Journal Risk Radar
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
ISSN 0250-474X · Medknow · IN · ijpsonline.com
Journal Trust Rating E · 31/100 · scored 20 Oct 2026 · 13 of 15 signals measured
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The fifteen signals
Points as the rules gave them today. "n/a" means the source did not give enough to judge — it never counts against the journal.
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Publication volume surge of 152025: 36 articles against a prior three-year average of 415 per year (×0.1) · source ↗Rule: ≥3× the prior three-year average (and ≥100 articles) in the last complete year: 15 · ≥2× (and ≥60): 8
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Output has stopped of 10most recent article year on record: 2026 · source ↗Rule: no articles in the last two complete years although the journal has published before: 10
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Citations mostly from itself of 150% of 300 citing articles are from the journal itself (0) · source ↗Rule: share of citations to its most-cited recent articles that come from the journal itself — ≥40%: 15 · ≥25%: 8 (needs ≥20 citations)
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Citations concentrated in one other journal of 102% of citing articles come from one other journal: International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics (6) · source ↗Rule: one other journal supplies ≥40% of those citations (≥30): 10 · ≥25% (≥20): 5
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Authorship shifted to a new country of 10Saudi Arabia: 4% of authors in 2022–2024 → 24% since 2025 (33 recent author-country links) · source ↗Rule: the top author country of the last two years holds ≥50% and rose ≥30 points against the three years before: 10
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Retracted articles of 151 retracted article(s) of 5,404 (0.02%) — OpenAlex/Retraction Watch 1, Crossref retraction notices 0 · source ↗Rule: ≥3 retractions and ≥1% of all articles: 15 · ≥3: 8 · 1–2: 3 (Retraction Watch via OpenAlex; Crossref retraction notices)
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AI-writing signals in recent abstracts of 1240 recent abstracts read: 0 (0%) read as assistant-written by the vocabulary rule · source ↗Rule: of the abstracts published since last year (20 or more read): ≥40% read as assistant-written by the excess-vocabulary rule, or any abstract carries an assistant fingerprint sentence: 12 · ≥25%: 6
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Tortured phrases in recent abstracts of 10no tortured phrase in 40 recent abstracts · source ↗Rule: recent abstracts carrying a paper-mill tortured phrase — 3 or more abstracts: 10 · 1–2: 4
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Scope spread thin across fields of 83 field(s) each hold ≥8% of 533 recent articles: Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · source ↗Rule: recent articles spread over ≥6 top-level fields each holding ≥8% (with ≥50 articles): 8 · 4–5 fields: 3
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n/a
No digital preservation on record of 8ISSN Portal and DOAJ not readable · source ↗Rule: no archive in the Keepers Registry (ISSN Portal) and none declared to DOAJ: 8
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Articles deposited without reference lists or abstracts of 8current articles with reference lists 0% · with abstracts 0% (1669 DOIs) · source ↗Rule: Crossref coverage for current articles — references <20%: 5 · abstracts <20%: 3 (needs ≥20 DOIs)
n/a
Title or website differ from the ISSN record of 12ISSN Portal record not readable · source ↗Rule: ISSN Portal key-title differs from the indexed title: 6 · the website on the ISSN record is a different host from the one OpenAlex indexes: 6
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Title shared with another journal of 6no other journal with this exact title in OpenAlex · source ↗Rule: another OpenAlex source carries the same title under a different ISSN: 6
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On a hijacked- or removed-journal list of 40not on the hijacked-journal checker · source ↗Rule: Retraction Watch hijacked-journal checker (a clone of this journal exists): 25 · an admin-imported removed-journal list: 40
History
13 Oct 2026 → 20 Oct 2026: 16 · 16
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