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The ''Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...
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
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 ...
published by
Mary Ann Liebert Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. is a privately held independent publishing company founded by its president (corporate title), president, Mary Ann Liebert, in 1980. The company publishes peer review, peer-reviewed academic journals, books, and trade magaz ...
. It was established in 1995 and is the official journal of the
Society for Acupuncture Research The Society for Acupuncture Research is a Winston–Salem, North Carolina–based medical society dedicated to advancing research into acupuncture and related interventions. It was founded in 1993 by Patricia Culliton, Hannah Bradford, and Stephen ...
. The
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is John Weeks, who succeeded the founding editor, Kim A. Jobst.


Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''
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'', the journal has a 2015
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of 1.395.


Reception

In 2005 the
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used a report published by the journal as the basis of a story claiming that
homeopathy Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths, believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a dis ...
was effective for some patients. The article contradicted the findings of a study that had recently appeared in ''
The Lancet ''The Lancet'' is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind. It is also the world's highest-impact academic journal. It was founded in England in 1823. The journal publishes original research articles, ...
'', reporting that homeopathy was ineffective. The methodology of the article in the ''Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine'' was criticized by pharmacologist
David Colquhoun David Colquhoun (born 19 July 1936) is a British pharmacologist at University College London (UCL). He has contributed to the general theory of receptor and synaptic mechanisms, and in particular the theory and practice of single ion channel f ...
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".
Quackwatch Quackwatch is a United States-based website, self-described as a "network of people" founded by Stephen Barrett, which aims to "combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct" and to focus on "quackery-related information tha ...
has included the journal on its list of "nonrecommended periodicals", characterizing it as "fundamentally flawed". The ''Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine'' is included in the Brandon/Hill listing of books and journals recommended for a small medical library. The Osher Collaborative for Integrative Medicine, which includes
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,
Karolinska Institutet The Karolinska Institute (KI; sv, Karolinska Institutet; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden. The Karolinska Institute is consiste ...
,
Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...
,
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University of California at San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It condu ...
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University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...
, and the
University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
, has a partnership with the journal to publish regular invited commentaries as of February 2017.


See also

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Evidence-based medicine Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients". The aim of EBM is to integrate the experience of the clinician, the values of t ...
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Evidence-based practice Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the idea that occupational practices ought to be based on scientific evidence. While seemingly obviously desirable, the proposal has been controversial, with some arguing that results may not specialize to indiv ...


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