UGC CARE List of recognized Journal for research publication

About UGC-CARE

The “Quality Mandate” of the University Grants Commission (UGC) emphasizes importance of promoting research of high quality by Indian academia. Therefore, the UGC has issued a public notice on 28th November, 2018 in regards to setting up of a Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE).

UGC-CARE- The Mandate

• To promote quality research, academic integrity and publication ethics in Indian universities
• To promote high quality publications in reputed journals that would help in achieving higher global ranks
• To develop an approach and methodology for identification of good quality journals
• To prevent publications in predatory/ dubious / sub-standard journals, which reflect adversely and tarnish the image of Indian academia
• To create and maintain a “UGC-CARE Reference List of Quality Journals” for all academic purposes

UGC-CARE Council members

UGC-CARE councils include relevant Government Statutory Councils and Academic Bodies from multiple disciplines.

UGC-CARE Universities

• Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, (Northern Region)
• The M. S. University of Baroda Vadodara, (Western Region)
• University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad (Southern Region)
• Tezpur University, Assam (Eastern Region)

UGC Cell for Journal Analysis

UGC has established a “Cell for Journals Analysis” at SPPU, Pune (UGC Cell, SPPU) under the Centre for Publication Ethics (CPE), Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) to create and maintain the UGC-CARE List under the supervision of UGC-CARE Empowered Committee (UGC-CARE EC).

INFLIBNET Centre

INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, is serving as a supporting agency.

UGC-CARE List

The journals submitted by UGC-CARE Council Members and UGC-CARE Universities shall be analysed by the UGC Cell at SPPU as per the protocol for journal analysis approved by UGC-CARE EC. The UGC-CARE List shall comprise of four groups.

Group A : Research journals from all disciplines indexed in Scopus (Source list) or Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Citation Index Source Publication, Science Citation Index Expanded Source Publication, Social Science Citation Index Source Publication). No further analysis of these journals shall be done by UGC Cell and all such journals shall be included in the UGC-CARE List.

Group B : Journals from the previous “UGC-Approved List” which are qualified as per the analysis protocols.

Group C : Journals from all disciplines recommended by UGC-CARE Council members, which are qualified as per the analysis protocols.

Group D : Journals from all disciplines and languages submitted by UGC-CARE Universities, which are qualified as per the analysis protocols.

Updation of UGC-CARE List

The UGC-CARE List is dynamic. It shall be updated quarterly i.e., on the first of March, June, September and December (or on the next working day if there is a public holiday on these dates) every year.