Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences is a peer-reviewed publication featuring advanced scientific research in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The journal is sponsored by Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Tsinghua University Press, and supervised by the Ministry of Education of China. The goal of the journal is to serve as an authoritative platform to present state-of-the-art research results.The journal is published quarterly. We welcome submissions of original papers on experimental and clinical studies on TCM, herbs and acupuncture that apply modern scientific research methods. The journal also publishes case reports, reviews, and articles on TCM theory, standardization, and policy. We welcome international submissions.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare serves as the primary sponsor, as well as acting as co-owners with JTCMFOR AUTHORS: Before you submit, please carefully read the AIMS and REASONS FOR PROMPT REJECTION.AIMSeJTCM is committed to publish research providing the biological and clinical grounds for using Traditional and Complementary Medical treatments as well as studies that demonstrate the pathophysiological and molecular/biochemical bases supporting the effectiveness of such treatments. Review articles are by invitation only.eJTCM is receiving an increasing amount of submission, and we need to adopt more stringent criteria to select the articles that can be considered for peer review. Note that eJTCM is striving to increase the quality and medical relevance of the publications.REASONS FOR REJECTIONeJTCM gives very much importance to the Authentication and Quality control of the extracts used, since these are necessary requisites to ensure the reproducibility of the study. Investigation on the mechanisms underlying the preventive or therapeutic effect is mandatory.Descriptive and preliminary studies that are not conclusive and do not contribute to the advancement of our knowledge in the specific field are not considered for publication in eJTCM (please, refer to our Editorial note by Isidoro, C., Huang, C.C. and Sheen, L.Y. published in eJTCM, January 2016). Unsolicited Perspective and Review articles will be considered only if submitted by outstanding Senior Authors (HI>30).More details in the following documents:1. Authors guidelines (new); 2. Peer-review process (flow-chart)The electronic Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (eJTCM) is a bimonthly open-access journal that covers the fields of traditional medicine, herbal medicine, and dietary therapy. The Journal provides a global platform for discussion, perspectives and research on traditional and Complementary medicine. eJTCM focuses on both Eastern and Western complementary medicine and welcomes articles from all medical perspectives.Major topics covered include:Traditional and Herbal Medicine;Preventive Medicine;Dietary Therapy/ Nutrition Supplements/Nutraceuticals/Probiotics;History, Philosophy and Social-Cultural Aspects of Traditional Medicine.Objectives The electronic Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (eJTCM) focuses on both Eastern and Western complementary medicine and welcomes articles from all medical perspectives. All articles published in the Journal, including perspectives, review, original articles, and short communications are the original content of the authors. eJTCM considers the quality control and the procedures for the preparation and characterization of herbal medicines, as well as the authentication of dietary supplements, as basic requirements to guarantee efficacy, safety and reproducibility in Traditional and Complementary Medicine. eJTCM wishes to publish translational studies in animal and in cell experimental models as well as clinical studies. Particular emphasis is given to the pathophysiological basis and the cellular-molecular mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of Traditional and Complementary Medicine for preventing and curing human diseases. Observational and descriptive studies are not considered.Abstracting and Indexing information Abstracting and Indexing: eJTCM is indexed with SCIE, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Caspur, CINAHL, DOAJ, EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, OpenJGate, ProQuest, SCOLOAR, Summon by Serial Solutions, and Tropical Diseases Bulletin.BenefitsOpen access – Free to view, download; the articles may be cited by a larger audience.No processing charge – accepted articles are published without cost.Simple submission – convenient online submission procedure.Peer-review – rigorous peer review by experts.Speedy publication – immediate publication on acceptance.Search facility for Chinese medical terms – eJTCM offers an online Chinese-English English-Chinese Medical Dictionary, hosted by Paradigm Publications, to enable writers to apply its in-house terminology.Distinctive and friendly TCM terminology – the technical terms of Chinese medicine are simultaneously given in English, Chinese, and its Pinyin transliteration. Here are the examples, Gastrodiae Rhizoma (天麻, tiān má).Accepted by Joint Commission of Taiwan (JCT) as a qualified journal for evaluation of the teaching hospitals.
Phytomedicine Plus is a companion title to the well-established and respected journal Phytomedicine. It is an open access, quarterly, international, complementary and integrative medicine journal.Phytomedicine Plus has a broader scope than Phytomedicine and considers articles on all aspects of pharmacognosy, traditional herbal medicine, rational phytotherapy as well as complementary and integrative medicine.The main aims of Phytomedicine Plus are associated with the integration of phytopreparations into conventional/official medicine.Topics included, but not restricted to, are:Pharmacological studies on isolated natural products, medicinal herbs, plant extracts and herbal mixtures (including pharmacological mode of action analyses, systems biology and network pharmacologyPreclinical safety and toxicity studies (including drug-herb interactions, herbal drug contaminations and adulterations)Phytochemistry (including bio-guided screening, extraction, separation, purification, and structure elucidation of natural products)Phytochemical analytical methods (development, validation and application)Botanical identification, standardization, quality control studies and biomarker evaluationPlant biotechnology related to medicinal herbsPlant biochemistry and plant molecular biology related to medicinal herbsBiopharmacy and pharmaceutical technology related to natural products and medicinal herbs (including formulation, delivery systems and nanotechnology, antibody-natural product conjugates etc.)Pharmacokinetic studiesRetrospective and prospective clinical trials, observational studies and case reportsPrevention and intervention studiesStudies on ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology and ethnomedicineTraditional medicine (including terrestrial and marine plants, fungi, and algae)Rational approaches of complementary medicineIntegrative medicineNutritional, agricultural and horticultural products with defined health claimLegislative and regulatory affairsSystematic reviewsPhytomedicine Plus aims to publish high quality papers. Therefore, manuscript will be desk-rejected that:Do not contain positive control experimentsContain phytochemically non-sufficiently characterized extracts of herbs and herbal mixtures (chemoprofile by HPLC, GC, NMR etc.; quantitation of markers).Report only on trivial bioactivities (e.g. antioxidant activity)Report on in vivo activities with not more than one applied drug dosePhytomedicine Plus favors herbal medicinal products with evidence-based therapeutic efficacy, but not dietary supplements and nutraceuticals.The journal covers the following sections:Behavioral, mental, affective, and stress-associated disordersAge-associated disordersNeuropharmacologyEndocrine pharmacologyMetabolic syndrome and obesityCancerImmunopharmacology, inflammationInfectious diseasesPulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and urogenital diseasesPharmacological mode-of-action analysesSystems biology and network pharmacologyPreclinical safety and toxicology assessmentPharmacokinetics of natural compoundsClinical pharmacology and toxicology (randomized, placebo controlled, double blind, and observational open label studies)Biotechnology, plant biochemistry and molecular biologyIdentification, standardization and quality control of herbal preparationsLegislation of botanicals and regulatory affairsBiopharmacy and Technology with natural products and herbsInvited systematic reviews
