On Nov. 27, 2009, China Science and Technology Journal Citation Reports revealed that the total frequency of being cited Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs was 4963, the first place in the Chinese materia medica field and the 14th among the science and technology journal. The influence factor is 0.529, of all the papers, 59% was supported by fund, and 93% was cited by other journals or articles. The journal was honored as “The most outstanding 100 journals in China” for successive five years from 2005.
In 2009, Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs was selected as “Exquisite Journal” and “the Most Effective Journal in the Past 60 Years” by China Association of Science and Technology, the executive editor-in-chief CHEN Chang-qing was honored as “the Most Outstanding Journal Contributor in the Past 60 Years”.
