Aims and scope
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles on interventions and resources that complement or replace conventional therapies, with a specific emphasis on research that explores the biological mechanisms of action, as well as their efficacy, safety, costs, patterns of use and/or implementation.
Editor
- Liam Messin, BioMed Central
Section Editors
- Holger Cramer, University of Duisburg-Essen
- Jacobus Eloff, University of Pretoria
- Torkel Falkenberg, Karolinska Institutet
- Victor Kuete, University of Dschang
- Jianping Liu, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Karen Pilkington, University of Portsmouth
- Cheryl Ritenbaugh, University of Arizona
- Insop Shim, Kyung Hee University
- Claudia Witt, University of Zurich
BMC Series blog
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Respectful maternity care – the way forward
15 February 2019
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Highlights of the BMC Series: January 2019
14 February 2019
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The obesity-paradox: impact of body composition on cancer survival
12 February 2019
Affiliated with
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine is affiliated with ISCMR, the international society for complementary medicine research.
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2017 Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact
2.109 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.732 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.133 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.858 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
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