Homeopathy (journal)

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Publisher

The 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

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

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]

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References

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