57 Complementary and alternative medicine journals (Medicine) in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 2: second quarter of Medicine by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Natural Remedies | 0972-5547 | 241 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy | 2229-3566 | 238 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Annals of Phytomedicine An International Journal | 2278-9839 | 195 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Pharmacognosy Research | 0974-8490 | 175 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Medical Research and Practice | 2993-9690 | 165 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| chemistry of plant raw material | 1029-5143 | 160 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| European Journal of Integrative Medicine | 1876-3820 | 143 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Advances in Integrative Medicine | 2212-9588 | 137 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Medical Acupuncture | 1933-6586 | 110 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences | 2278-5957 | 105 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences | 2279-0357 | 81 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| International Journal of Ayurveda Research | 0974-7788 | 75 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science | 1672-3597 | 69 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Journal of Artificial Intelligence Practice | 2371-8315 | 68 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Farmaciya (Pharmacy) | 0367-3014 | 67 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| ScienceRise Pharmaceutical Science | 2519-4844 | 59 | 2 | ≈ ₹5,105 to publish | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Complementary Medicine Research | 1424-7364 | 58 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Switzerland |
| 医药产业研究 | 3005-7825 | 58 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences | 2095-7548 | 57 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,34,860 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Journal of Ayurveda Case Reports | 2667-0593 | 55 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy | 0974-7168 | 53 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Current Traditional Medicine | 2215-0838 | 50 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Chinese Medicine and Culture | 2589-9473 | 47 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Guidelines and Standards of Chinese Medicine | 2837-8806 | 42 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| International Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine | 2381-1803 | 40 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Homeopathy | 1475-4916 | 38 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Integrated Standardized Homoeopathy | 2581-947X | 35 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| 元宇宙医学. | 3006-4236 | 35 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Journal of Integrative Nursing | 2663-4481 | 34 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | Hong Kong SAR China |
| Current Research in Medical Sciences | 2958-0390 | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Medical Data Mining | 2624-1587 | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | New Zealand |
| TMR Cancer - Cancer Advances | 2538-015X | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| World Journal of Integrated traditional and western Medicine（WJIM) | 2096-0964 | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Research Education & Practice | 1916-257X | 27 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Korean Journal of Acupuncture | 2287-3368 | 27 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| History and Philosophy of Medicine | 2624-4888 | 26 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | New Zealand |
| Journal of Medicinal Natural Products | 2982-1975 | 26 | 2 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | Australia |
| Nursing Communications | 2815-7206 | 26 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| IETI Transactions on Data Analysis and Forecasting (iTDAF) | 2959-0442 | 25 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Integrative Medicine Discovery | 3021-1670 | 25 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| AYU (An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda) | 0974-8520 | 23 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research | 2717-7491 | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Bütünleyici ve Anadolu Tıbbı Dergisi | 2687-6345 | 22 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| Advanced Chinese Medicine | 2836-8886 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish | No | No | |
| CAND Journal | 1491-0187 | 20 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Journal of Experimental and Clinical Application of Chinese Medicine | 2706-8447 | 20 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Гербариум. | 3034-3925 | 20 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Research in Siddha Medicine | 2582-1954 | 18 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine | 2575-9000 | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Traditional Medical Complementary Therapies | 2630-6425 | 17 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Ancient Science of Life | 0257-7941 | 16 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| International Journal of Indigenous Herbs and Drugs | 2456-7345 | 15 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Yangtze Medicine | 2475-7330 | 15 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Bhutan Sorig journal. 246 | 3007-0430 | 13 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Bhutan |
| Journal of Ayurveda Campus | 2738-9774 | 13 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Nepal |
| Journal of Indian System of Medicine | 2320-4419 | 12 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Indonesian Journal of Cosmetics | 3026-3352 | 10 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |