Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine explained

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
Cover:Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine journal cover.jpg
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Abbreviation:Altern. Ther. Health Med.
Discipline:Alternative medicine
Editor:Andrew W. Campbell
Publisher:InnoVision Health Media
History:1995-present
Frequency:Bimonthly
Impact:1.305
Impact-Year:2020
Issn:1078-6791
Coden:ATHMF7
Lccn:96641274
Oclc:61311563
Website:http://www.alternative-therapies.com/
Link2:http://www.alternative-therapies.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/archives.main
Link2-Name:Online archive

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering alternative medical treatments. It publishes case reports, original research papers, and systematic reviews. It was established in 1995 by founding editor Larry Dossey,[1] and is published bimonthly by InnoVision Health Media. The editor-in-chief since 2013 is Andrew W. Campbell.

Founding and content

When it launched, it was one of several journals about alternative medicine that were aimed primarily at doctors; it and similar journals carried advertisements for "unproven homeopathic products, shark cartilage, naturopathic remedies and other health food store items oriented toward cancer."[2] David Gorski on the website Science-Based Medicine observed that United States Senator Tom Harkin (who was instrumental in drafting the legislation that funded the Office of Alternative Medicine but later criticized the self-same office's reliance on evidence-based testing) wrote two different commentaries in the journal's inaugural issue. He wrote:Elsewhere on the website, Jann Bellamy, Florida attorney and founding member of the Institute for Science in Medicine,[3] described the journal as being "of dubious scientific rigor".[4]

Staff

The journal's founding editor-in-chief was Larry Dossey.[1] In 2004, Mark Hyman was appointed as chief editor. In November 2008 David Riley, the journal's former medical editor, was appointed to the role.[5] [6] The editorial staff changed in 2010, leading the editorial board to resign; their names remained on the masthead as of 2013.[7] As of 2013, the editor-in-chief was Andrew W. Campbell, and the journal's website listed him as practicing medicine in Texas; in 2011, he was barred from practicing medicine in Texas and was apparently practicing in Florida.[7] The Texas Medical Board had taken repeated action against Campbell because he "relied on junk science, ordered inappropriate tests, and improperly diagnosed 'toxigenic mold exposure.'"[8]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Clinical Medicine,[9] Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed,[10] Science Citation Index Expanded,[9] and Scopus.[11] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.329.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Simpson . Richard K. Jr. . Bick . Dawn . 1996 . Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine . . 275 . 13 . 1034 . 10.1001/jama.1996.03530370072040.
  2. 1 June 1996. Alternative and Complementary Cancer Treatments. The Oncologist. 1. 3. 173–179. 10387984. Cassileth. Barrie R.. 10.1634/theoncologist.1-3-173. free.
  3. Web site: ISM - Our Fellows. www.scienceinmedicine.org. 2017-01-16.
  4. News: Jann. Bellamy. Guess who pioneered chemoprevention through diet?. 2015-12-24. Science-Based Medicine. en-US. 2017-01-16.
  5. Web site: Homeopathy . 1998-01-12 . NPR . en . 2017-12-03.
  6. Web site: Press release: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine Names New Editor in Chief . Integrative Medicine - A Clinician's . https://web.archive.org/web/20090211130106/http://www.imjournal.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/Content.Main/id/43/pressroom . February 11, 2009 . November 11, 2008 .
  7. Web site: Beall . Jeffrey . 26 December 2013 . A Medical Publisher with Some Problems . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150109211602/http://scholarlyoa.com/2013/12/26/a-medical-publisher-with-some-problems/ . January 9, 2015 .
  8. Web site: Barrett . Stephen . Stephen Barrett . 24 January 2012 . "Toxic Mold" Guru (Andrew Campbell. M.D.) Surrenders Medical License . .
  9. Web site: Master Journal List . . Intellectual Property & Science . 2017-01-06 . 2017-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ .
  10. Web site: Alternative therapies in health and medicine . NLM Catalog . . 2017-01-06.
  11. Web site: Content overview . . Scopus . 2017-01-06.
  12. Book: 2016 . Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine . 2015 Journal Citation Reports . . Science . Web of Science. Journal Citation Reports .

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