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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by African Traditional, Herbal Medicine Supporters Initiative.
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ISSN 0189-6016Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: African Traditional, Herbal Medicine Supporters Initiative
Scopus · Inactive
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2006–2017).
What is the impact factor of African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines?
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines and what is its ISSN?
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines is published by African Traditional, Herbal Medicine Supporters Initiative. Its ISSN is 0189-6016.
Is African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines for 12 years, between 2006 and 2017. Coverage ended in 2017, 9 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,876 works and 35,139 citations for the title. OpenAlex attributes papers to this title as late as 2025, 8 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2017. That may reflect a changed ISSN or merged records rather than continued publishing, so confirm the journal's current status directly before submitting.
How well cited is African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines? — open metrics via OpenAlex
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines has an h-index of 71 and a 2-year mean of 0.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
71
h-index
0.13
2-yr mean citations
852
i10-index
1,876
works indexed
35,139
total citations
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines published 12 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 275. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines? — latest 19 articles, 2022–2025
In its latest 19 research articles (2022–2025), authors are most often from Nigeria (46.5%), United Kingdom (9.6%) and South Africa (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2017. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2017
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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