CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR), New Delhi, as one of the premier science communication institutes of the country, publishes 19 S&T journals covering all the disciplines with national and international recognition. Of these 19 journals, 14 are indexed by the Web of Science (ClarivateTM), in addition to coverage by Scopus, NAAS, UGC-CARE and various other national/international abstracting and indexing agencies of repute. The Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research (JSIR) started in 1942 is one of the two foundation pillars of this institute. All these journals have been published since last 2 to 6 decades consistantly.
As per the recent JCR (2020) released by ClarivateTM on 30 June 2021, only 314 Indian S&T journals got enlisted in JCR 2020. Among the 314, merely 104 have Journal Impact Factor (JIF) score, and with 12 such ranked journals, CSIR-NIScPR emerges as the 3rd publisher (Table 1) in India next only to Springer (28 Journals) and Kluwert (22 Journals). CSIR-NIScPR has the largest number of indexed journals and is a publicly funded Govt. science publishing house in India.
The national/international coverage by indexing/abstracting agencies and metrics of CSIR-NIScPR journals covered under the Biological Sciences Division are given in Table 2 and 3, respectively.
For detailed information on coverage and scope of the journal, Introduction, Instructions to Authors, Editorial Board Members, etc., please visit the home page of the respective journal as well as latest Annual Reports.
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Publisher |
No. of Journals (among 104) with range of JIF score and ranking |
|
Springer (26.92%) |
28 (0.447 to 2.701) Ranking: 3rd to 86th (range) |
|
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, India (21.15%) |
22 (0.358 to 3.203) Ranking: 2nd to 93rd (range) |
|
CSIR-NIScPR (11.54%) |
12 (0.414 to 1.918) Ranking: 16th to 89th (range) |
|
Taylor & Francis (08.65%) |
09 (0.226 to 2.333) Ranking:9th to 102nd (range) |
|
Elsevier (04.81%) |
05 (5.223; 1.226 & 0.150) Ranking: 1st, 44th and 104th |
|
Sage Publications, India (04.81%) [Social Science] |
05 (0.341 to 1.269) Ranking: 25th to 94th (range) |
|
ICAR (02.88%) |
03 (0.500; 0.371 & 0.316) Ranking: 83rd, 91st and 98th |
|
ARCC, Karnal (01.92%) |
02 (0.589 & 0.440) Ranking: 77th and 88th |
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Other Institutes/Universities/Societies/Publishers (17.31%) |
18 (0.163 to 2.490) Ranking: 5th to 102nd (range) |
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Journal |
Frequency |
Year |
ISSN/ |
H-index |
WoS |
Scopus |
UGC-CARE |
DOAJ |
| 1 |
Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics (IJBB) |
BM |
1964 |
0301-1208/ |
42 (33) |
SCIE |
ü |
ü |
ü |
| 2 |
Indian Journal of Biotechnology (IJBT) |
Q |
2002 |
0972-5849/ |
36 (52) |
SCIE |
ü |
ü |
- |
| 3 |
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB) |
|
1963 |
0019-5189/ |
75 (03) |
SCIE |
- |
ü |
ü |
| 4 |
Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS) |
M |
1976 |
2582-6506/ |
36 (51) |
SCIE |
- |
ü |
- |
| 5 |
Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR) |
Q |
2010 |
0976-0504/ |
31 (82) |
ESCI |
ü |
ü |
ü |
| 6 |
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK) |
Q |
2002 |
0972-5938/ |
33 (66) |
SCIE |
ü |
ü |
ü |
| 7 |
Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research (JSIR) |
M |
1942 |
0022-4456/ |
54 (12) |
SCIE |
ü |
ü |
ü |
| 8 |
Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika (BVAAP)-Hindi |
HY |
1993 |
0771-7706/ |
- |
- |
- |
ü |
- |
[Figures within parenthesis shows ranking among the 470 journals from India based on h-index. ISSN= International Standard Serial Number; WoS= Web of Science; UGC-CARE= University Grants Commission Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics; and DOAJ= Directory of Opend Access Journals. BM= Bimonthly; M= Monthly; Q= Quarterly; and HY= Half yearly. SCIE= Science Citation Index Expanded; ESCI= Emerging Sources Citation Index. All the journals but for the last one BVAAP are in English.]
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Journal |
ISSN/ |
Clarivate Analytics |
H- |
SJR |
Cite |
NAAS |
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|
Total |
2020 |
2019 |
Rank among |
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1 |
Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics (IJBB) |
0301-1208/ |
1,564 |
1.918 |
0.537 |
16/314 |
42 |
0.253 |
1.8 |
6.54 |
|
2 |
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB) |
0019-5189/ |
3,656 |
0.818 |
0.783 |
64/314 |
75 |
NA |
NA |
6.78 |
|
3 |
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK) |
0972-5938/ |
1,431 |
0.757 |
0.731 |
66/314 |
33 |
0.191 |
1.1 |
6.73 |
|
4 |
Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS) |
2582-6506/ |
1,287 |
0.496 |
0.328 |
84/314 |
36 |
0.245 |
0.8 |
6.52 |
|
5 |
Indian Journal of Biotechnology (IJBT) |
0972-5849/ |
916 |
0.414 |
0.413 |
89/314 |
36 |
0.168 |
0.9 |
6.41 |
|
6 |
Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR) |
0976-0504/ |
- |
- |
- |
|
31 |
0.152 |
0.8 |
4.21 |
|
7 |
Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research (JSIR) |
0022-4456/ |
2,535 |
1.056 |
0.729 |
53/314 |
54 |
0.250 |
1.1 |
6.73 |
|
8 |
Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika (BVAAP)-Hindi |
0771-7706/ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
