Journal profile · INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
ISSN 2005-2901 · eISSN 2093-8152 · Medical Association of Pharmacopuncture Institute · Korea, Republic of
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies is published by Medical Association of Pharmacopuncture Institute 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 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies, Healthcare and Venom Research and Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies, together about 46.9% 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
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesMedicine28.8%
- Healthcare and Venom ResearchMedicine10.9%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine7.2%
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.1%
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.6%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 360OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,157 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 52 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 162 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 245 |
| 2021 | 32 | 31 | 242 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 6 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Medical Association of Pharmacopuncture Institute
- Country or region
- Korea, Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2005-2901
- Electronic ISSN
- 2093-8152
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
What CAS zone is Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .