevier BV · United States | 0.79Q2 | 1.29 0.14 up from 2014 | 198 | 6% | $2,090 | ||
14Holistic Nursing PracticeLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.76Q2 | 1.12 0.18 up from 2014 | 134 | 2% | — | ||
15Forschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary MedicineKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.75Q2 | 0.08 0.52 down from 2014 | 112 | — | — | ||
16International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Research Education & PracticeOAMassage Therapy Foundation · Canada | 0.69Q2 | 0.73 0.17 down from 2014 | 42 | 100% | — | ||
17Chinese Journal of Integrative MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.67Q2 | 1.11 0.17 down from 2014 | 534 | 3% | $4,190 | ||
18European Journal of Integrative MedicineElsevier BV · Germany | 0.67Q2 | 0.97 0.14 down from 2014 | 224 | 8% | $2,430 | ||
19Advances in Integrative MedicineElsevier BV | 0.65Q2 | 0.81 0.42 up from 2014 | 31 | 25% | $2,340 | ||
20AYU (An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda)Medknow · India | 0.65Q2 | 0.44 0.49 down from 2014 | 210 | 74% | — | ||
21Ancient Science of LifeOAMedknow · India | 0.62Q2 | 0.66 0.15 down from 2014 | 136 | 100% | — | ||
22Chinese MedicineOASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.56Q3 | 1.04 0.06 up from 2014 | 79 | 100% | — | ||
23Journal of Dietary SupplementsTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.52Q3 | 1.26 0.51 down from 2014 | 103 | 8% | — | ||
24Integrative Medicine ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.42Q3 | 0.83 0.15 down from 2014 | 65 | 100% | $1,700 | ||
25Medical AcupunctureMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.42Q3 | 0.77 0.41 up from 2014 | 138 | 17% | — | ||
26Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.38Q3 | 0.65 0.49 down from 2014 | 118 | 2% | $4,090 | ||
27International Journal of Integrative MedicineIntechOpen · Croatia | 0.35Q3 | 0.58 0.06 up from 2014 | 36 | — | — | ||
28Journal of Natural RemediesOAInformatics Publishing Limited · India | 0.34Q3 | 0.61 0.14 up from 2014 | 68 | 100% | — | ||
29Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Ganzheitsmedizin / Swiss Journal of Integrative MedicineOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.26Q3 | 0.43 0.18 up from 2014 | 82 | 100% | — | ||
30Journal of pharmacopunctureOAKorean Pharmacopuncture Institute · South Korea | 0.25Q3 | 0.91 0.44 up from 2014 | 95 | 100% | — | ||
31Deutsche Zeitschrift für AkupunkturSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.25Q3 | 0.38 0.09 down from 2014 | 151 | 0% | $3,390 | ||
32TANG [HUMANITAS MEDICINE]OASouth Korea | 0.20Q3 | 0.38 0.26 down from 2014 | 98 | 89% | — | ||
33Focus on Alternative and Complementary TherapiesWiley · United Kingdom | 0.17Q4 | 0.23 0.02 up from 2014 | 177 | 3% | — | ||
34Alternative & Integrative MedicineOMICS Publishing Group · United States | 0.11Q4 | 0.15 0.02 up from 2014 | 288 | 16% | — | ||
35Alternative and Complementary TherapiesMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.09Q4 | 0.15 0.07 down from 2014 | 154 | 0% | — | ||
36Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.06Q4 | 0.24 0.01 down from 2014 | 242 | 0% | $3,790 | ||
37Zhongguo xunzheng yixue zazhiSichuan University School of Medicine · China | 0.02Q4 | 0.05 0.01 up from 2014 | 409 | 0% | — | ||
38Revista Internacional de AcupunturaElsevier BV | 0.02Q4 | 0.00no change | 38 | 0% | $1,870 | ||
39Nanfang huli xuebaoUniverse Scientific Publishing · China | 0.02Q4 | 0.01no change | 506 | 0% | — | ||
40Zhonghua zhongyiyao xuekanChinese Medical Association · China | 0.02Q4 | 0.02 0.01 up from 2014 | 1,761 | 0% | — | ||
41The Chinese Journal of Modern Applied PharmacyChinese Medical Association | 0.01Q4 | 0.02 0.03 down from 2014 | 278 | 0% | — | ||
42China Continuing Medical EducationPublisher not listed | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 126 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Complementary and alternative medicine highlighted.
- Surgery773
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine297
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health252
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine238
- Oncology188
- Infectious Diseases182
- Epidemiology176
- Neurology151
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism141
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging138
- Physiology129
- Psychiatry and Mental health123
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine95
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health85
- Dermatology74
- Ophthalmology74
- Hematology71
- Obstetrics and Gynecology61
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology49
- Reproductive Medicine45
- Complementary and alternative medicine42
- Pharmacology42
- Emergency Medicine36
- Geriatrics and Gerontology36
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Rehabilitation29
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine23
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Genetics19
- Hepatology19
- Immunology and Allergy17
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Urology11
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine5
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
23 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 2012–2014, 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: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 42
- Window papers (baseline)
- 84,743 +10.2% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 0.59 +51.8% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 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.