Complementary Medicine Research' is an international journal that aims to bridge the gap between conventional medicine and complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) on a sound scientific basis, promoting their mutual integration. Accordingly, experts of both conventional medicine and CAM medicine cooperate on the journal‘s editorial board, which accepts papers only after a rigorous peer-review process in order to maintain a high standard of scientific quality.

Spectrum of 'Complementary Medicine Research':

- Review and Original Articles, Case Reports and Essays regarding complementary practice and methods
- Journal Club: Analysis and discussion of internationally published articles in complementary medicine
- Editorials of leading experts in complementary medicine
- Questions of complementary patient-centered care
- Education in complementary medicine
- Reports on important meetings and conferences
- Society Bulletins of Schweizerische Medizinische Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie (SMGP) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Naturheilkunde

Editor-in-Chief
Harald Walach – Poznan Medical University, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Poznan, Poland
(Personal website / Free Methodology Online Course)
 
 
Honorary Editor
Reinhard Saller – University Clinic Zurich, Institute of Naturopathy, Department of Internal Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
 
 
Associate Editors
Benno Brinkhaus – Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economy, Berlin, Germany
Tobias Esch – University Witten/Herdecke, Institute of Integrative Health Care and Health Promotion, Witten, Germany
Corina Güthlin – Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Institute of General Medicine, Frankfurt/M., Germany
Karin Kraft – University of Rostock, Medical Faculty, Chair of Naturopathy, Rostock, Germany
Jost Langhorst – Klinikum am Bruderwald, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Clinic for Integrative Medicine and Naturopathy, Bamberg, Germany
David Martin – University Witten/Herdecke, Faculty of Health, Department of Human Medicine, Herdecke, Germany
Dieter Melchart – Technical University Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, KoKoNat, Munich, Germany
Jörg Melzer – Göttingen/Zurich, Germany/Switzerland
Andreas Michalsen – Immanuel Krankenhaus, Department of Naturopathy, Berlin, Germany
Frauke Musial – University of Tromsø, The National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Tromsø, Norway
Thomas Ostermann – University Witten/Herdecke, Department for Psychology and Psychotherapy, Witten, Germany
Michael Walkenhorst – Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Section Veterinary Health, Frick, Switzerland
 
 
Editorial Board
 
Dennis Anheyer – KEM, ev. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Clinic for Naturopathy and Integrative Medicine, Essen, Germany 
Jürgen Barth – University Clinic Zurich, Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
Stephan Baumgartner – University of Bern, KIKOM c/o Verein für Krebsforschung, Bern, Switzerland
Maya Bräm – Möhlin, Switzerland
Rainer Brenke – Berlin, Germany
Arndt Büssing – University of Witten/Herdecke, Chair of Medical Theory and Complementary Medicine, Herdecke, Germany
Francesco Cardini – Verona, Italy
Holger Cramer – KEM, ev. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Knappschafts-Krankenhaus, Clinic for Naturopathy and Integrative Medicine, Essen, Germany
Maja Dal Cero – Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Gustav Dobos – Kliniken Essen Mitte, Internal Medicine V, Naturopathy and Integrative Medicine, Essen, Germany
Beatrix Falch – Phytocura, Zurich, Switzerland
Torkel Falkenberg – Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Huddinge, Sweden
Matthias Fink – Hannover Medical School, Clinic of Physical Medicine, Hannover, Germany
Lorenz Fischer – University of Bern, Inselspital, Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Bern, Switzerland
Vinjar Fønnebø – University of Tromsø, National Research Center on Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Tromsø, Norway
Michael Frass – University Clinic for Internal Medicine I, Vienna, Austria
Tibor Hajto – Törökbálint, Hungary
Josef Hummelsberger – International Society for Chinese Medicine SMS, Munich, Germany
Dominik Irnich – University Clinic of the LMU Munich, Pain Ambulance – Clinic for Anesthesiology, Munich, Germany
Stefanie Joos – University Clinic Tübingen, Institute of General Medicine and Interprofessional Care, Tübingen, Germany 
Christan Kessler – Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Department for Naturopathy, Berlin, Germany
Anna K. Koch – KEM, ev. Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Center for Integrative Gastroenterology, Essen, Germany
Niko Kohls – Lenggries, Germany
Matthias Kröz – Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Wolfgang Kubelka – University of Vienna, Pharma Center, Institute of Pharmacognosy, Vienna, Austria
Romy Lauche – Klinikum im Bruderwald, Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Bamberg, Germany
Klaus Linde – Technical University Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Institute for General Medicine, Munich, Germany
Rainer Lüdtke – DSZ – Deutsches Stiftungszentrum GmbH, Essen, Germany
Hugh MacPherson – York, UK
Harald Matthes – Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe, Medical Clinic Focus Gastroenterology, Berlin, Germany
Beat Meier – ZHAW – Zürcher Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Section Phytopharmacy, Zurich, Switzerland
Susanne Moebus – University Clinic Essen, Institute of Medical Informatics, Essen, Germany
Albrecht Molsberger – Düsseldorf, Germany
Menachem Oberbaum – Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Florian Pfab – Munich, Germany
Karl-Ludwig Resch – German Institute for Health Research, Bad Elster, Germany
Paolo Roberti di Sarsina – Fondazione per la Salutogenesi ONLUS, Bologna, Italy
Matthias Rostock – University Clinic Zurich, DIM Institute of Naturopathy, Zurich, Switzerland
Yvonne Samstag – University Clinic Heidelberg, Institute for Immunology, Section Molecular Immunology, Heidelberg, Germany
Stefan Schmidt – University Clinic Freiburg, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Freiburg i.Br., Germany
Harmut Schröder – Europe University Viadrina, Institute of Transcultural Health Sciences, Frankfurt/O., Germany
Herbert Schwabl – Padma AG, Wetzikon, Switzerland
Florian Schwerla – Munich, Germany
Rainer Stange – Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Department of Naturopathy, Berlin, Germany
Diana Steinmann – Hannover Medical School, Clinic for Radiation Therapy and Special Oncology, Hannover, Germany
Trine Stub – The Arctic University of Norway (NAFKAM), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Tromsø, Norway
Wolfram Stör – Icking, Germany
Christian Terreaux – Vifor AG, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland
Michael Teut – Berlin, Germany
Bernhard Uehleke – Berlin, Germany
Gudrun Ulrich-Merzenich – Medical University Policlinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Sabine Vollstedt – Bokholt-Hanredder, Germany
Caroline S. Weckerle – University of Zurich, Institute of Systemic Botany, Zurich, Switzerland
Wolfgang Weidenhammer – Technical University Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Compentence Center for Complementary Medicine, Munich, Germany
Axel Wiebrecht – Berlin, Germany
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo – Klinik Buchinger am See, Clinic for Therapeutic Fasting and Integrative Medicine, Überlingen, Germany
Stefan N. Willich – Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Institute of Social Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Claudia Witt – University Clinic Zurich, Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
Ursula Wolf – University of Bern, Institute of Complementary Medicine, Bern, Switzerland