Journal profile · INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
Journal of Pharmacopuncture
ISSN 2093-6966 · eISSN 2234-6856 · Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute · Korea, Republic of
Journal of Pharmacopuncture: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 75 days to acceptance (70 articles, last 24 months); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Pharmacopuncture is published by Korean 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 Healthcare and Venom Research, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies, together about 55.4% 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
- Healthcare and Venom ResearchMedicine32.2%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine14.1%
- Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesMedicine9.2%
- Ginseng Biological Effects and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Food Quality and Safety StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Bee Products Chemical AnalysisAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Pharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.7%
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine2.4%
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 208OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,085 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 2 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 38 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | 92 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | 211 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 370 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 236 |
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
75 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 47 days – 131 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 78 days (70 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 161 days
- Sample
- 70 articles with submission and acceptance dates (79 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| 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
- Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute
- Country or region
- Korea, Republic of
- Language
- English, Korean
- ISSN
- 2093-6966
- Electronic ISSN
- 2234-6856
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Pharmacopuncture
What CAS zone is Journal of Pharmacopuncture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Pharmacopuncture 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 Pharmacopuncture?
Based on the dates recorded on 70 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 75 days (interquartile range 47–131 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Pharmacopuncture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Pharmacopuncture is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Pharmacopuncture open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Pharmacopuncture is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .