Journal profile
Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology
ISSN 2772-3712 · Elsevier · Netherlands
Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology: fully open access; APC about USD 1,600; review about 13 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medicinal Plant Research, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies and Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications, together about 33.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Complementary and alternative medicine and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.7%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine8.1%
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine5.7%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine AnalysisMedicine5.7%
- Medical Research and TreatmentsMedicine4.8%
- Phytochemical Studies and BioactivitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 22.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 84 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 251 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 218 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 136 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 99 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
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)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,600 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,600 / EUR 1,460 / GBP 1,280 / JPY 179,780 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,600 | Yes | — |
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2772-3712
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology
How long does peer review take at Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology?
Authors report an average review time of about 13 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.
Which databases index Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Complementary Medicine and Pharmacology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .