Traditional Medicine Research

Traditional Medicine Research is published by TMR PUBLISHING GROUP 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 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies, Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds and Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis, together about 36.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Complementary and alternative medicine and Pharmacology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Traditional Medicine Research (TMR) (ISSN 2413-3973) is a peer-reviewed open access journal. TMR is an official journal of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (CACA). Aims TMR is dedicated to protecting and developing all types of traditional medicine, including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Persian Medicine, Ayurveda, Siddha, Minority Medicine, Traditional Veterinary, etc. We encourage authors to illustrate the medicial history of the research object concisely. Manuscript from different cultural backgrounds are welcome with an open attitude. We believe that communication, comparison, and learning among the different types of traditional medicine are important. Scope All studies regarding traditional medicine are welcomed, including: 1. Drug Chemistry 2. Biological Mechanism 3. Toxicology 4. Clinical Research 5. Non-drug Treatment (Acupuncture, Cupping, Massage, Chiropractic, Meditation, Yoga, Tai Chi, etc.) 6. Medicinal Plant and Animal Resources (especially research on substitutes for rare medicinal plants and animals) 7. History of Medicine 8. Public Health, Policy, and Economics Research about traditional medicine. 9. Undiscussed related subjects

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

2.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.34LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

15OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

39OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.59OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

98.61%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

75LetPub · 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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 5 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Double blind 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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

TMR PUBLISHING GROUP

Country or region

CHINA MAINLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

2016

ISSN

2413-3973

Official links

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