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Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Alternative and Complementary Therapies is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc..

ISSN 1076-2809Verify ISSN ↗1557-9085Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

Scopus · Inactive
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Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Not listed in ABDC.
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is Alternative and Complementary Therapies indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1994–2021).

What is the impact factor of Alternative and Complementary Therapies? Alternative and Complementary Therapies has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Is Alternative and Complementary Therapies in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Alternative and Complementary Therapies open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

26
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
139
i10-index
1,858
works indexed
5,161
total citations
Papers published per year
0501002012: 61 papers6120122013: 60 papers6020132014: 63 papers6320142015: 56 papers5620152016: 55 papers5520162017: 60 papers6020172018: 47 papers4720182019: 54 papers5420192020: 55 papers5520202021: 54 papers542021

Alternative and Complementary Therapies published 54 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2014 with 63. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesTherapeutic Uses of Natural ElementsDiet and metabolism studiesAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Who publishes here — latest 38 articles, 2021

Author countriesUnited StatesUnited States89.5%MalaysiaMalaysia2.6%PortugalPortugal2.6%New ZealandNew Zealand2.6%United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates1.3%IndiaIndia1.3% Most frequent institutions (papers)Case Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve University8University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterUniversity of Pittsburgh Medica…6Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University2Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandWomen & Infants Hospital of Rho…2Integrative Medicine InstituteIntegrative Medicine Institute2

In its latest 38 research articles (2021), authors are most often from United States (89.5%), Malaysia (2.6%) and Portugal (2.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country. Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2021
  • Retracted papers None recorded
  • Author concentration89.5% of recent authorship from United States

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 1076-2809 ↗ISSN Portal · 1557-9085 ↗

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