In the statistical analysis by China S&T Journal Citation Reports over the years, every indicator of Acupuncture Research is listed the top ranks e.g. impact factor, immediacy index, mean citation rate and the ratio of funded paper. Since 2010, the impact factor of Acupuncture Research has been mostly ranked first among over 140 journals of traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture Research has been indexed in three core databases in China for many years (Core Collection of Chinese Science Citation Database, Chinese Science and Technology Paper and Citation Database， and Chinese Core Periodicals in Library of Peking University); and been awarded as“RCCSE Authority Academic Journals” for consecutive sessions. It is listed in T1-rank journals of the Classification Catalogue of Chinese Sci-Tech Journals of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Moreover, Acupuncture Research is indexed in the famous foreign databases, i.e. Medline, Chemical Abstracts, Scopus, Embase, etc.

Acupuncture Research was launched in 1976, administered by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and co-sponsored by Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,  China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS),  and China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (CAAM).  Acupuncture Research is featured as “basic experimental research, and clinical research and report”. It reports the latest progress of effect mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion, publicizes and encourages the extensive use of modern scientific and technological methods and techniques, and explores and contributes to the development of acupuncture medicine. In recent years, the Editorial Department of Acupuncture Research has been closely following the academic frontier and hot spots, organizing high-level columns and special periodicals to play a leading role for the discipline development. The columns include mechanism research, clinical research, acupuncture anesthesia, meridian and acupoint, theoretical research, thought and method, literature research, etc. In the statistical analysis by China S&T Journal Citation Reports over the years, every indicator of Acupuncture Research is listed the top ranks e.g. impact factor, immediacy index, mean citation rate and the ratio of funded paper. Since 2010, the impact factor of Acupuncture Research has been mostly ranked first among over 140 journals of traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture Research has been indexed in three core databases in China for many years (Core Collection of Chinese Science Citation Database, Chinese Science and Technology Paper and Citation Database and Chinese Core Periodicals in Library of Peking University); and been awarded as “RCCSE Authority Academic Journals” for 5 consecutive sessions. In 2023, Acupuncture Research was selected for the second time as “China’s Excellent S & T Journal” (source journal of FRONTRUNNER 5000 TOP ARTICLES IN OUTSTANDING S & T JOURNALS OF CHINA) in 12 years, and listed in T1-rank journals of the Classification Catalogue of Chinese Sci-Tech Journals of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Moreover, Acupuncture Research is indexed in the famous foreign databases, i.e. IM/Medline, Chemical Abstracts, Scopus, Embase, and BIOSIS Citation Index of Clarivate.

Acupuncture Research has been included in Medical Index since 1985. Now it is included in MEDLINE, CA, Scopus, EMBASE, BIOSIS, Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chinese Science and Technology Paper and Citation Database (CSTPCD) and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). It is named “Outstanding Scientific and Technological Journal of China” and “RCCSE Authoritative Academic Journal of China”.

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We acknowledge that biases exist in scholarly publishing and we commit to scrutinising our own processes to minimize these. We are openly pooling our resources, expertise and insight to accelerate research culture change.

Editorial board members do not participate in the review of their own manuscripts, and the article proportion of editorial board members published in the journal is not more than one quarter.

We believe the minimum standards will:

• enable senior leaders in publishing, editorial decision makers (which may involve staff or academics) and editorial boards to evaluate their performance and progress on inclusion and diversity within their organizations and publications;
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1. Ensure inclusion and diversity are integrated into publishing activities and strategic planning.
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3. Acknowledge the barriers within publishing which authors, editorial decision makers and reviewers from under-represented communities experience and take actions to address them.
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5. Review and revise as appropriate the appointment process for editors and editorial boards to capture the widest talent pool possible.