Journal profile · Medicine-Complementary and Alternative Medicine
World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
ISSN 2311-8571 · eISSN 2589-2894 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.6 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 130 days to acceptance (68 articles, last 24 months); 64 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine is published by Wolters Kluwer Health and is in Zone 2 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, Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis and Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds, together about 33.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Complementary and alternative medicine, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Editor-in-chief De-An GuoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Traditional Chinese Medicine StudiesMedicine12.7%
- Traditional Chinese Medicine AnalysisMedicine12.1%
- Pharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics8.8%
- Acupuncture Treatment Research StudiesMedicine7.6%
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Plant-based Medicinal ResearchPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.2%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Integrative & Complementary Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medicine, Research & Experimental | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Integrative & Complementary Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, Research & Experimental | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Integrative & Complementary Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, Research & Experimental | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE · rank 20/48
- JCR Q3 · MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL · rank 109/191
- JCR Q3 · PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY · rank 195/356
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 127OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 555 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 53 | 5 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | 31 |
| 2024 | 60 | 60 | 187 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 247 |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | 513 |
| 2021 | 78 | 78 | 1,022 |
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
130 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 92 days – 195 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 224 days (68 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 364 days
- Sample
- 68 articles with submission and acceptance dates (126 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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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-SA | |
| 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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2311-8571
- Electronic ISSN
- 2589-2894
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
What CAS zone is World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Integrative & Complementary Medicine / Medicine, Research & Experimental / Pharmacology & Pharmacy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 23.
How long does peer review take at World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 68 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 130 days (interquartile range 92–195 days); authors report an average review time of about 24 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.
What JCR quartile is World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Q2 (20/48), MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL Q3 (109/191), PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY Q3 (195/356). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
Which databases index World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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, Publisher website, 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: .