Journal profile · INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
Medical Acupuncture
ISSN 1933-6586 · eISSN 1933-6594 · Mary Ann Liebert
Medical Acupuncture: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 112 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Acupuncture is published by Mary Ann Liebert 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, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, together about 77.4% 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
- Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesMedicine36.5%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine25.1%
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine15.8%
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Biofield Effects and BiophysicsMedicine3.9%
- Nausea and vomiting managementMedicine2.1%
- Pain Management and TreatmentMedicine1.4%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine1.3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Q3 | 76/115 | 34th |
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
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 187OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 84LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,411 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 12 | 580 |
| 2025 | 112 | 103 | 793 |
| 2024 | 72 | 72 | 758 |
| 2023 | 73 | 68 | 684 |
| 2022 | 82 | 74 | 708 |
| 2021 | 75 | 69 | 644 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Mary Ann Liebert
- ISSN
- 1933-6586
- Electronic ISSN
- 1933-6594
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Acupuncture
What CAS zone is Medical Acupuncture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Acupuncture 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.
Which databases index Medical Acupuncture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Acupuncture is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Medical Acupuncture open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Acupuncture is a subscription 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: .