Journal profile · Integrative & Complementary Medicine
African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines
ISSN 0189-6016 · NIGERIA · Quarterly · Founded 2004
African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines: fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 12 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines's largest topics are Medicinal Plant Research, Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies and Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications, together about 43.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences25.3%
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.7%
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.5%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.3%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine4.3%
- Phytochemical Studies and BioactivitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine AnalysisMedicine4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 861OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 110LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,811 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1,403 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 2,379 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 2,999 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 3,229 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 3,577 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 3,647 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Country or region
- NIGERIA
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 0189-6016
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines
How long does peer review take at African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Is African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines open access, and what is the APC?
African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .