''Complementary Medicine Research'' (German: ''Research in Complementary Medicine'') is a bimonthly

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 ...

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covering

complementary and alternative medicine Alternative medicine refers to practices that aim to achieve the healing effects of conventional medicine, but that typically lack biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or supporting evidence of effectiveness. Such practices ar ...

. 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 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 editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

is Harald Walach (

Viadrina European University European University 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 Oder River, which marks the border between Germany ...

). According to the ''

Journal Citation Reports ''Journal Citation Reports'' (''JCR'') is an annual publication by Clarivate. It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science Core Collection. It provides information about academic journals in the natur ...

'', the journal had a 2013

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of 1.053. After the journal obtained its current name in 2017, it lost its impact factor. It is indexed and abstracted in

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, MEDLINE/PubMed.

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