About the Journal

The DAVAO RESEARCH JOURNAL (P-ISSN: 2244-4432; E-ISSN: 2984-7125) is an international, open-access, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal committed to addressing the research and knowledge dissemination needs of scholars in the Philippines, the ASEAN region, and the broader global community. The journal publishes high-quality scholarly works in the fields of agricultural and biological sciences, fisheries and aquatic sciences, climate change adaptation, sustainability, education and social sciences, particularly those that contribute to local and national development, inform institutional practices, and provide insights into contemporary international issues.

DRJ HISTORY

The Davao Research Journal (DRJ) was founded in 1998 as one of the first scholarly journals in the Davao Region. Originally called the Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology (DOSCST) Research Journal, it gave local and regional researchers a platform to share their work. Early issues focused on coastal resource management, environmental science, biology, agriculture, and related fields, and the journal served as DOSCST’s main platform for sharing research with communities, stakeholders, and development partners.

In recent years, all past issues have been digitized and put online to support research, policymaking, and evidence-based decisions in Davao Oriental, Mindanao, and beyond. Since 2022, the journal has been fully online, managed by the Journal Publication Unit of Davao Oriental State University. It has also moved from annual issues (1998-2020) to semi-annual (2021-2023) and now quarterly publication, released every March, June, September, and December.

The journal is indexed in several national and international databases, including the Andrew Gonzalez Philippine Citation Index (AGPCI), Philippine E-Journals (PEJ), Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P), and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Selected articles are also indexed in CABI and EBSCO. Today, DRJ continues to grow as an internationally peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary open-access journal that upholds research integrity, publication ethics, and editorial quality in line with the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).