Journal of Herbal Medicine

Journal of Herbal Medicine is published by Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena 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 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, together about 34.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Complementary and alternative medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Click here for a video overview of the author guidelines by the EIC. The Journal of Herbal Medicine is a peer reviewed journal which aims to serve its readers as an authoritative resource on the profession and practice of herbal medicine. The content areas of the journal reflect the interests of Medical Herbalists and other health professionals interested in the clinical and professional application of botanical medicines. The objective is to strengthen the research and educational base of herbal medicine with research papers in the form of case studies, original research articles and reviews, monographs, clinical trials and relevant in vitro studies. It also publishes policy statements, opinion pieces, book reviews, conference proceedings and profession related information such as pharmacovigilance reports providing an information source for not only the Herbal Practitioner but any health professional with an interest in phytotherapy.Potentially the premier journal in its field, the journal welcomes papers that stimulate research and interest in herbal medicine education and practice that disseminate information about its clinical tradition, best practices, skills and knowledge, e.g. in the areas ofTraditional medicine, ethnobotany and western herbal medicineHerbal therapeutics, phytomedicine and herbal preparationsMedicinal plants in healthcare, clinical trials and pilot studiesBiological and pharmacological effects of plant extractsMedicinal plants and their anti-inflammatory, anti-cholesterol, hypotensive, antispasmodic, anti-diabetic, anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal activityIn cases where a submission involves a protected species—such as plants, fungi, or microorganisms that are covered by CITES, listed on the IUCN Red List, or identified as at risk of extinction or in serious decline—it is essential to provide a comprehensive justification. This justification must either confirm ethical sourcing practices (like the use of cultivated plants) or outline efforts to seek alternative sources to replace the protected species.Please note that we do not publish papers where the focus and primary experimental method involve the use of animals. This includes in vivo and/or ex vivo studies and/or in vitro studies based on cell lines harvested from animals.Furthermore, we do not publish papers which contain references or citations related to animal studies. If your paper includes references or citations on animal studies please withdraw it, a

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Research area (LetPub): INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

2LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

2.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

4.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

4.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.42LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.63LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

14LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

54OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

445OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.42OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4.8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

10.39%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

98LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Figures by source

Submission to first decision

2 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

88 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

211 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

5 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

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.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

ISSN

2210-8033

Electronic ISSN

2210-8041

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website