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Best Complementary and Alternative Medicine journals

115 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 29 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Chinese Herbal Medicines 13.5 99th Q1 ESCI Yes
2 Phytomedicine 13.2 98th Q1 SCIE No
3 Pharmaceutical Biology 12.4 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
4 Journal of Ginseng Research 12.1 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
5 American Journal of Chinese Medicine 10.5 96th Q1 SCIE No
6 Chinese Medicine (United Kingdom) 10.4 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
7 GeroScience 9.6 94th Q1 SCIE No
8 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9.1 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Journal of Integrative Medicine 8.1 92th Q1 SCIE No
10 Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines 7.7 91th Q1 SCIE No
11 Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine 7.6 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
12 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research 7.6 90th Q1 SCIE No
13 Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine 7.3 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 6.7 87th Q1 SCIE No
15 Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine 6.7 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 6.6 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 Journal of Natural Products 6.3 85th Q1 SCIE No
18 Phytomedicine Plus 6 84th Q1 Yes
19 Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 5.9 83th Q1 SCIE No
20 Complementary Therapies in Medicine 5.9 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
21 Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine 5.7 82th Q1 Yes
22 Journal of Cannabis Research 5.5 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
23 Integrative Medicine Research 5.4 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Acupuncture in Medicine 5.2 79th Q1 SCIE No
25 Journal of Natural Medicines 5.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
26 Phytochemical Analysis 5.2 77th Q1 SCIE No
27 Integrative Cancer Therapies 5.1 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids 5 76th Q1 Yes
29 Physiology International 4.7 75th Q1 SCIE No
30 Planta Medica 4.7 74th Q2 SCIE No
31 Advances in Traditional Medicine 4.6 73th Q2 ESCI No
32 Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine 4.3 72th Q2 ESCI Yes
33 Journal of Herbal Medicine 4.3 71th Q2 SCIE No
34 Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 4.2 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
35 World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 4.2 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
36 Nordic Journal of Music Therapy 4 69th Q2 SSCI No
37 Chiropractic and Manual Therapies 3.9 68th Q2 SCIE Yes
38 Explore 3.6 67th Q2 SCIE No
39 Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine 3.5 66th Q2 SCIE No
40 Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 3.4 65th Q2 SCIE No
41 Homeopathy 3.3 64th Q2 SCIE No
42 Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine 3.2 63th Q2 No
43 Journal of Pharmacopuncture 3.1 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
44 Holistic Nursing Practice 3 62th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
45 European Journal of Integrative Medicine 2.9 61th Q2 SCIE No
46 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research 2.8 60th Q2 SCIE No
47 Spirituality in Clinical Practice 2.8 59th Q2 ESCI No
48 Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology 2.8 58th Q2 SCIE No
49 Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 2.8 57th Q2 ESCI No
50 Natural Product Communications 2.7 56th Q2 SCIE Yes
51 Arabian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 2.6 56th Q2 No
52 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacognosy Research 2.5 55th Q2 ESCI Yes
53 Traditional Medicine Research 2.5 54th Q2 ESCI No
54 Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine 2.4 53th Q2 ESCI No
55 Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 2.4 52th Q2 ESCI No
56 American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 2.3 51th Q2 SSCI Yes
57 Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature 2.3 50th Q2 ESCI No
58 Natural Products Journal 2.3 50th Q2 ESCI No
59 International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 2.1 49th Q3 SCIE No
60 Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi 2 48th Q3 No
61 Complementary Medicine Research 2 47th Q3 SCIE No
62 Digital Chinese Medicine 2 46th Q3 Yes
63 Science of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1.9 45th Q3 Yes
64 Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research 1.9 44th Q3 No
65 Research Journal of Pharmacognosy 1.9 43th Q3 ESCI Yes
66 Traditional and Kampo Medicine 1.9 43th Q3 ESCI No
67 Journal of Medicinal Plants 1.8 42th Q3 Yes
68 World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion 1.7 41th Q3 ESCI Yes
69 Current Traditional Medicine 1.7 40th Q3 ESCI No
70 Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies 1.7 39th Q3 ESCI No
71 Traditional and Integrative Medicine 1.7 38th Q3 Yes
72 Zhen Ci Yan Jiu 1.7 37th Q3 Yes
73 Boletin Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas 1.6 36th Q3 SCIE No
74 Music Therapy Perspectives 1.6 36th Q3 ESCI No
75 Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences 1.6 35th Q3 Yes
76 Medical Acupuncture 1.5 34th Q3 ESCI No
77 Advances in Integrative Medicine 1.5 33th Q3 ESCI No
78 Integrative Medicine 1.5 32th Q3 No
79 Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 1.5 31th Q3 No
80 Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 1.4 30th Q3 SCIE Yes
81 Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy 1.3 30th Q3 No
82 Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 1.3 29th Q3 No
83 Manuelle Medizin 1.2 28th Q3 ESCI No
84 Asian Medicine 1.2 27th Q3 No
85 Herba Polonica 1.2 26th Q3 Yes
86 Rossijskij Osteopaticeskij Zurnal 1.1 25th Q3 No
87 Majalah Obat Tradisional 1 24th Q4 Yes
88 Journal of Chiropractic Humanities 1 23th Q4 No
89 Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research 0.9 23th Q4 SCIE No
90 Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science 0.8 22th Q4 ESCI No
91 Chinese Medicine and Culture 0.8 21th Q4 ESCI Yes
92 Advances in Mind-Body Medicine 0.7 20th Q4 No
93 Australian Journal of Herbal and Naturopathic Medicine 0.6 19th Q4 No
94 Thermology International 0.6 18th Q4 No
95 Revista Internacional de Acupuntura 0.6 17th Q4 No
96 Guidelines and Standards in Chinese Medicine 0.5 16th Q4 Yes
97 Integrative and Complementary Therapies 0.5 15th Q4 No
98 Journal of Natural Remedies 0.5 15th Q4 No
99 Phytotherapie 0.5 14th Q4 No
100 Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 0.5 13th Q4 No

Rank and percentile are within the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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