Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Complementary and alternative medicine journal rankings 2016
43 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine has 43 ranked journals in 2016. The median OJR fell 0.16 on 2015 to 0.43, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.13. The top three are Integrative Medicine International, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. 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 2013–2015, the window the 2016 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)
- Surgery821
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine315
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health256
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine248
- Oncology198
- Infectious Diseases189
- Epidemiology187
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism151
- Neurology151
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging142
- Psychiatry and Mental health134
- Physiology131
- Complementary and alternative medicine43
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine102
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health91
- Ophthalmology80
- Dermatology78
- Hematology70
- Obstetrics and Gynecology64
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology53
- Reproductive Medicine46
- Pharmacology44
- Emergency Medicine37
- Geriatrics and Gerontology35
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation31
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine24
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Hepatology21
- Genetics20
- Immunology and Allergy19
- Urology13
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
43 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 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 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 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Integrative Medicine InternationalOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 9.40Q1 | 17.40 15.96 up from 2015 | 45 | 100% | — | ||
2BMC Complementary and Alternative MedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.69Q1 | 2.99 0.29 down from 2015 | 1,379 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
3Journal of Chinese Integrative MedicineElsevier BV · China | 1.49Q1 | 2.49 0.29 down from 2015 | 170 | 2% | $1,800 | ||
4Complementary Therapies in Clinical PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.48Q1 | 2.43 0.10 up from 2015 | 162 | 9% | $3,530 | ||
5HomeopathyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 1.44Q1 | 1.78 0.28 down from 2015 | 141 | 2% | — | ||
6Journal of Traditional and Complementary MedicineOAElsevier BV · Taiwan | 1.37Q1 | 2.25 0.30 down from 2015 | 190 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
7Complementary Therapies in MedicineOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.25Q1 | 2.72 0.15 down from 2015 | 333 | 16% | $2,760 | ||
8Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative MedicineOASAGE Publishing · United States | 1.22Q1 | 2.02 0.24 up from 2015 | 155 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
9The Journal of Alternative and Complementary MedicineMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.19Q1 | 1.97 0.03 up from 2015 | 360 | 24% | — | ||
10Holistic Nursing PracticeLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.17Q1 | 2.22 1.10 up from 2015 | 144 | 7% | — | ||
11Complementary Medicine ResearchKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.13Q1 | 1.04 0.65 down from 2015 | 152 | 47% | — | ||
12Acupuncture in MedicineSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 1.74 0.07 up from 2015 | 273 | 18% | $4,150 | ||
13Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian StudiesElsevier BV · South Korea | 0.94Q2 | 1.17 0.26 down from 2015 | 145 | 100% | — | ||
14Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative MedicineOAElsevier BV · India | 0.90Q2 | 1.09 0.07 down from 2015 | 135 | 100% | $1,800 | ||
15EXPLOREElsevier BV · United States | 0.75Q2 | 1.33 0.04 up from 2015 | 204 | 7% | $2,090 | ||
16Integrative Medicine ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.63Q2 | 1.29 0.46 up from 2015 | 94 | 100% | $1,700 | ||
17Journal of Dietary SupplementsTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.63Q2 | 1.80 0.53 up from 2015 | 104 | 5% | — | ||
18European Journal of Integrative MedicineElsevier BV · Germany | 0.60Q2 | 1.17 0.20 up from 2015 | 256 | 12% | $2,430 | ||
19Ancient Science of LifeOAMedknow · India | 0.59Q2 | 0.69 0.04 up from 2015 | 134 | 100% | — | ||
20Chinese Journal of Integrative MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.57Q2 | 1.02 0.09 down from 2015 | 490 | 1% | $4,190 | ||
21Advances in Integrative MedicineElsevier BV | 0.45Q2 | 1.04 0.24 up from 2015 | 59 | 6% | $2,340 | ||
22AYU (An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda)Medknow · India | 0.43Q2 | 0.45 0.01 up from 2015 | 200 | 100% | — | ||
23Medical AcupunctureMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.38Q3 | 0.42 0.35 down from 2015 | 178 | 13% | — | ||
24International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Research Education & PracticeOAMassage Therapy Foundation · Canada | 0.38Q3 | 0.86 0.13 up from 2015 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
25Chinese MedicineOASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.37Q3 | 0.61 0.43 down from 2015 | 74 | 100% | — | ||
26Journal of pharmacopunctureOAKorean Pharmacopuncture Institute · South Korea | 0.36Q3 | 0.71 0.20 down from 2015 | 105 | 100% | — | ||
27Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.34Q3 | 0.56 0.10 down from 2015 | 115 | 3% | $4,090 | ||
28Journal of Natural RemediesOAInformatics Publishing Limited · India | 0.31Q3 | 0.26 0.35 down from 2015 | 58 | 100% | — | ||
29TANG [HUMANITAS MEDICINE]OASouth Korea | 0.26Q3 | 0.45 0.06 up from 2015 | 88 | 89% | — | ||
30Deutsche Zeitschrift für AkupunkturSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.21Q3 | 0.41 0.03 up from 2015 | 147 | 2% | $3,390 | ||
31Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Ganzheitsmedizin / Swiss Journal of Integrative MedicineOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.19Q3 | 0.35 0.08 down from 2015 | 104 | 100% | — | ||
32International Journal of Integrative MedicineIntechOpen · Croatia | 0.18Q3 | —no 2015 value | 36 | — | — | ||
33Focus on Alternative and Complementary TherapiesWiley · United Kingdom | 0.17Q3 | 0.28 0.05 up from 2015 | 154 | 3% | — | ||
34Alternative & Integrative MedicineOMICS Publishing Group · United States | 0.16Q4 | 0.47 0.32 up from 2015 | 325 | 7% | — | ||
35Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical SciencesOAElsevier BV · China | 0.16Q4 | 0.27 0.21 down from 2015 | 49 | 100% | $1,400 | ||
36Alternative and Complementary TherapiesMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.08Q4 | 0.16 0.02 up from 2015 | 151 | 5% | — | ||
37Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.06Q4 | 0.31 0.07 up from 2015 | 241 | 0% | $3,790 | ||
38Nanfang huli xuebaoUniverse Scientific Publishing · China | 0.05Q4 | 0.11 0.09 up from 2015 | 311 | 0% | — | ||
39Journal of NursingOAUniverse Scientific Publishing · Singapore | 0.04Q4 | 0.04 0.04 up from 2015 | 56 | 100% | — | ||
40Zhongguo xunzheng yixue zazhiSichuan University School of Medicine · China | 0.02Q4 | 0.05no change | 314 | 0% | — | ||
41Zhonghua zhongyiyao xuekanChinese Medical Association · China | 0.02Q4 | 0.02no change | 1,070 | — | — | ||
42The Chinese Journal of Modern Applied PharmacyChinese Medical Association | 0.01Q4 | 0.02no change | 206 | 0% | — | ||
43China Continuing Medical EducationPublisher not listed | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 678 | — | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Complementary and alternative medicine highlighted.
- Surgery821
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine315
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health256
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine248
- Oncology198
- Infectious Diseases189
- Epidemiology187
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism151
- Neurology151
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging142
- Psychiatry and Mental health134
- Physiology131
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine102
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health91
- Ophthalmology80
- Dermatology78
- Hematology70
- Obstetrics and Gynecology64
- Rheumatology58
- Nephrology53
- Reproductive Medicine46
- Pharmacology44
- Complementary and alternative medicine43
- Emergency Medicine37
- Geriatrics and Gerontology35
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation31
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine24
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Hepatology21
- Genetics20
- Immunology and Allergy19
- Urology13
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice3
- Transplantation3
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
25 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 2013–2015, 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: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 43
- Window papers (baseline)
- 79,392 -3.3% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.43 +7.4% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 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.