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Patwardhan, Bhushan
- The Living Tree:Traditional Medicine and Public Health in China and India
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1 Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
1 Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
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Current Science, Vol 109, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1734-1736Abstract
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- Ayurveda:At the Turning Point
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1 Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
1 Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 03 (2018), Pagination: 687-689Abstract
While modern science was progressing in the West leading to Renaissance and Industrial Revolution, the geopolitical situation in India was not conducive for research or development. Although significant knowledge, wisdom and competence existed in this region, hardly any scientific advancement was possible. Indian communities were more concerned about preserving knowledge. This, in a way, led to the compartmentalization and monopolization of knowledge. India has witnessed a long period of great stagnancy that continued even during the pre- and post-independence periods.Full Text
- 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
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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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- Lalu, M. M., Shamseer, L., Cobey, K. D. and Moher, D., How stakeholders can respond to the rise of predatory journals. Nature Hum. Behav., 2017, 1, 852–855.
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- UGC-CARE Initiative to Promote Research Quality, Integrity and Publication Ethics
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1 University Grants Commission, New Delhi 110 002, IN
1 University Grants Commission, New Delhi 110 002, IN
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Current Science, Vol 117, No 6 (2019), Pagination: 918-919Abstract
Research and innovation involve rigorous scientific efforts in the search of truth, and creation of new knowledge contributing to socio-economic benefits for global good. Responsible conduct, academic integrity and publication ethics are central to education and scientific research. It is important to improve quality, safeguard ethics and prevent academic misconduct, including plagiarism. Serious concerns regarding fake science and knowledge crisis have been raised, appealing to faculty members, scientists and other stakeholders. The need to take a firm stand against any fakery and contradict those who promote it has also been stressed1. Increased incidence of compromised publication ethics and deteriorating academic integrity are a growing global problem contaminating all domains of research. And India is no exception.Full Text
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- Patwardhan, B., J. Ayurveda Integr. Med., 2013, 4, 129–131.
- Lakhotia, S. C., Curr. Sci., 2015, 108(8), 1407–1408.
- Patwardhan, B., Nagarkar, S., Gadre, S. R., Lakhotia, S. C., Katoch, V. M. and Moher, D., Curr. Sci., 2018, 114(6), 1299–1303.
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- UGC-CARE List
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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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- Venkateswara Sarma, V., Curr. Sci., 2019, 117(10), 1553.
- Patwardhan, B. P. and Thakur, Archana, Curr. Sci., 2019, 117(6), 918–919.
- Ayurveda Rasayana in Prophylaxis of Covid-19
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Bhushan Patwardhan
1,
Preeti Chavan-Gautam
2,
Manish Gautam
3,
Girish Tillu
2,
Arvind Chopra
4,
Sunil Gairola
3,
Suresh Jadhav
3
Affiliations
1 AYUSH Centre of Excellence, Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune Univer-sity, Pune 411 007, IN
2 AYUSH Centre of Excellence, Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
3 Serum Institute of India Ltd, Pune 411 028, IN
4 Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune 411 001, IN
1 AYUSH Centre of Excellence, Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune Univer-sity, Pune 411 007, IN
2 AYUSH Centre of Excellence, Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
3 Serum Institute of India Ltd, Pune 411 028, IN
4 Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune 411 001, IN
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Current Science, Vol 118, No 8 (2020), Pagination: 1158-1160Abstract
Respiratory viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2 affect immune homeostasis by altering the immune regulatory network leading to decreased responsiveness, changes in lymphocyte sub-populations and decreased macrophage function1 . Clinically, the immune response induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection occurs in two phases: the first immune defence-based protective phase and the second inflammation-driven damaging phase2 . The first immune defence-based protective phase is characterized by recruitment of antibody-secreting cells, follicular helper T-cells, activated CD4 and CD8 T-cells and immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies that bind to SARS-CoV-2 (ref.3). The second phase leads to uncontrolled cytokine release causing cytokine release syndrome (CRS), or ‘cytokine storm’ characterized by increased IL-2, IL-7, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha4 . CRS damages tissues of the lungs, kidney and heart leading to rapid multiorgan failure. The deaths from COVID-19 are due to massive alveolar damage leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that culminates in respiratory failure. Restoration of Th1/Th-2 cytokine balance is one of the mechanisms of establishing immune homeostasis5,6 .Full Text
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- Assessing Research:The Slippery Slope
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1 University Grants Commission, New Delhi 110 002, IN
2 Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560 012, IN
1 University Grants Commission, New Delhi 110 002, IN
2 Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560 012, IN
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Current Science, Vol 118, No 12 (2020), Pagination: 1869-1870Abstract
With the inevitable push towards better assessment of academics, new quantitative parameters have emerged such as the h-index, which is a measure of how many times an academic, typically a scientist, is cited by others in the field, and the impact factor (IF) of a journal, which is roughly an equivalent measure for the publishing medium itself. These numbers are a bit like retweets and ‘likes’ in Twitter. How many people like you and how many followers do you have? Is not it unfair that those with more followers get more retweets and ‘likes’ for putting out more or less the same kind of material?Full Text
- Traditional Knowledge Systems and New Science Policy Thrust
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1 National Research Professor – AYUSH, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
2 Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
1 National Research Professor – AYUSH, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
2 Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
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Current Science, Vol 120, No 4 (2021), Pagination: 603-604Abstract
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- What is Expected in an Editorial of a Medical Science Journal?
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1 Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
1 Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
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Current Science, Vol 120, No 12 (2021), Pagination: 1805-1805Abstract
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- Response - Traditional knowledge systems
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1 National Research Professor – AYUSH, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
2 Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
1 National Research Professor – AYUSH, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007, IN
2 Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, IN
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Current Science, Vol 121, No 9 (2021), Pagination: 1141-1141Abstract
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