AYU An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda

AYU – An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda, is published quarterly by Institute for Post Graduate Teaching & Research in Ayurveda, Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar. The journal allows free access(open access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.

The journal does not charge for submission, processing or publication of manuscripts and for color reproduction of photographs. Started in 1964, the journal has continuously contributed for the research, education and propagation of Ayurveda on the national as well as international platform.

The journal is devoted to the publication of original articles on the utilization of knowledge of Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicines. The spectrum of coverage is broad, encompassing all eight divisions of Ayurveda including clinical researches in Kayachikitsa (General medicine), Shalya Tantra (Surgery), Shalakya Tantra (ENT & Ophthalmology),Stri Roga Prasuti Tantra(Gynecology & Obstetrics), Kaumar Bhritya (Pediatrics); Drug researches in Dravyaguna (Pharmacology), Rasa Shastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana (Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticles), Literary researches in Maulika Siddhanta & Samhita (Basic Principles) along with History, Descriptions of herbal remedies, useful for the treatment of human aliments etc.

It also deals with clinical and pharmacological evaluation of herbs, minerals, metals  and animal products, validation of food remedies, phytochemistry, ethnomedicine, survey of medicinal plants, nutraceuticals, drug standardization, biotechnology, agriculture, horticulture, pharmacovigilance etc. relating to medicinal plants. AYU also accepts standard review articles based on basic principles of Ayurveda, newly introduced diseases with their updated scientific knowledge in contemporary sciences.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

• Baidu Scholar,
• CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure),
• EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases,
• Ex Libris – Primo Central,
• Google Scholar,
• Hinari,
• Infotrieve,
• National Science Library,
• ProQuest,
• TdNet,
• Wanfang Data

The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:

• PubMed Central

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