Journal profile · Medicine-Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
ISSN 1553-3840 · Walter de Gruyter
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine: subscription journal; APC about USD 2,712; median 115 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine is published by Walter de Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medicinal Plant Research, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies and Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies, together about 43.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Complementary and alternative medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal The current volume of Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (JCIM) is open access via Subscribe to Open (S2O). All accepted articles will be published under a Creative Commons license at no cost to authors. Learn more about De Gruyter Brill’s Subscribe to Open program.ObjectiveThe Journal of Comp lementary and Integrative Medicine (JCIM) focuses on evidence concerning the efficacy and safety of complementary medical (CM) whole systems, practices, interventions and natural health products, including herbal and traditional medicines.JCIM is the official journal of the Natural Health Product Research Society of Canada. You can access the back issues of the Society's former Journal of Natural Health Product Research.TopicsQuality, efficacy, and safety of natural health products, dietary supplements, traditional medicines and their synthetic duplica tes // Efficacy and safety of complementary therapies // Evidence-based medicine and practice, including evidence of traditional use // Curriculum development, educational system and competency of complementary health programs // Methodologies on research and evaluation of traditional medicin es and herbal products // Integrative medicine: basic and clinical research and practice // Innovation in CAM Curriculum // Educational Material DesignArticle formatsBasic and Clinical Research Articles, Review Articles (Systematic, Scoping or very high-quality Narrative Reviews), Mini Review Articles, Discussion/Opinion Papers, Short Communications, EditorialsUseful links Instructions for AuthorsSubmission ChecklistTemplate for Ethical and Legal DeclarationsManuscript Preparation and Manuscript TemplatesNatural Health Product Research Society of CanadaResources for AuthorsLicense to PublishAuthor Language ServiceData Sharing PolicyRights and Permissions Your Benefits Evidence-based research on complementary and integrative medicineFacilitated information transfer to the consumerFacilitated distribution of information to a larger international communityEasy-to-use online submission systemRapid online publication of contributionsNo submission and publication feeEach article easily discoverable because of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and comprehensive abstracting and indexing servicesSecure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service PorticoComplete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to to
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Editor-in-chief Jeremy Y. NgPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine14.6%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine7.9%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine7.1%
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Phytochemicals and Medicinal PlantsMedicine4.5%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine3.3%
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and ProtectionPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Q2 | 42/115 | 63rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 426OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.46OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,218 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 48 | 998 |
| 2025 | 74 | 23 | 1,571 |
| 2024 | 71 | 9 | 1,637 |
| 2023 | 45 | 5 | 1,658 |
| 2022 | 61 | 8 | 1,574 |
| 2021 | 182 | 14 | 1,379 |
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 PubMed · to
115 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 76 days – 163 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (148 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 2,400 | — | — |
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
- Walter de Gruyter
- ISSN
- 1553-3840
- Print ISSN
- 2194-6329
- Society / sponsor
- Natural Health Product Research Society of Canada
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
How long does peer review take at Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 115 days (interquartile range 76–163 days). 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 Complementary and Integrative Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,712.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .