Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Launched in 1995, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine has a mission to promote the art and science of integrative medicine and a responsibility to improve public health. We strive to maintain the highest standards of ethical medical journalism independent of special interests that is timely, accurate, and a pleasure to read. We publish original, peer-reviewed scientific articles that provide health care providers with continuing education to promote health, prevent illness, and treat disease. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine was the first journal in this field to be indexed in the National Library of Medicine. In 2006, 2007, and 2008, ATHM had the highest impact factor ranking of any independently published peer-reviewed CAM journal in the United States—meaning that its research articles were cited more frequently than any other journal’s in the field. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine does not endorse any particular system or method but promotes the evaluation and appropriate use of all effective therapeutic approaches. Each issue contains a variety of disciplined inquiry methods, from case reports to original scientific research to systematic reviews. The editors encourage the integration of evidence-based emerging therapies with conventional medical practices by licensed health care providers in a way that promotes a comprehensive approach to health care that is focused on wellness, prevention, and healing. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine hopes to inform all licensed health care practitioners about developments in fields other than their own and to foster an ongoing debate about the scientific, clinical, historical, legal, political, and cultural issues that affect all of health care.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	1999	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2000	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2001	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2002	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2003	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2004	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2005	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2006	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2007	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2008	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2009	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2010	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2011	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2012	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2013	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2014	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2015	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2016	Q1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2017	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2018	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2019	Q3
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2020	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2021	Q2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2022	Q3
Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2023	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	1999	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2001	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2003	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2011	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2012	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2013	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2017	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2018	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2019	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2020	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2021	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2022	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.328
2000	0.414
2001	0.315
2002	0.335
2003	0.303
2004	0.285
2005	0.408
2006	0.441
2007	0.458
2008	0.588
2009	0.393
2010	0.367
2011	0.365
2012	0.314
2013	0.329
2014	0.461
2015	0.669
2016	0.488
2017	0.352
2018	0.334
2019	0.228
2020	0.274
2021	0.298
2022	0.263
2023	0.282

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	82
2000	101
2001	120
2002	121
2003	110
2004	79
2005	60
2006	52
2007	73
2008	54
2009	58
2010	59
2011	49
2012	39
2013	52
2014	54
2015	78
2016	65
2017	49
2018	64
2019	57
2020	79
2021	106
2022	132
2023	656

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.461
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.619
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.773
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.706
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.750
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.768
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.144
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.127
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.621
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.731
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.527
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.181
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.348
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.355
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.273
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.638
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.773
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.413
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.084
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.033
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.809
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.970
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.169
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.157
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.417
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.461
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.690
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.770
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.601
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.664
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.863
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.287
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.321
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.602
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.616
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.240
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.157
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.076
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.398
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.401
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.743
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.662
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.272
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.954
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.953
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.657
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.853
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.155
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.190
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.524
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.513
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.694
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.471
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.722
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.918
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.402
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.259
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.256
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.228
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.911
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.034
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.324
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.432
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.352
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.453
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.068
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.825
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.860
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.602
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.810
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.228
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.097
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.639

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	17
Self Cites	2000	15
Self Cites	2001	14
Self Cites	2002	16
Self Cites	2003	30
Self Cites	2004	21
Self Cites	2005	11
Self Cites	2006	9
Self Cites	2007	11
Self Cites	2008	1
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	0
Self Cites	2011	2
Self Cites	2012	1
Self Cites	2013	1
Self Cites	2014	8
Self Cites	2015	9
Self Cites	2016	8
Self Cites	2017	1
Self Cites	2018	1
Self Cites	2019	2
Self Cites	2020	1
Self Cites	2021	8
Self Cites	2022	3
Self Cites	2023	40
Total Cites	1999	117
Total Cites	2000	167
Total Cites	2001	198
Total Cites	2002	182
Total Cites	2003	227
Total Cites	2004	303
Total Cites	2005	399
Total Cites	2006	329
Total Cites	2007	306
Total Cites	2008	299
Total Cites	2009	222
Total Cites	2010	214
Total Cites	2011	184
Total Cites	2012	232
Total Cites	2013	206
Total Cites	2014	244
Total Cites	2015	241
Total Cites	2016	234
Total Cites	2017	188
Total Cites	2018	183
Total Cites	2019	117
Total Cites	2020	145
Total Cites	2021	231
Total Cites	2022	288
Total Cites	2023	483

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.394
External Cites per document	2000	0.628
External Cites per document	2001	0.716
External Cites per document	2002	0.548
External Cites per document	2003	0.576
External Cites per document	2004	0.803
External Cites per document	2005	1.252
External Cites per document	2006	1.285
External Cites per document	2007	1.545
External Cites per document	2008	1.611
External Cites per document	2009	1.240
External Cites per document	2010	1.157
External Cites per document	2011	1.064
External Cites per document	2012	1.392
External Cites per document	2013	1.395
External Cites per document	2014	1.686
External Cites per document	2015	1.600
External Cites per document	2016	1.228
External Cites per document	2017	0.949
External Cites per document	2018	0.948
External Cites per document	2019	0.646
External Cites per document	2020	0.847
External Cites per document	2021	1.115
External Cites per document	2022	1.178
External Cites per document	2023	1.397
Cites per document	1999	0.461
Cites per document	2000	0.690
Cites per document	2001	0.770
Cites per document	2002	0.601
Cites per document	2003	0.664
Cites per document	2004	0.863
Cites per document	2005	1.287
Cites per document	2006	1.321
Cites per document	2007	1.602
Cites per document	2008	1.616
Cites per document	2009	1.240
Cites per document	2010	1.157
Cites per document	2011	1.076
Cites per document	2012	1.398
Cites per document	2013	1.401
Cites per document	2014	1.743
Cites per document	2015	1.662
Cites per document	2016	1.272
Cites per document	2017	0.954
Cites per document	2018	0.953
Cites per document	2019	0.657
Cites per document	2020	0.853
Cites per document	2021	1.155
Cites per document	2022	1.190
Cites per document	2023	1.524

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	1.22
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	7.27
2004	7.59
2005	3.33
2006	7.69
2007	19.18
2008	5.56
2009	0.00
2010	0.00
2011	16.33
2012	5.13
2013	5.77
2014	14.81
2015	8.97
2016	9.23
2017	6.12
2018	12.50
2019	10.53
2020	13.92
2021	4.72
2022	7.58
2023	2.29

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	64
Non-citable documents	2000	59
Non-citable documents	2001	71
Non-citable documents	2002	93
Non-citable documents	2003	106
Non-citable documents	2004	92
Non-citable documents	2005	74
Non-citable documents	2006	59
Non-citable documents	2007	59
Non-citable documents	2008	62
Non-citable documents	2009	59
Non-citable documents	2010	53
Non-citable documents	2011	40
Non-citable documents	2012	29
Non-citable documents	2013	21
Non-citable documents	2014	20
Non-citable documents	2015	28
Non-citable documents	2016	43
Non-citable documents	2017	42
Non-citable documents	2018	33
Non-citable documents	2019	29
Non-citable documents	2020	26
Non-citable documents	2021	29
Non-citable documents	2022	16
Non-citable documents	2023	12
Citable documents	1999	190
Citable documents	2000	183
Citable documents	2001	186
Citable documents	2002	210
Citable documents	2003	236
Citable documents	2004	259
Citable documents	2005	236
Citable documents	2006	190
Citable documents	2007	132
Citable documents	2008	123
Citable documents	2009	120
Citable documents	2010	132
Citable documents	2011	131
Citable documents	2012	137
Citable documents	2013	126
Citable documents	2014	120
Citable documents	2015	117
Citable documents	2016	141
Citable documents	2017	155
Citable documents	2018	159
Citable documents	2019	149
Citable documents	2020	144
Citable documents	2021	171
Citable documents	2022	226
Citable documents	2023	305

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	189
Uncited documents	2000	170
Uncited documents	2001	176
Uncited documents	2002	228
Uncited documents	2003	240
Uncited documents	2004	245
Uncited documents	2005	183
Uncited documents	2006	149
Uncited documents	2007	108
Uncited documents	2008	107
Uncited documents	2009	105
Uncited documents	2010	110
Uncited documents	2011	98
Uncited documents	2012	94
Uncited documents	2013	80
Uncited documents	2014	56
Uncited documents	2015	64
Uncited documents	2016	94
Uncited documents	2017	101
Uncited documents	2018	109
Uncited documents	2019	112
Uncited documents	2020	92
Uncited documents	2021	107
Uncited documents	2022	122
Uncited documents	2023	123
Cited documents	1999	65
Cited documents	2000	72
Cited documents	2001	81
Cited documents	2002	75
Cited documents	2003	102
Cited documents	2004	106
Cited documents	2005	127
Cited documents	2006	100
Cited documents	2007	83
Cited documents	2008	78
Cited documents	2009	74
Cited documents	2010	75
Cited documents	2011	73
Cited documents	2012	72
Cited documents	2013	67
Cited documents	2014	84
Cited documents	2015	81
Cited documents	2016	90
Cited documents	2017	96
Cited documents	2018	83
Cited documents	2019	66
Cited documents	2020	78
Cited documents	2021	93
Cited documents	2022	120
Cited documents	2023	194