Journal of Herbal Medicine

ISSN 2210-8033 · Elsevier BV · Germany · active 2011–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025)
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
2.4
SJR
0.423
h-index
54

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Journal of Herbal Medicine is Q2 in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (#42 of 115 journals).

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Journal of Herbal Medicine in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Complementary and Alternative MedicineQ2#42 of 115
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
2.52
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
96

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Journal of Herbal Medicine is Q2 in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2025 edition, #42 of 115 journals), with SJR 0.423 (Scimago) and an h-index of 54 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to first decision
1 day (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to post-review decision
87 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to acceptance
210 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Acceptance to publication
5 days (median)
Publisher-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

ethnobotanicalmedicinalplantsplantessentialoilsantimicrobialactivityfoodcomplementaryalternativemedicine

Frequently asked

Is Journal of Herbal Medicine a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Journal of Herbal Medicine. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Journal of Herbal Medicine indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Journal of Herbal Medicine appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Herbal Medicine?

Papers in Journal of Herbal Medicine are cited about 2.4 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 54. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Journal of Herbal Medicine (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Journal of Herbal Medicine is Q2 in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (#42 of 115 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Journal of Herbal Medicine is cited about 2.4 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 54.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Journal of Herbal Medicine?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Journal of Herbal Medicine. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Journal of Herbal Medicine open access?

Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

How long does Journal of Herbal Medicine take to publish a paper?

Submission to first decision for Journal of Herbal Medicine takes about 1 day (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Journal of Herbal Medicine.

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