Credible journals for publication of research in traditional system of medicine: A bird’s eye view

Publication of research work is one of the most crucial parts of knowledge transfer. Currently, scientific articles are the most popular and effective mode of knowledge dissemination. Publishing in peer-reviewed journals maintains the integrity of scientific information and filters the data based on irrational and poor-quality evidence. It establishes the significance and originality of the study and provides an authentic form of scientific knowledge. There are sufficient numbers of peer-reviewed journals that publish research studies conducted on traditional medicines, but searching for and selecting a journal is a brainstorming and time-consuming task. Hence, scholars and researchers face difficulty selecting one to publish their scientific work. Therefore, the present article has been drafted to provide a convenient and pragmatic reference platform that may help scholars to search and select relevant and credible journals to publish their research works. A search has been conducted to gather information using search terms such as “Ayu,” “Ayurveda,” and “Ethnomedicine” on the University Grants Commission-Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (UGC-CARE) Group-I (journals found qualified through UGC-CARE protocols, 317 journals) and Group-II (journals indexed in globally recognized databases, 2415 journals) lists. After screening a total of 2732 journals, 61 peer-reviewed journals have been identified where research studies related to traditional/conventional medicine can be communicated as per the suitability and scope of journals. Present article proffers information to identify good scientific journals’ significance of publishing in credible journals with a reference list of peer-reviewed quality journals to researchers and scholars of the traditional system of medicine.