About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The journal’s primary mission is to serve the educational objectives of the ASA and as a consequence be seen as an essential member benefit. A critical role is to impart research knowledge in a field where many practitioners are still not exposed to research culture. For instance, one hoped for outcome is that masters degree level course teachers use content in the journal to advance an understanding of a particular knowledge item but also learn how to evaluate content and show how critical research can be performed within the field, with a view to inspiring others to follow a similar path. The journal focuses on all aspects of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine alongside clinical and bio-medical research. It reaches overlapping fields such as integrative medicine, massage, physical therapy, chiropractic, naturopathy, neuroscience and the study of acupuncture mechanisms, as well as cost-effectiveness and implementation into mainstream medicine.
Open Access Policy
JASA is loyal to open access for academic work, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles and to use them for any other lawful purpose. All the articles published in this journal are free to access immediately from the date of publication. We do not charge any fees for any reader to download articles for their own scholarly use. JASA operates under the Creative Commons License. This allows for the reproduction of articles, free of charge, for non-commercial use only and with the appropriate citation information. All authors publishing with JASA accept these as the terms of publication.