''The American Journal of Chinese Medicine'' is published by
World Scientific and covers topics relating to
alternative medicine
Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or evidence from clinical trials. Complementary medicine (CM), complementary and alt ...
of all cultures, such as
traditional Chinese medicine, including
acupuncture. It was established in 1973 by Frederick F. Kao.
Journal contents
The journal only publishes papers following the
Declaration of Helsinki and the "Guiding Principles and Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital on Human Studies, 1970." In particular emphasis is placed on the following areas:
World Scientific. ''About AJCM: Aims & Scope''. WSPC Journals Online
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* Basic scientific and clinical research in indigenous medical techniques, therapeutic procedures, medicinal plants, and traditional medical theories and concepts
* Multidisciplinary study of medical practice and health care, especially from historical, cultural, public health, and socioeconomic perspectives
* International policy implications of comparative studies of medicine in all cultures, including such issues as health in developing countries, affordability and transferability of health-care techniques and concepts
* Translating scholarly ancient texts or modern publications on ethnomedicine
Editors-in-chief
* 1973 - 1992: Frederick F. Kao, founding editor-in-chief
* 1993 - 2003: John J. Kao
* 2003–present: Chun-Su Yuan
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Science Citation Index Expanded
The Science Citation Index Expanded – previously entitled Science Citation Index – is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and created by Eugene Garfield. It was officially launched in 1964 and ...
, and Index Medicus.
References
External links
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''Impact Factor'', BioxBio.com 2008-2010Lai Chau Ginseng - Golden Medicine From Nature
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English-language journals
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Traditional Chinese medicine
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