How to search a journal from UGC -Care List
Hello Researchers
It is well known fact that UGC in order to curb predatory
journals and in order to enhance the quality of the research paper publication
process in India has introduced a new set of journals called UGC-Care List of
Journals.
Here is a detailed Step wise instruction on how to access
this UGC- care list and how to find out if a journal actually belongs to the
CARE List.
Step 1: Go to the url
The url will lead you to a window as shown in the following
figure
Step 2: Click the Login Button in the right most corner
Step 3: Click the Registration Button in the left side (2nd
item in the Drop down menu). It will
lead you to a screen as shown below . You can fill in the details like Your
Title, Name, Gender, Mobile Number, Address and Email ID and set a password for
the same.
Step 4: Once you register yourself in the UGC website, you will be
asked to Login again.
Step 5: Once you login you can see the following list of Journals as
shown in the below figure
Step 6: The first category is UGC- Care List Group A- This includes
Web of Science Journals and Scopus Journals. Those are the journals available
in the following links respectively
A journal
is said to belong to Group A if it is available in four of the below links
given
Wos (Arts and Humanities Citation Index List)
Wos (Science Citation Index Expanded)
Wos (Social Science Citation Index)
Scopus source list
Next is the group B, C and D
For accessing Group B C and D list, you need to click the search button given
below
Step 7: The search window opens up like this and you can use a
keyword and find out the journal of your choice
Step 8: Once the search process is done, you have to logout of the window by clicking
the Logout button in the top right
Many journals in India claim to be approved by UGC in their
website. Before you submit your research work /manuscript that you have created
with great pain and hardwork, ensure that the journal is a part of the UGC Care
List .Make sure that your manuscript is published at the right publication platform
so that it adds greater credit to your career as a researcher.
HAPPY RESEARCHING!!!
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