Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

Aims & Scope

Traditional medicine includes herbal medicine, acupuncture and other complementary and alternative medicine.

Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (AHM) aims to evaluate the effectiveness and security of traditional medicine therapy scientifically by sharing the evidence of experimental and clinical research, and to serve the development of the global health industry.

AHM is an official journal of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and China Association of Chinese Medicine.

It is an international, open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal, strives to publish high-quality papers of interest to an international readership including researchers, clinical practitioners, administrators and others concerned with clinical best practice, research methodology, and education and policy development in complementary and alternative medicine.

AHM publishes articles of experimental research, clinical research and application research and reviews, etc.

The types of publications considered are editorial, review article, original article, guidelines and standards, commentary, short communications, case report, methodology, letter to the editor, etc.​​​

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

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Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Comprehensive profiling of Lingzhihuang capsule by liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry-based molecular networking and target prediction

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Mengliang, Sijia, Qing, Hao, Yingchao, Hongzhang, Yansheng, Yi

• Water extracts of Polygonum Multiflorum Thunb. and its active component emodin relieves osteoarthritis by regulating cholesterol metabolism and suppressing chondrocyte inflammation

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Lanqing, Haiying, Linghang, Maryam, Muhammad, Xianqiong, Kang

• The development from hyperuricemia to gout: key mechanisms and natural products for treatment

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Lin, Dan, Mengyang, Haiyang, Qian, Yuzheng, Ruixia, Yi, Tao

• Effects of adjuvant Chinese patent medicine therapy on major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease angina pectoris: a population-based retrospective cohort study

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Yijia, Zhu, Xu, Tongyao, Mei, Yuanyuan, Rongrong, Mingchi

• Drug co-administration in the tumor immune microenvironment of Hepatocellular carcinoma

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Yingying, Ranran, Yu, Shuangshuang, Weiling, Sangho, Haiyang

• Nature products of traditional Chinese medicine provide new ideas in γδT cell for tumor immunotherapy

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Paulina Atieno, Yinxiao, Liding, Zhaodong, Jiaying, Rundong, Yuhong, Shuwu

• Campanumoea javanica Bl. activates the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway and reduces sarcopenia in a T2DM rat model

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Xiangyu, Rongfei, Linyi, Yinjiang, Binan, Zongran

• Version updates of strategies for drug discovery based on effective constituents of traditional Chinese medicine

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Nan, Guangli, Hui, Le, Ling, Ye, Ying, Qiqi, Shuyu, Xijun

• An inspiration to the studies on mechanisms of acupuncture and moxibustion action derived from 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Yi, Yongming, Tianle, Michael Xi, Zhifang, Baomin, Yanwei, Zhihan

• The exciting and magical journey of components from compound formulae to where they fight

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Ning, Yun, Xiaoyu, Xin, Kefeng, Yuefei