Acupuncture Research has been included in Medical Index since 1985. Now it is included in MEDLINE, CA, Scopus, EMBASE, BIOSIS, Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chinese Science and Technology Paper and Citation Database (CSTPCD) and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). It is named “Outstanding Scientific and Technological Journal of China” and “RCCSE Authoritative Academic Journal of China”.