UGC panel to make list of journals for academic points
Suggestions are being sought from all universities for the list, which the Commision will vet
In its bid to prepare an exhaustive list of
journals in which academics must publish to earn points for publication in the
Academic Performance Indicators (API) system, the University Grants Commission
(UGC) is planing to set up small sub-committees of experts for each subject.
A high-level committee under V.S. Chauhan of
the UGC is already in place to finalise the draft list.
“There are far too many subjects for a single
team to be able to come up with a comprehensive list of journals in each. We
are looking at setting up sub-committees of two-three experts for each subject
to suggest a list to the higher committee,” said a senior official.
The API system awards points — counted for
promotion as well as while applying for teaching jobs — for publications, which
are seen as a sign of seriousness in research. The UGC decided to draw up a
list of publications after a widespread perception that many academics in
colleges and universities were earning points for research published in
sub-standard journals.
Subject-specific panels
As per the plan, suggestions are being sought
from all universities for the list, and the UGC will vet the lists coming from
all these institutions. These lists will first pass through the smaller,
subject-specific committees and then be taken up by the higher committee.
As per the UGC’s recent notification, a
person gets 30 points for publishing a book brought out by an international
publisher, 20 for a book brought out by a national publisher, 15 points for
publishing an article in a refereed journal and 10 points for an article in
other reputed journals.
Source | The Hindu | 13 November 2016
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