Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) comprises a number of professional disciplines such as acupuncture, ayurvedic medicine, biofeedback, herbal medicine, and homeopathic medicine. The objective of this short communication was to present an overview of studies analyzing CAM journals found in PubMed. There were studies on Chinese authorship trend, ethical standards, three studies on content analysis and quality of natural product clinical trials in CAM journals, which provided limited preliminary evidence on the role of journals.

Keywords: Evidence-based ancient medicine; Evidence-based alternative medicine; Journals’ analysis; Research trend; Publication trend.