The UGC-CARE List is available on the website https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in
The UGC-CARE Reference List of Quality journals is now divided into TWO groups, instead of the original FOUR groups to simplify the search process. These are NOT hierarchic or ranked groups.
According to Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) “Predatory publishing is generally defined as for-profit open-access journal publication of scholarly articles without the benefit of peer review by experts in the field or the usual editorial oversight of the journals in question ( https://publicationethics.org/resources/discussion-documents/predatory-publishing).
UGC-CARE List is updated quarterly i.e. on first of January, April, July, and October (or on the next working day if there is a public holiday on these dates) every year.
Journals found to be involved in unethical practices are immediately removed.
Anyone can recommend journal/s, whether Indian or foreigner, for inclusion in the UGC-CARE List, by following the prescribed submission process available at https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in
Publishers can submit journal title/s through IQAC Cell of any affiliated college / University following the prescribed submission process with the recommendation of teaching faculty along with the duly signed declaration form by competent authority.
You can refer to the public notification of the UGC dated 14th June 2019 (point 2 and 3) available on the UGC-CARE website.
Following could be the reasons for non-inclusion:
Any type of corrections or discrepancies found in the journal information in the UGC-CARE List can be communicated using feedback option available on the UGC-CARE website.
The UGC-CARE List is dynamic. The complaints or grievances regarding journal entries in the UGC-CARE List can be submitted using feedback option available on the UGC-CARE website.No submission form for journals are entertained, if they are sent using feedback option.
You can use a subject search option available on the UGC-CARE list. The journals in the UGC-CARE List are classified according to All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes, which are created and maintained by Scopus (Elsevier Science).
Journals indexed in globally accepted databases are part of UGC-CARE List Group II. No other databases are recognized by UGC-CARE.
Any journal indexed in Web of Science or Scopus database is the part of the of UGC-CARE List Group II. There is no need to submit such journals again for inclusion into the UGC-CARE List.
You cannot search journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus database directly on the UGC-CARE website but separate links to these databases are provided under Group II of the UGC-CARE List.
Journals included in ESCI are not part of the UGC-CARE List Group II. As and when these journals are included in the Web of Science source publications (Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), then, they will be automatically become the part of the UGC-CARE List under Group II.
Rejected journal can be submitted for re-review only after one year and are required to follow the prescribed submission process. These journals will be reconsidered only if they qualify the analysis protocol.
Many journals indexed in MLA directory are already included in the Web of Knowledge and Scopus databases. Other journals qualified after scrutinizing in accordance with UGC-CARE protocols are included in UGC-CARE Group II.
Please note that any publication in these journals will not be considered for any academic purposes. (Please refer to the public notification of the UGC dated 14th June 2019 (points 2 and 3) available on the UGC-CARE website.)
If your journal has any of the following criteria, then journal may not have been considered for the UGC-CARE List.