AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE is published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies, Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds and Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications, together about 30.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Complementary and alternative medicine and Pharmacology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, which is defined in its broadest sense possible, publishes original articles and essays relating to traditional or ethnomedicine of all cultures. Areas of particular interest include: Basic scientific and clinical research in indigenous medical techniques, therapeutic procedures, medicinal plants, and traditional medical theories and concepts; Multidisciplinary study of medical practice and health care, especially from historical, cultural, public health, and socioeconomic perspectives; International policy implications of comparative studies of medicine in all cultures, including such issues as health in developing countries, affordability and transferability of health-care techniques and concepts; Translating scholarly ancient texts or modern publications on ethnomedicine. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine will consider for publication a broad range of scholarly contributions, including original scientific research papers, review articles, editorial comments, social policy statements, brief news items, bibliographies, research guides, letters to the editors, book reviews, and selected reprints.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Integrative & Complementary Medicine

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

8.02LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

10.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

1.27LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.29LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

55LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

100OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2,399OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

7.38OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

2.55%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

95LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 6 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

62.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1979

ISSN

0192-415X

Electronic ISSN

1793-6853

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub