Journal profile · Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Homeopathy
ISSN 1475-4916 · eISSN 1476-4245 · Churchill Livingstone · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 2002
Homeopathy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.05; hybrid open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Homeopathy is published by Churchill Livingstone and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 56.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Complementary and alternative medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Homeopathy is an international peer-reviewed journal aimed at improving the fundamental understanding and clinical practice of homeopathy by publishing relevant high-quality original research articles, reviews, and case reports. It also promotes commentary and debate on matters of topical interest in homeopathy.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine43.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.9%
- Pain Management and Placebo EffectNeuroscience4.6%
- Herbal Medicine Research StudiesMedicine4.5%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.3%
- Biofield Effects and BiophysicsMedicine4.2%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Integrative & Complementary Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Integrative & Complementary Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Integrative & Complementary Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.05LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 486OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 54.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,989 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 114 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 38 | 4 | 33 |
| 2024 | 110 | 13 | 113 |
| 2023 | 41 | 11 | 127 |
| 2022 | 98 | 5 | 181 |
| 2021 | 62 | 15 | 602 |
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)
- over 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Churchill Livingstone
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1475-4916
- Electronic ISSN
- 1476-4245
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Homeopathy
What CAS zone is Homeopathy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Homeopathy is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Integrative & Complementary Medicine. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Homeopathy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.05; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at Homeopathy?
Authors report an average review time of over 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.
Which databases index Homeopathy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Homeopathy is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Homeopathy open access, and what is the APC?
Homeopathy is a hybrid 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .