Journal profile · INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
Ancient Science of Life
ISSN 0257-7941 · eISSN 2249-9547 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Ancient Science of Life: impact factor 0.2 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 337 days to acceptance (15 articles, last 24 months); 16 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ancient Science of Life is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, together about 41.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Complementary and alternative medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
Editor-in-chief Subrahmanya KumarPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phytochemicals and Medicinal PlantsMedicine22.9%
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine10.3%
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine6.4%
- Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesMedicine4.7%
- Medicinal Plants and NeuroprotectionMedicine4.6%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine4.1%
- Pharmacology and Nanomedicine ResearchPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.1%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE · rank 47/48
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 137OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 621 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 18 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
337 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 299 days – 368 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 168 days (15 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 507 days
- Sample
- 15 articles with submission and acceptance dates (16 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 39 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0257-7941
- Electronic ISSN
- 2249-9547
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 2 (June 2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ancient Science of Life
What is the impact factor of Ancient Science of Life?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at Ancient Science of Life?
Based on the dates recorded on 15 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 337 days (interquartile range 299–368 days); authors report an average review time of about 39 weeks. 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.
What JCR quartile is Ancient Science of Life in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Q4 (47/48). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones.
Which databases index Ancient Science of Life?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ancient Science of Life is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Ancient Science of Life open access, and what is the APC?
Ancient Science of Life is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .