Journal of Ginseng Research(JGR), impact factor in 'Alternative medicine field' Ranked 1st in the world for 2 consecutiv
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- 2017-09-20
Journal of Ginseng Research(JGR), impact factor in 'Alternative
medicine field' Ranked 1st in the world for 2 consecutiv
The Korean Society of Ginseng (KSG) was founded on September 26, 1975, and is the only ginseng expert in the world to
receive permission to establish the ginseng corporation in September 3, 1994. On June 15, Journal of Ginseng Research(JGR)
published by KSG, was ranked 1st in the world for 2 consecutive years with the impact factor 4.082 in the Journal of Citation
Index (JCR) published by Thomson Reuter in 2016.
JGR, first published in 1976, was registered on SCIE, ‘SCOPUS’, the Citation Index Database, in 2010 and PubMed Central in 2012.
Since 2014, it is published quarterly with Elsevier and contains breed improvement, cultivation, ingredient, physiological /
pharmacological basic efficacy, clinical and product development of ginseng.
Prof. Seikwan Oh, President of KSG, and Prof. Jae-Youl Cho (College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan ) said
that it is a meaningful achievement that JGR is recognized as a world-class academic journal and leading the world's alternative
medicine field and revealed their ambition that they would continue to grow up JGR as a world-renowned professional journal
for ginseng research over 5.0 impact factor.
College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering