Information For Librarians

AyuPrabha is a peer‑reviewed, open‑access scholarly journal dedicated to Ayurveda, pharmacology, pharmacovigilance, traditional knowledge systems and integrative health. It operates with editorial, peer‑review and ethical practices consistent with those expected of journals indexed in major international databases, including Scopus‑level outlets. The journal aims to serve as a dependable and citable resource for teaching, research and clinical reference in health sciences, complementary medicine and interdisciplinary studies.

All articles published in AyuPrabha undergo structured editorial assessment followed by double‑blind peer review, with clear policies on research ethics, authorship, conflicts of interest, data integrity and corrections/retractions. These policies are aligned with recognised international norms on publication ethics and with national guidelines for biomedical and health research, including specific provisions for AYUSH/ASU‑based and integrative‑medicine studies. This framework allows librarians to recommend the journal confidently as part of high‑quality collections supporting evidence‑based practice and rigorous scholarship.

AyuPrabha follows an open‑access publishing model: all content is freely and permanently available online without subscription fees, paywalls or registration barriers for reading. The modest Article Processing Charges (APCs) are levied only on authors after acceptance and do not influence editorial decisions, which are based solely on scholarly merit and ethical compliance. This model supports institutional priorities related to open science, equitable access to knowledge and the visibility of research outputs from both established and emerging centres of Ayurvedic and integrative‑medicine research.

For academic and health‑science libraries, AyuPrabha can be integrated into electronic journal collections, discovery layers, subject guides and link‑resolver services. Librarians may catalogue the journal in integrated library systems, knowledge bases and A–Z lists; expose its metadata via institutional repositories; and recommend it in curated resource lists for programs in Ayurveda, complementary and alternative medicine, pharmacology, public health and interdisciplinary global‑health studies. The journal’s stable, open URLs and consistent issue structure facilitate reliable linking from virtual learning environments, reading lists and research methods courses.

AyuPrabha also welcomes collaboration with library and information professionals in areas such as open‑access advocacy, research‑impact training and scholarly‑communication literacy. Librarians may draw on the journal’s policies and author guidelines as examples when educating students and faculty about responsible publishing, peer review, research ethics and data transparency in traditional and integrative medicine. Institutions are encouraged to invite faculty, researchers and postgraduate students to register on the journal website to receive alerts about new issues, special collections and calls for papers, thereby supporting ongoing engagement with current developments in the field.