About the Journal

The International Journal of Ayush Darpan (IJAD) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal dedicated to advancing research, education, and evidence-informed practices in Ayurveda, Yoga, AYUSH systems, complementary health approaches, and integrative health.

The journal provides a multidisciplinary platform for researchers, academicians, clinicians, healthcare professionals, educators, policymakers, and students to share original research, clinical findings, scholarly reviews, and academic perspectives related to traditional, complementary, and integrative health.

IJAD is committed to promoting scientific rigor, research integrity, cultural sensitivity, and ethical scholarly communication while respecting the authenticity of traditional knowledge systems. The journal encourages interdisciplinary research that responsibly connects classical knowledge with contemporary scientific methods.

The journal considers original research articles, review articles, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, clinical studies, case reports and case series, research protocols, short communications, editorials, perspectives, commentaries, and letters to the editor.

Journal Information

Full Journal Title: International Journal of Ayush Darpan

Journal Abbreviation: Int J Ayush Darpan

Journal Acronym: IJAD

Publication Format: Online

Publication Frequency: Biannual

Publication Schedule: Two regular issues annually, published in June and December

Primary Language: English

Publisher: Bhawna Mittal

Founder and Editor-in-Chief: Bhawna Mittal, BAMS, MD (A Med)

Place of Publication: Carmel, Indiana, United States

Country of Publication: United States of America

Year Established: 2026

ISSN: To Be Assigned

DOI Registration: Planned

Access Model: Immediate Open Access

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

Official Email: ayushdarpanjournal@gmail.com

Official Website: https://www.internationaljournalofayushdarpan.org/

Aim and Scope

The primary aim of the International Journal of Ayush Darpan is to promote high-quality research and responsible scholarly communication in Ayurveda, Yoga, AYUSH systems, traditional medicine, complementary health approaches, integrative health, and related health sciences.

The journal seeks to:

Encourage methodologically appropriate and ethically conducted research
Promote critical and scientific evaluation of traditional health knowledge
Support collaboration among researchers, clinicians, educators, and policymakers
Connect traditional knowledge with contemporary scientific inquiry
Provide open access to scholarly information
Support evidence-informed healthcare education and practice
Promote culturally respectful and responsible research
Encourage interdisciplinary research related to whole-person health

Areas Covered

The journal considers manuscripts in the following areas:

Ayurveda
Yoga and Yoga Therapy
Yogic Sciences
Naturopathy
Unani Medicine
Siddha Medicine
Homeopathy
AYUSH Systems of Healthcare
Traditional Medicine
Complementary and Integrative Health
Whole-Person Health
Herbal Medicine and Medicinal Plants
Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy
Phytochemistry
Ayurvedic Nutrition and Dietetics
Panchakarma and Traditional Therapies
Public Health and Preventive Healthcare
Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine
Women’s Health
Mental Health and Well-being
Clinical Research in AYUSH
Traditional Knowledge Systems and Ethnomedicine
Medical Education and Healthcare Policy
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health Applications in AYUSH

The journal welcomes contributions from researchers, practitioners, clinicians, academicians, educators, students, and policymakers worldwide.

Manuscripts presenting therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive claims must provide appropriate scholarly or scientific evidence. The journal does not publish promotional articles, unsubstantiated health claims, or manuscripts intended primarily to advertise a product, clinic, educational program, or commercial service.

Peer-Review Policy

All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial screening to evaluate their relevance, originality, completeness, scholarly quality, and compliance with the journal’s ethical and formatting requirements.

Manuscripts that successfully complete the initial screening are ordinarily evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process. The identities of authors and reviewers are concealed during the review process.

Original research articles, clinical studies, systematic reviews, and review articles are normally evaluated by at least two independent reviewers with relevant subject expertise.

The review process includes:

Administrative and formatting assessment
Initial editorial screening
Similarity and ethical-compliance assessment
Double-blind evaluation by qualified subject experts
Editorial consideration of reviewer recommendations
Author revision, when required
Final editorial evaluation
Decision by the Editor-in-Chief or an authorized editor

Editorial decisions may include:

Accept
Minor Revision
Major Revision
Resubmit for Review
Reject

The Editor-in-Chief has final responsibility for editorial decisions. Reviewer recommendations are advisory and do not automatically determine acceptance or rejection.

Editors and reviewers must disclose relevant conflicts of interest. They must not participate in evaluating a manuscript when a conflict could affect, or reasonably appear to affect, their impartiality.

Open Access Policy

The International Journal of Ayush Darpan provides immediate open access to all published content. Readers may access published articles through the journal website without subscription or registration charges.

Authors retain copyright in their published work and grant the journal the right of first publication.

Unless otherwise stated, articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits readers to read, download, copy, share, distribute, and adapt published material, including for commercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original publication.

Information about the license is available at:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Publication Ethics

The International Journal of Ayush Darpan is committed to honesty, transparency, accountability, confidentiality, fairness, and integrity in scholarly publishing.

Authors are expected to:

Submit original and accurate scholarly work
Avoid fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and duplicate publication
Provide accurate descriptions of research methods and findings
Disclose all relevant conflicts of interest
Disclose funding and institutional support
Follow applicable ethical requirements for human and animal research
Obtain informed consent when required
Protect the privacy and confidentiality of research participants
Respect intellectual property rights
Correct significant errors discovered before or after publication
Disclose material use of generative artificial-intelligence tools

Reviewers are expected to:

Maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts
Provide objective, constructive, and timely evaluations
Disclose relevant conflicts of interest
Avoid using unpublished information for personal or professional benefit
Inform the editor of suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, or unethical research

Editors are expected to:

Evaluate manuscripts fairly and independently
Protect the confidentiality of authors and reviewers
Base decisions on scholarly merit and journal relevance
Disclose and appropriately manage conflicts of interest
Investigate credible allegations of research or publication misconduct
Preserve the integrity of the journal’s scholarly record

Suspected misconduct will be evaluated according to the journal’s established editorial procedures. Authors will ordinarily be given an opportunity to respond to material concerns. Appropriate action may include requesting clarification, rejecting a manuscript, publishing a correction, issuing an expression of concern, retracting an article, or contacting a relevant institution when justified.

Plagiarism and Duplicate-Publication Policy

The International Journal of Ayush Darpan does not permit plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate text reuse, or unauthorized use of another person’s ideas, data, tables, figures, or written material.

Submitted manuscripts may be examined using similarity-detection software or other editorial assessment methods.

Similarity reports are evaluated in context. The journal does not use a single similarity percentage as an automatic basis for acceptance or rejection. References, standard methodological descriptions, properly attributed quotations, and commonly used technical expressions may legitimately appear in a similarity report.

Prohibited practices include:

Direct copying without attribution
Inappropriate paraphrasing
Substantial undisclosed reuse of an author’s previously published work
Duplicate or redundant publication
Unauthorized use of data, tables, figures, or images
Submission of work created by another person without proper acknowledgment

A manuscript containing significant plagiarism or duplicate publication may be rejected. If misconduct is discovered after publication, the journal may publish a correction, issue an expression of concern, retract the article, or take other appropriate editorial action.

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Authors must disclose any material use of generative artificial-intelligence tools in preparing manuscript text, images, code, translations, data analysis, or other submitted material.

Artificial-intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors because they cannot approve the final manuscript, disclose conflicts of interest, or accept responsibility for the work.

Authors remain fully responsible for:

Accuracy of the manuscript
Authenticity and accuracy of citations
Originality of submitted material
Verification of AI-generated information
Protection of confidential information
Compliance with research and publication ethics

AI tools must not be used to fabricate or manipulate data, images, citations, participant information, or research findings.

Reviewers and editors must not upload confidential manuscripts, unpublished research, personal information, or sensitive data into AI systems that do not provide adequate confidentiality and data protection.

Routine spelling, grammar, and formatting assistance generally does not require disclosure unless the tool materially generates or alters scholarly content.

Privacy Statement

Names, email addresses, affiliations, and other personal information provided through the journal website or submission process will be used for legitimate editorial and publication purposes.

Personal information may be accessed by authorized editors, reviewers, editorial staff, technical service providers, and publishing partners when necessary for journal operations.

The journal will not sell personal information. Information will not be disclosed to unrelated third parties except when required for journal operations, ethical investigations, legal compliance, or protection of the scholarly record.

The journal will take reasonable measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or misuse.

Questions regarding privacy may be directed to:

ayushdarpanjournal@gmail.com

Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern

The International Journal of Ayush Darpan is committed to maintaining an accurate and trustworthy scholarly record.

A formal correction may be published when an error affects the interpretation, accuracy, or completeness of a published article but does not invalidate its principal findings.

An expression of concern may be issued when serious questions have been raised about an article but an investigation is incomplete or inconclusive.

An article may be retracted when there is reliable evidence of:

Fabrication or falsification
Significant plagiarism
Duplicate or redundant publication
Seriously unreliable findings
Unethical research
Failure to obtain required ethical approval
Unauthorized publication
Material manipulation or misrepresentation of data
Undisclosed conflicts of interest that substantially affect the work

Retraction notices will identify the affected article and explain the reason for retraction. The original article will ordinarily remain accessible as part of the scholarly record but will be clearly marked as retracted.

Complaints and Appeals

Authors may appeal an editorial decision by submitting a written request that identifies specific factual, procedural, ethical, or scientific concerns.

Complaints concerning editorial conduct, peer review, publication ethics, corrections, or journal procedures should be sent to:

ayushdarpanjournal@gmail.com

Appeals and complaints will be evaluated fairly. Whenever reasonably possible, a matter involving the Editor-in-Chief will be reviewed by an independent senior editor or advisory-board member who was not involved in the original decision.

Submission of an appeal does not guarantee reversal of an editorial decision.

Disclaimer

The opinions, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in published articles are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the editors, Editorial Board, publisher, or affiliated institutions.

Publication of an article does not constitute endorsement by the journal of any treatment, health claim, product, organization, or commercial service discussed in the article.

Published content is intended for scholarly and educational purposes and does not constitute individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Readers and healthcare professionals should exercise independent professional judgment and comply with applicable laws, ethical requirements, professional standards, and regulatory responsibilities when interpreting or applying published information.

The International Journal of Ayush Darpan is dedicated to fostering responsible research, ethical publishing, and the advancement of scholarly knowledge in Ayurveda, Yoga, AYUSH systems, and complementary and integrative health.

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