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2001–2019
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine is not currently indexed in Scopus, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1472-6882Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Scopus · InactiveOpen Access
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Open accessFully open access, peer reviewed
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2001–2019).
What is the impact factor of BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 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.
How much does it cost to publish in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,990 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine and what is its ISSN?
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1472-6882.
Is BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine open access?
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine for 19 years, between 2001 and 2019. Coverage ended in 2019, 7 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 4,401 works and 199,133 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2020, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2019, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine? — open metrics via OpenAlex
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine has an h-index of 155 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
155
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
3,619
i10-index
4,401
works indexed
199,133
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$2,990
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine published 1 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 767. 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.
Are there integrity warnings for BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2019. 24 retracted papers are recorded (5.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2019
- Retracted papers 24 · 5.5 per 1,000 papers
- 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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