The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Last updated ISSN 1075-5535
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine is published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
- Biofield Effects and Biophysics
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Herbal Medicine Research Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1075-5535, 1557-7708 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,596 |
| Publishing since | 1990 |
| Journal website | www.liebertpub.com/acm |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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