The ''Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine'' is a monthly

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covering

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 are ...

published by

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. It was established in 1995 and is the official journal of the Society for Acupuncture Research. The

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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 2023

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of 2.3.

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 or homeopathic physicians, believe that a substance that ...

was effective for some patients. The article contradicted the findings of a study that had recently appeared in ''

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'', reporting that homeopathy was ineffective. The methodology of the article in the ''Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine'' was criticized by pharmacologist

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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 focused on promoting consumer protection and providing information about health related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. It primarily targets alternative medicine, questionable health cl ...

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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, and the

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, has a partnership with the journal to publish regular invited commentaries as of February 2017.

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