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Yoga: from traditional practice to clinical application

Guest Editors
Kaushik Chattopadhyay, PhD, University of Nottingham, UK
A. Mooventhan, MD, Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College, India

Submission Status: Open until 29 December 2025

Fasting therapy

Guest Editors
Daniela Koppold, MD, Charité University Hospital, Germany
Andreas Michalsen, MD, PhD, Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Pradeep MK Nair, PhD, Mirakle Integrated Health Centre, India

Submission Status: Open until 25 December 2025

Complementary medicine for sleep disorders

Guest Editors
Sunny H.W. Chan, PhD, University of the West of England, UK
Sang-Ho Kim, KMD, PhD, Daegu Haany University, South Korea

Submission Status: Open until 3 December 2025

Natural products and therapies in the dental field

Guest Editors
Fayez Hussain Niazi, MSc, MPhil, Dar Al Uloom University, Saudi Arabia
Edilson Martins Rodrigues Neto, PhD, Federal University of Ceara, Brazil

Submission Status: Open until 5 September 2025

Advances in African traditional medicine

Guest Editors
Anywar Godwin, BSc, MSc, PGDPPM, PhD FUNAS, Makerere University, Uganda
Latifou Lagnika, PhD, University of Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Bénin

Submission Status: Open until 29 July 2025

Manual therapies for physical and mental health

Guest Editors
Martin Descarreaux, DC, PhD, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
Sarah Fogarty, PhD, Western Sydney University, Australia
Lindsay Mary Gorrell, PhD, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2025

Regulation and safety of complementary medicine and therapies

Guest Editors
Tamer Aboushanab, MBBCh, MD, Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt
Chang Gue Son, KMD, PhD, Daejeon University, South Korea
Carolina Oi Lam Ung, PhD, University of Macau, China

Submission Status: Open until 17 June 2025

Advances in cannabis and cannabinoid research

Guest Editors
Mike Armour, PhD, BSc(Hons), BHSc, Western Sydney University, Australia
Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl, MD, Hannover Medical School, Germany
Natalia Szejko, MD, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada

Submission Status: Open until 27 May 2025

Dance and movement therapies

Guest Editors
Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain, PhD, MA, BEd, University of Limerick, Ireland
Joanne L. Powell, PhD, MA, BSc, Edge Hill University, UK
Maya Vulcan, PhD, University of Haifa, Israel

Submission Status: Open until 21 August 2025

Nutritional strategies for integrative health care

Guest Editors:
Der Jiun Ooi, PhD, MAHSA University, Malaysia
Pattaneeya Prangthip, PhD, Mahidol University, Thailand
Md Atiar Rahman, PhD, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

 

Music and sound therapies

Guest Editors:
Artur C. Jaschke, PhD, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Jiří Kantor, PhD, Palacky University Olomouc, Czechia
Wolfgang Mastnak, PhD, Shandong University, China

Complementary approaches to women's health

Guest Editors:
Junyoung Jo, KMD, PhD, Jayoon Korean Medicine Clinic at Bundang, South Korea
Fan Qu, MD, PhD, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University, China
Vibhuti Rao, BAMS, MPH, Western Sydney University, Australia
Fangfang Wang, MBBS, PhD, Women’s Hospital, Zhejiang University, China

 

Advances in mycotherapy

Guest Editors:
Wong Kah Hui, PhD, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
I-Chen Li, PhD, Grape King Biotech Research Institute, Taiwan

 

Animal-assisted interventions for mental health

Guest Editors:
Laura Contalbrigo, PhD, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Italy
Karin Hediger, PhD, University of Basel,  Switzerland
Antonio Santaniello, PhD, Federico II University of Naples, Italy
 

Anxiety and stress-related disorders: the role of botanicals

Guest Editors
Ravid Doron, Prof, The Open University of Israel, Israel
Yunna Kim, MD, PhD, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Republic of Korea
Wenda Xue, PhD, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China

 

Herb-drug interactions

Guest Editors:
Awodayo O. Adepiti, PhD, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Swapnil P. Borse, PhD, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
Márcio Rodrigues, PhD, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Cheng-Peng Sun, PhD Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
 

Medical ethnobotany

Guest Editors:

Adeyemi O. Aremu, PhD, North-West University, South Africa
Binsheng Luo, PhD, Lushan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sakina Mussarat, PhD, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
 

Knowledge and attitudes towards complementary medicine

Guest Editors:
Joanna E. Harnett: The University of Sydney, Australia
Carolina Oi Lam Ung: University of Macau, China

 

Mind-body interventions: creative art practices

Guest Editors:
Mark Ettenberger: SONO – Centro de Musicoterapia, Colombia
Rainbow T. H. Ho: University of Hong Kong, China
Theresa Van Lith: La Trobe University, Australia
 

Mind-body interventions: mindful movement practices

Guest Editors:
Marcelo Demarzo: The Brazilian Center for Mindfulness and Health Promotion, Department of Preventive Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
Linda Zhong: School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

 

Mind-body interventions: mindfulness and meditation

Guest Editors:
Kyriaki Giannou: De Montfort University, United Kingdom
Michael Mantzios: Birmingham City University, Department of Psychology, United Kingdom