Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine  
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 J. Altern. Complement. Med.
Discipline Alternative medicine
Language English
Edited by John Weeks
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
 1995-present
Frequency Monthly
1.395
Indexing
ISSN 1075-5535 (print)
1557-7708 (web)
LCCN 95660807
CODEN JACPFP
OCLC no. 53406436
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The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering alternative medicine published by Mary Ann Liebert. It was established in 1995 and is an official journal of the Society for Acupuncture Research. The editor-in-chief is John Weeks, who succeeded the founding editor, Kim E. Jobst.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.395.[8]

Reception

In 2005 the BBC used a report published by the journal as the basis of a story claiming that homeopathy was effective for some patients.[9] The article contradicted the findings of a study that had recently appeared in The Lancet, reporting that homeopathy was ineffective.[9] The methodology of the article in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine was criticized by pharmacologist David Colquhoun on his blog, saying that its questionnaire-based approach was "not really research at all" and that the published conclusion drawn from it was "quite ludicrous". In his view, "papers like this do not add to human knowledge, they detract from it".[10] Quackwatch has included the journal on its list of "nonrecommended periodicals", characterizing it as "fundamentally flawed".[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  2. ↑ "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL. EBSCO Information Services. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  3. 1 2 "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  4. ↑ "Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  5. ↑ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  6. ↑ "PsychINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  7. ↑ "Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  8. ↑ "Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.
  9. 1 2 "New study is boost to homoeopathy". BBC News. 2005-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  10. ↑ David Colquhoun. "Homeopathy on the NHS in Bristol: Dr Spence's paper". Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  11. ↑ "Nonrecommended Journals". Quackwatch. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

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