About Acupuncture in Medicine
Aims and Scope
Acupuncture in Medicine aims to promote the scientific understanding of acupuncture and related treatments by publishing scientific investigations of their effectiveness and modes of action as well as articles on their use in health services and clinical practice.
Acupuncture in Medicine is aimed at Western-trained physicians and other health professionals. The Western understanding of neurophysiology and anatomy is used to interpret the effects of acupuncture. The Journal uses the term 'Western medical acupuncture' and largely restricts its published articles to this Western approach. Evidence-based articles on traditional acupuncture (both clinical and theoretical) will, however, be considered. The editorial board welcomes scientific reports, systematic and general reviews, audits, case reports, descriptive and educational papers and other articles that may be of interest to readers.
Ownership
AiM is owned by the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS) and published by BMJ Group. For more information please refer to the affiliations section below.
Journal Statistics
| Acceptance rate | 54% for original research submitted in 2010 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Impact Factor | 1.381 |
| Indexed by | Index Medicus (Medline), Excerpta Medica (Embase), Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine |
| Launch date | 1982 |
| Lead times | Time from acceptance to Online First publication: 21 days (2011) |
| ISSN of AiM | 0964-5284 |
| ISSN of AiM Online | 1759-9873 |
For Authors
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Affiliations
- Members of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS) receive AiM as a benefit of membership.
The BMJ Publishing Group is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss
issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.
The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting transparent, accurate
reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.
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