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Nagarkar, Shubhada
- A Critical Analysis of the ‘UGC-Approved List of Journals’
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Bhushan Patwardhan
1,
Shubhada Nagarkar
2,
Shridhar R. Gadre
3,
Subhash C. Lakhotia
4,
Vishwa Mohan Katoch
5,
David Moher
6
Affiliations
1 Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Department of Library and Information Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, IN
2 Department of Library and Information Science, Interdisciplinary School of Scientific Computing, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, IN
3 Interdisciplinary School of Scientific Computing, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, IN
4 Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
5 Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur 302 033, IN
6 Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, CA
1 Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Department of Library and Information Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, IN
2 Department of Library and Information Science, Interdisciplinary School of Scientific Computing, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, IN
3 Interdisciplinary School of Scientific Computing, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, IN
4 Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
5 Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur 302 033, IN
6 Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, CA
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 06 (2018), Pagination: 1299-1303Abstract
Scholarly journals play an important role in maintaining the quality and integrity of research by what they publish. Unethical practices in publishing are leading to an increased number of predatory, dubious and low-quality journals worldwide. It has been reported that the percentage of research articles published in predatory journals is high in India. The University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi has published an ‘approved list of journals’, which has been criticized due to inclusion of many substandard journals. We have developed a protocol with objective criteria for identifying journals that do not follow good publication practices. We studied 1336 journals randomly selected from 5699 in the university source component of the ‘UGC-approved list’. We analysed 1009 journals after excluding 327 indexed in Scopus/Web of Science. About 34.5% of the 1009 journals were disqualified under the basic criteria because of incorrect or non-availability of essential information such as address, website details and names of editors; another 52.3% of them provided false information such as incorrect ISSN, false claims about impact factor, claimed indexing in dubious indexing databases or had poor credentials of editors. Our results suggest that over 88% of the non-indexed journals in the university source component of the UGC-approved list, included on the basis of suggestions from different universities, could be of low quality. In view of these results, the current UGC-approved list of journals needs serious re-consideration. New regulations to curtail unethical practices in scientific publishing along with organization of awareness programmes about publication ethics at Indian universities and research institutes are urgently needed.Keywords
Predatory and Dubious Journals, Publication Ethics, University Source Component, Unethical Practices.Full Text
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- UGC-CARE List
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Affiliations
1 University Grants Commission, New Delhi 110 002, IN
2 Centre for Publication Ethics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
1 University Grants Commission, New Delhi 110 002, IN
2 Centre for Publication Ethics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
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Current Science, Vol 118, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 9-10Abstract
Sarma1 provides erroneous and misleading information with several flaws. He seems to be totally unaware that the University Grants Commission (UGC)- approved list of journals stands cancelled since 14 June 2019. It has been replaced by the UGC-CARE (Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics) Reference List of Quality Journals (UGCCARE List). CARE has been established by UGC on 14 November 2018. Details are available at the UGC-CARE website (http://ugccare.unipune.ac.in).Full Text
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- Citation-Based Criterion for Identifying Long-Lasting Research Papers
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1 Department of Library and Information Science,Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007,, IN
2 Interdisciplinary School of Scientific Computing and Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
1 Department of Library and Information Science,Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007,, IN
2 Interdisciplinary School of Scientific Computing and Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
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Current Science, Vol 120, No 1 (2021), Pagination: 209-214Abstract
This work presents the development and testing of a protocol for identifying long-lasting (L-L) research papers for which citation data of at least 25 years are available. In the first step, papers having 100 or more citations are shortlisted. The time interval from the year of publication till 2019 is divided into four approximately equal quarters. The R4 parameter is defined as the ratio of the citations received by a paper in the most recent quarter to its total citations. Papers with R4 less than a prescribed cut-off value are eliminated. The trends in the citations of papers in the most recent five years are assessed next. Papers with less than a specified value of actual/extrapolated citations are omitted. For testing purpose, we have explored the citation patterns of 1,402 shortlisted papers, out of a total of 123,993 published from India between 1985 and 1994, resulting into 676 L-L papers. We find that not all papers published in high-impact journals as well as those receiving large citations fulfil the L-L criterion. Subject-wise analysis brings out the disciplines making lasting contributions to research.Keywords
Citation Analysis, High-impact Journals, Impact Factor, Long-lasting Research Papers.Full Text
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