Recently, individuals impersonating Acupuncture Research have contacted authors and attempted to add them on WeChat. We hereby issue the following statement:

1. The only official website of Acupuncture Research is https://zhenciyanjiu.cn/

Authors are advised to verify the website carefully before submitting manuscripts to avoid being deceived.

2. Acupuncture Research strictly implements a double-blind peer-review system and performs plagiarism and misconduct screening for all submissions. Article quality is the sole criterion for acceptance. The journal has never authorized any commercial agency to conduct solicitation of manuscripts, manuscript handling, publication services, or any business-related activities on its behalf.

We urge all authors and readers to remain vigilant and guard against fraud.

All official notices from the journal are sent exclusively from the email address: zcyjbjb@vip.163.com. For submission inquiries, please call: +86-10-64089344.

Below is the Official WeChat Account of our journal. Authors may check the real-time review status of their manuscripts through this platform. We welcome you to follow us: