DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
DisciplinePharmaceutical sciences
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMohammad Abdollahi
Publication details
HistorySince 1990
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
Hybrid
2.1 (2024)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4DARU J. Pharm. Sci.
Indexing
ISSN1560-8115 (print)
2008-2231 (web)
OCLC no.61283828
Links

DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is an hybrid open-access peer-reviewed medical journal that was established in 1990 in Iran. It covers all aspects of the pharmaceutical sciences. The editor-in-chief is Mohammad Abdollahi. From 2018 the journal is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.[1]

History

The journal was established as a Persian language journal in 1990. English abstracts were included in 1995, and the language changed to English in 1999. In 2012, the journal moved to open access with BioMed Central,[2] which lasted until 2017.[1]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed and abstracted in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 2.1.[3]

Individual papers

On November 2025 Retraction Watch reported that the journal published a paper co-authored by the editor-in-chief that contained fabricated references, repetitive language and other characteristics of AI generated text.[4] Springer Nature flaged the paper on unespecific concerns.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Aims and scope". DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  2. ^ Abdollahi, M (2012). "DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences; The 2012 report of Editor-in-Chief". DARU J Pharm Sci. 20 (1) 1. doi:10.1186/1560-8115-20-1. PMC 3514538. PMID 23226110.
  3. ^ "DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.
  4. ^ Orrall, Avery; Travis, Kate (2025-11-21). "Springer Nature flags paper with fabricated reference to article (not) written by our cofounder". Retraction Watch. Archived from the original on 2025-11-25. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  5. ^ Aristidis Tsatsakis; Michael Aschner; Dimosthenis Sarigiannis; et al. (13 November 2025). "An expert criticism on post-publication peer review platforms: the case of pubpeer". DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 34 (1). doi:10.1007/S40199-025-00580-Z. ISSN 1560-8115. Wikidata Q137000226.