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YAKUGAKU ZASSHI

ISSN 0031-6903 · e-ISSN 1347-5231 · Pharmaceutical Society of Japan · http://yakushi.pharm.or.jp
Journal Trust Rating E · 33/100 — Not recommended — critical failures or red flags · checked 12 November 2026, 14:13 IST

Pillars

PillarPointsWeight
Identity & governance10 / 25 (3 unchecked)25
Editorial integrity9 / 2525
Technical standing7 / 20 (4 unchecked)20
Preservation & access0 / 15 (6 unchecked)15
Reach & citation7 / 15 (2 unchecked)15

Checks and sources

CheckResultDetailSource
ISSN registered (ISSN Portal)BAD 0/8no record for this ISSNportal.issn.org
ISSN key-title matchesNA 0/3not checkedportal.issn.org
Journal website live and on HTTPSOK 3/3HTTP 200 in 0.6syakushi.pharm.or.jp
Editorial board / editor named on the siteBAD 0/4no editorial board / editor found on the homepageyakushi.pharm.or.jp
ISSN displayed on the siteOK 3/3ISSN appears on the homepageyakushi.pharm.or.jp
Contact address / email publishedOK 2/2contact foundyakushi.pharm.or.jp
Publisher identifiedOK 2/2Pharmaceutical Society of Japanapi.crossref.org
Peer-review policy publishedBAD 0/7no peer-review policy foundyakushi.pharm.or.jp
Publication ethics / malpractice policyBAD 0/6no ethics / malpractice statementyakushi.pharm.or.jp
Plagiarism screening statedWARN 0/3no screening statementyakushi.pharm.or.jp
No predatory-style red flagsOK 9/9none detectedyakushi.pharm.or.jp
Crossref member — DOIs registeredOK 5/525097 DOIs on recordapi.crossref.org
Crossref metadata completeness (current articles)BAD 2/6abstracts 0% · licences 0% · ORCIDs 1% · references 93%api.crossref.org
DOIs displayed as links on the siteWARN 0/2no doi.org links on the homepageyakushi.pharm.or.jp
OAI-PMH endpoint and Google Scholar tagsWARN 0/3no OAI link seen · no citation_* tags on homepageyakushi.pharm.or.jp
Registered DOIs resolve to a live pageNA 0/2not checked — no DOI check has been run for this journal
Articles on the site carry a registered DOINA 0/2not checked — no DOI census has been run for this journal
Preservation (Keepers Registry / archives)NA 0/6not checkedportal.issn.org
Creative Commons licence statedWARN 0/4no licence statement foundyakushi.pharm.or.jp
APC / fee transparencyWARN 0/3no statement about feesyakushi.pharm.or.jp
Open-access statementWARN 0/2no OA statementyakushi.pharm.or.jp
Listed in DOAJWARN 0/6not in DOAJdoaj.org
Indexed and cited in OpenAlexOK 5/532301 works · 81878 citations · h-index 62openalex.org
Citation depth (h-index ≥ 5)OK 2/2h-index 62openalex.org
Other verified index / registry listingsNA 0/2none recorded

Method

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