''Complementary Medicine Research'' (German: ''Research in Complementary Medicine'') is a bimonthly
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals.
History
The first ...
covering
complementary and alternative medicine. Established in 1994, the journal was known as ''Forschende Komplementärmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde'' (German: ''Research in Complementary and Classical Natural Medicine'') from 2000 to 2005, and as ''Forschende Komplementärmedizin'' from then until 2017. The journal is published by
Karger Publishers and the
editor-in-chief is
Harald Walach
Harald Walach (born 1957) is a German parapsychologist and advocate of alternative medicine.
Background
Walach was born in 1957. He received a degree in Psychology from the University of Freiburg in 1984, a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Un ...
(
Viadrina European University
European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) (german: Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)) is a university located at Frankfurt (Oder) in Brandenburg, Germany. It is also known as the University of Frankfurt (Oder). The city is on the ...
). According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal had a 2013
impact factor of 1.053.
After the journal obtained its current name in 2017, it lost its impact factor.
It is indexed and abstracted in
Index Medicus, MEDLINE/PubMed.
References
External links
*{{Official website, www.karger.com/FOK
Alternative and traditional medicine journals
Karger academic journals
Bimonthly journals
Academic journals established in 1994
German-language journals
English-language journals
Multilingual journals