Acupuncture in Medicine Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of Acupuncture in Medicine and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

Acupuncture in Medicine: Aim & Scope

Acupuncture in Medicine is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Integrative & Complementary Medicine.
The ISSN of this journal is 17599873.

Impact factor of Acupuncture in Medicine

Journal Title	Acupuncture in Medicine
Impact Factor	2.4
SJR	0.468
ISSN	17599873
Quartile	Q2

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	2.275
2019	2.637
2020	2.129
2021	2.267
2022
2023	2.5
2025	2.4

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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