Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/list/ecam/scope.html

About the Journal

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM) is a new international journal that seeks to understand the sources and to encourage rigorous research in this new, yet ancient world of complementary and alternative medicine.

This international rigorously peer-reviewed journal seeks to apply scientific rigor to the study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities, particularly traditional Asian healing systems. eCAM will emphasize health outcome, while documenting biological mechanisms of action. The journal will be devoted to the advancement of science in the field of basic research, clinical studies, methodology or scientific theory in diverse areas of Biomedical Sciences.

With a base in Japan, eCAM will be the first true platform for scientists and practitioners in Asia. With Asia as their home, these contributors are familiar with the way many CAM techniques have been practised for centuries, giving the journal a firm footing in the history and tradition of CAM.

CAM is a world-wide phenomenon and eCAM will seek to be inclusive of new and old work all over the globe. With this same broad view, the journal will seek to be truly inter-disciplinary with a varied editorial board on which philosophers and historians will be engaged in dialogues with immunologists and clinicians. The two bases, one in the east and the other in the west, at UCLA, will be gathering places for information and with combined efforts will bridge cultures as well as CAM and modern biomedicine.


Open access to all eCAM papers online

OUP has adopted a policy of 'Open Access' for all eCAM papers online - so regardless of where you are geographically based, you will be able to read all published research in eCAM at no cost to yourself, and without a subscription.

Furthermore publishing authors will not be required to pay an 'author submission charge' for eCAM - frequently a requirement for other 'Open Access' journals. This has been made possible by the generous support of INMPRC (Ishikawa Natural Medicinal Products Research Center), co-owner of the journal with OUP.