Since foundation of Chinese Herbal Medicines (CHM) in 2009, it has been included in China Academic Journals Integrated Online Database, and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in USA, Index of Copurnicus (IC) in Poland, and Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (UPD) in USA domestically and abroad. In 2011, it can also be cited in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Abstracts, and Global Health (CABI). In 2012, CHM is supported by the Project of Exquisite Academic Journal of Tianjin.
On Dec. 7, 2012, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) revealed CHINESE S&T JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS (Expanded version). As reported, the total frequency of Chinese Herbal Medicines (CHM) being cited was 118, the expanded influence factor was 1.483, and 76.5% of all the papers were supported by fund.
We sincerely thank the readers, authors, reviewers, editorial board, and leadership at all levels of the majority for the care and support to CHM. All staff editorial department will continue to advance with the times, make a greater contribution to the development and internationalization of the cause of Chinese medicine.
