Homeopathy is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research, reviews, and debates on all aspects of homeopathy, a pseudoscientific[1][2][3][4] form of alternative medicine. It is the official journal of the London-based Faculty of Homeopathy. The journal was established in 1911 as the British Homoeopathic Journal, resulting from a merger between the British Homoeopathic Review and the Journal of the British Homoeopathic Society.[5][6] It uses its current name since 2001[7] and the editor-in-chief is Robert Mathie.
| Discipline | Homeopathy |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Robert Mathie |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | British Homoeopathic Journal |
| History | 1911-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.818 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Homeopathy |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1475-4916 (print) 1476-4245 (web) |
| LCCN | 2002243387 |
| OCLC no. | 49958024 |
| Links | |
Publisher
editThe journal was originally published by Nature Publishing Group,[8] and was then published by Elsevier. Elsevier's decision to publish this journal has been called into question, given homeopathy's proven ineffectiveness and unscientific status.[9] Elsevier's Vice President of Global Corporate Relations, Thomas Reller, has defended Elsevier's decision to publish the journal, saying that "We support debate around this topic".[10] The journal has been published by Thieme Medical Publishers since 2018.[11]
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- CINAHL
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine[12]
- Embase/Excerpta Medica[13]
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[5]
- Science Citation Index Expanded[12]
- Scopus[14]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2019 impact factor of 1.704.[15] The journal's impact factor for 2015 was suppressed because of excessive self-citations.[9]
References
edit- ^ Tuomela, R (1987). "Chapter 4: Science, Protoscience, and Pseudoscience". In Pitt JC, Marcello P (eds.). Rational Changes in Science: Essays on Scientific Reasoning. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Vol. 98. Springer. pp. 83–101. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-3779-6_4. ISBN 978-94-010-8181-8.
- ^ Smith K (2012). "Homeopathy is Unscientific and Unethical". Bioethics. 26 (9): 508–12. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01956.x. S2CID 143067523.
- ^ Baran GR, Kiana MF, Samuel SP (2014). "Science, Pseudoscience, and Not Science: How do They Differ?". Healthcare and Biomedical Technology in the 21st Century. Springer. pp. 19–57. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8541-4_2. ISBN 978-1-4614-8540-7.
within the traditional medical community it is considered to be quackery
- ^ Ladyman J (2013). "Chapter 3: Towards a Demarcation of Science from Pseudoscience". In Pigliucci M, Boudry M (eds.). Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem. University of Chicago Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-226-05196-3.
Yet homeopathy is a paradigmatic example of pseudoscience. It is neither simply bad science nor science fraud, but rather profoundly departs from scientific method and theories while being described as scientific by some of its adherents (often sincerely).
- ^ a b "British Homoeopathic Journal". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ "Homeopathy: the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy". Library of Congress Catalog. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ Fisher, P (2001). "Our new title: Homeopathy". British Homoeopathic Journal. 90 (4): 177. doi:10.1054/homp.1999.0512.
- ^ "Academic Journals formerly published by NPG". Nature Publishing Group. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ a b Oransky, Ivan; Marcus, Adam (17 June 2016). "Does a journal of homeopathy belong in science?". STAT.
- ^ Vox, Ford (2017-02-24). "Why Is This Company Selling a Toxin For Children?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
- ^ Fisher, Peter (2018). "A New Publisher and New Directions". Homeopathy. 107 (2): 079–080. doi:10.1055/s-0038-1646778. PMID 29681026.
- ^ a b "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
- ^ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
- ^ "Source details: Homeopathy". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
- ^ "Homeopathy". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2020.