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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Latest collections open to submissions

Medical ethnobotany

Guest Edited by Adeyemi O. Aremu, Binsheng Luo and Sakina Mussarat

Animal-assisted interventions for mental health

Guest Edited by Laura Contalbrigo, Karin Hediger and Antonio Santaniello

Knowledge and attitudes towards complementary medicine

Guest Edited by Joanna E Harnett, Jutta Hübner and Carolina Oi Lam Ung

New Content ItemMind-body interventions: creative art practices

Guest Edited by Mark Ettenberger, Rainbow T. H. Ho and Theresa Van Lith

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New Content ItemThe application of music therapy as an alternative treatment for depression in ADHD children and adolescents showed positive neurophysiological and psychological effects.

New Content ItemTopical 0.1% CBD reduced ulcer size and accelerated ulcer healing without any reported local or systemic side effects.

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Aims and scope

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 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.
 

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We are committed to providing objective evidence for the efficacy or utilisation of complementary medicine and therapies. 

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We are affiliated with Cochrane Complementary Medicine. This affiliation improves the standard of Systematic Review reporting at the journal. 

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    3.9 - 2-year Impact Factor
    3.9 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.323 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.688 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2022 Speed
    5 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    164 days submission to accept (Median)

    2022 Usage 
    3,165,964 downloads
    15,752 Altmetric mentions 

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

    More information is available here

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

ISSN: 2662-7671

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