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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies. Over its lifetime it has published 2,681 papers, which have received 35,390 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inComplementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
ISSN2662-7671
Citation impact (2-yr)4.06
h-index59
i10-index1,161
Article processing charge$2,195
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Journal websitebmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com
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Papers published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies per year

2
2012
3
2013
2
2014
3
2015
3
2016
2
2017
380
2020
305
2021
343
2022
465
2023
434
2024
496
2025

Citation impact of BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies by publication year

104
2012
72
2013
90
2014
53
2015
98
2016
64
2017
11.4K
2020
7.3K
2021
5.5K
2022
5.5K
2023
3.3K
2024
1.1K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Antibacterial activities of the extracts, fractions and isolated compounds from Canarium patentinervium Miq. against bacterial clinical isolates

R. Mogana, Achyut Adhikari, M. N. Tzar et al. · 14 Feb 2020

BACKGROUND: Canarium patentinervium leaves are used by the local indigenous people of Malaysia for wound healing. The current study is undertaken to screen the comprehensive antibacterial activity of the leaves and barks extracts, fractions and isolated compounds from this plant. Bioassay guided fractionation was also undertaken to deeply evaluate the antibacterial activity of the water…

Honey and its nutritional and anti-inflammatory value

Yazan Ranneh, Abdah Md Akim, Hasiah Ab Hamid et al. · 14 Jan 2021

Inflammation is the main key role in developing chronic diseases including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, arthritis, and neurodegenerative diseases which possess a huge challenge for treatment. With massively compelling evidence of the role played by nutritional modulation in preventing inflammation-related diseases, there is a growing interest into the search for natural functional foods with therapeutic…

Myricetin bioactive effects: moving from preclinical evidence to potential clinical applications

Yasaman Taheri, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, Natália Martins et al. · 1 Aug 2020

Several flavonoids have been recognized as nutraceuticals, and myricetin is a good example. Myricetin is commonly found in plants and their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities is well demonstrated. One of its beneficial biological effects is the neuroprotective activity, showing preclinical activities on Alzheimer, Parkinson, and Huntington diseases, and even in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Also, myricetin…

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Europe

Erlend L. Fjær, Erling R. Landet, Courtney McNamara et al. · 6 Apr 2020

BACKGROUND: While the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become increasingly popular in western societies, we do not understand why CAM use is more frequent in some countries than in others. The aim of this article is to examine the determinants of CAM use at the individual and country-level. METHODS: Logistic multilevel regressions…

Antimicrobial activity of the volatile substances from essential oils

Mareshah Abers, Sydney Schroeder, Linna Goelz et al. · 17 Apr 2021

BACKGROUND: Essential oils are volatile and lipophilic liquid extracts made from plants as secondary metabolites that can be obtained by distillation. To date, several studies have investigated the direct antimicrobial activity of liquid essential oils. However, this study investigated the antimicrobial properties of the volatile substances present in various essential oils. METHODS: A modified zone…

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What reference style does BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies use?
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 2023;12(3):45–58.
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