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DARU-JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

SPRINGER INT PUBL AG · CH · Est. 1990

ISSN2008-2231eISSN2008-2231
✓ WOS SCIE
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 ↗
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

H-Indexi
68
SNIPi
0.689
Total Worksi
1,069
Total Citationsi
23,924
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.63
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is an international journal publishing significant studies from basic research to clinical investigations. Committed to publishing original articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, general reviews, mini-reviews, short communications, and editorials. Considers a wide range of submissions from the global scientific community.

General Information

Country / RegionCH
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1990
Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,069
Publisher OrgSpringer Nature
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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

6/11 · 55%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
SPRINGER INT PUBL AG
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
2008-2231 / 2008-2231
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, PubMed
❌
Peer review process documented?
N/A
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
✅
Primary language documented?
English

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
81
2.7k
2019
61
1.9k
2020
47
757
2021
32
457
2022
44
313
2023
54
359
2024
31
58
2025
57
5
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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

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 Web of Science. 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 indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.63.

Is DARU-JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

DARU-JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of DARU-JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES?

DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is an international journal publishing significant studies from basic research to clinical investigations. Committed to publishing original articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, general reviews, mini-reviews, short communications, and editorials. Considers a wide range of submissions from the global scientific community.

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref