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DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1990

ISSN1560-8115

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2018-06-12). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.519

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.689

Total Worksi

1,069

Total Citationsi

23,924

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences publishes original research articles in pharmaceutical sciences. The journal encompasses all fields of the pharmaceutical sciences and presents timely research on all areas of drug conception, design, manufacture, classification and assessment.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,069

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1560-8115

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.7k

2019

1.9k

2020

757

2021

457

2022

313

2023

359

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Drug DiscoveryQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

PharmacologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyDrug DiscoveryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Drug Delivery SystemsDrug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAdvancements in Transdermal Drug DeliveryNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryPhytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesSynthesis and biological activityNatural product bioactivities and synthesisAnalytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsDrug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection

Frequently asked questions about DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Is DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences a predatory journal?

DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2018-06-12). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences?

DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.519.

Is DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is indexed in Scopus.