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Phone : 23710519 Fax : (91-11) 23730937, 23730682 E-mail : cvo csirresin tVri:4T 3frellfrM 311*-Tr9 31-TitiT9 '41-49, 2, -ir1;61 mut ;T-4"1,L - 110001 COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Anusandhan Bhawan, 2, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 110001 11,(9-11 1E(-- F- 15-1(152)/2017-Vig. , 2018 No. Oxiw From 3tset eicicat 340Weit Chief Vigilance Officer To kil-cM3frafR.k-u1-1111-tr WA+ I-4110 laftRIPTA The Directors/Heads of all National Labs. /Instts. of CSIR Subject: Publication of Research Papers -reci. Tregt1T, 11-61-41r/Madam/Sir, 4F4F4u tr11qm- f up-RoA-444q4- -1-c0-111P--01tittrrd7444.REF a-rrEw uirqa1T T5f ct*11 kI4-11-4k 1-1211 WPIRld uraff 3iTtrk 3111a •t6f I 41Pct;)/-Z-1-Wdf3il fdq qco Til-ht$14T- vrcik t I want to draw your attention to the rigging of research general/research papers by various newpapers and forwarding the copies of the news reports pubished in the newpapers for information. Such act on the part of Scientists/Researchers is a serious scientific misconduct. 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WLIIII-Z11013 "k 1RIR1-1 PLI-dcIVARTT. 3{f1t 6. afraiR 4p-itoq/coiJ-La r d1-1--R=Fr44/4ft7- kit-1-.4440M RTfta 3{1V11 11ITI: •t1 trq col TftcTuarrafR to--cqz- 1:R 31:Mai 8.Trd* --d1 afT-[PT, #KR:1,3113TR Tfl-ft 3fT4-FT 3A-t-Tt 9. cPILITOLI Alt Separately, 6,000 kg or contaminates mu •" 4 was seized at Walayar in Palakkad district In And the Kochi-based Central lnsfitute•Of the biggest cnances or TOP ibruin How the pay-and-publish business works '" open-access publishing that involves charg- numbers". Each publication in "Conference aged the Auraria Library in Denver, US, until SHYAMLALYADAV ing publication fees... without following the proceedings as full papers, etc." fetches 10 March this year, predatory publishers are NEW DELHI, JULY'S editorial and publishing policies and services marks. Under the Regulations, the Academic "giving a bad name to India". associated with legitimate journals". It is im- Performance Index (API) score for a paper is UGC response . AN INVESTIGATION by The Indian Express portant to note that not all open access jour- augmented based on the "impact factor" — a (published on Page 1 of this edition) has re- nals — whidi anyone can read and download measure of the frequency with which the av- UGC has a Standing Committee on vealed India to be one of the biggest global for free, with authors paying for the publica- erage article in a journal has been cited in a Notification of Journals, currently headed by hubs for the "pay-and-publish" business, a tion of their papers — are particular year — of the ref- ProfVS.Chauhan.Lastyear, the UGC published "approved journals" on its practice in which "predatory journals" that "predatory" in nature; sev- ereed journaL The API provi- a list of over 32,000. often exist only online, publish research with- eral reputed journals with sion was scrapped for college website, wtiich meant that artides published out any rigorous checks or expert review, for strict peer review policies, ---) '. teachers last month so they in these journals would be considered in pro- a "fee" ranging from as little as a couple of too, follow the model of ac- could focus on teaching motions and recruitments. UGC had earlier .-.i. s: . .,;,----.• without feeling pressured to asked universities to recommend journals for thousand rupees to well over a lakh. cepting "processing charges" from authors. -.,- undertake research, but the list — an exercise that allowed several Predatory journals continues for universities. poor-quality publications to slip throtigh. As found questions were raised, the UGC slashed 4,305 The American librarian Jeffrey Beall first A market for #FAKE The Indian Express around 300 publishers from journals from the list bringing the number of used the expression "predatory open access 'research' SCIENCE India publishing more than approved journals down to 25,784. The con- publishing" in 2010, and published a list of 6,000 journals and organis- cern over predatory publishing is, however, "predatory publishers" on his blog that year. The UGC (Minimum . He subsequently started updating the list fre- Qualifications for Appoint- ing hundreds of conferences global: the International Committee of quently, but was forced shut down his blog ment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in the country and abroad. The pressure to Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) expressed in 2017 under threats of lawsuits. But a major in Universities and Colleges and Measures for publish, and to present papers at conferences concern in December 2017 over "the growing global debate had been opened. The UGC the Maintenance of Standards in Higher in order to collect the marks needed for re- number of entities that are advertising them- is- website defines predatory journals Or pEeda- Education) Regulations, 2010 award 15 marks cruitrnents/promotions often incentiv is es selves as 'scholarly medical journals' (but are)... nt tory publishers as "unscrupulous open access for each. article published in "Refereed pay-to-publish practices. It is important to 'fake', 'predatory', or 'pseudo' journals (that) journals or publishers who publish articles Journals", and 10 marks for those published in note, however, that only a small share of the misrepresent their peer-review and publica- on payment but with little or no real peer re- "Non-refereed but recognised and reputable clientele of predatory publishers based in tion processes,.. for the sole purpose of mak- view. (They) exploit the business model of journals and periodicals, having ISBN/ISSN India are from India. Says Beall, who man- ing money". ‘utttikEre-2M001 -tion."i tic ‘i,vuunecraresun- der aquaculture, which produces harvests in the monsoon, when trawlers from most states do not go to sea, and supplies dry up. la Kerala officials recalled a case ofVannamei ',zedout theirprejudices; and the impunity by Vnt, thpxy shrimp, an export variety from Andhra, which was sold at an inflated price of Rs 350 per kg, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM IINAGARY 42; THURSDAY, JULY 19., 2018 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE Al, t4AGPUR, PUNE, VAD-ODARA AN EXPRESS INVESTIGATION -eh rsijige T 's f (e rese lish, r aper S 7 L V-Cs, ARMS, RT profs on list: 'Students I. sent it, we don't 'mow' SI-IYAMLALYADAV NEW DELHI, JULY 18 FROM VICE-CHANCELLORS to FROM BIGGEST IN HYDERABAD TO ONE MN BAREILLY ABMS directors and IIT profes- Omits, from this building (lefinHyderabad, hosts over 700 journals and faces action in US; sors, from Pulwama to Irshad Ahmad in Richha near Bareilly hosts 13 journals from his one-room home office Behrampur and Roorkee, the range and reach of names linked to articles and conferences or- Despite UGC blacklist, hundreds of 'predatory journals' thrive, ganised by publishers of "preda- tory journals" is staggering. cast shadow on quality of faculty and research nationwide Most of them figure in pub- lications brought out by before publication. Hyderabad-based OMICS is, Hyderabad-based OMICS and W which JAt SHYAMLALYADAV in fact, facing legal action by the Turkey-based SET,rch Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claim to organise NEW DELHI, JULY 18• in the US for fraudulent claims — ferences across the world. the home page of WASET's a charge the company denies. to IN THE world of academia, toe "These so-called predatory website lists a conference sched- getting published in an interna- E jourpals have brought a bad ule that runs up to theyear 2031, tional research journal is almost #FAN name for the country and also with links leading to titles of 1 the holy grail, it helps bump up SCIENCE many of its sincere pers to be presented and their Yk the CV for hiring and helps in the for many PART 1 researchers," S C Lakhotia, pro- authors. However, a closer look . • competition for tenure or fessor emeritus at Bananas reveals a different picture. promotion. It takes rigorous lasflisted Hindu University, told The Indian ' For instance, the research, an original Contribu- event is . the International listed"Charge" orfee"thatranges Express. • • tion, exhaustive peer or expert from $30-$1,800 per piece. Ten months ago, Lakhotia Conference on Psychology, reviews, and dogged persistence. From a plush office in the resigned from a committee set Arrstedarn,TheNetherlands.ori But then, there's also an easy heart ofHyderabad, home to one up by the University Grants July 14-15. 2026. One of the pa- • .pers to be presented is QUCilitatiVe way — pay and publish. of the world's largest such pub- (UGC) to assess The Indian Co m rn issi o n Analysis of Current.Cligd Cu od An investigation by lishers, to a one-room, one-man, publications recommended by ,..4,3, g , .. ( CONTINUED ON r A9,, .Express shows that India has one-laptop office at Richha in universities for inclusion in an emerged as one of the biggest Bireilly, The Indian Express found approved list of 32,659 journals markets for a business in which that most of these publications maintained by the national "RELATED REPO RP.