<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear
Sridhar,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In your
arguments about the IF it may be of interest to mention the need to “protect
excellence in locally relevant research” (art.3 of the <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/bibliometrics-the-leiden-manifesto-for-research-metrics-1.17351" target="_blank">Leiden
Manifesto</a>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If the 344
journals from India included in DOAJ reasonably represent OA quality journals
from India, and DOAJ ambassadors can help missing OA quality journals
from India comply with DOAJ requirements so as to be accepted in DOAJ, then it seems to me to be a very good recommendation to consider DOAJ when preparing the national list of OA journals from India to be considered by authors when p</span>ublishing in OA journals from India.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">kind regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dominique</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">-- <br></p><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Dra. Dominique Babini </font><div><font size="2">CLACSO - Latin American Council of Social Sciences / <a href="http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/documentos/CLACSO_and_Open_Access_version_ingles.pdf" target="_blank">Open Access Program</a></font></div><div><div><a href="http://www.clacso.org.ar/conferencia2015/documentos/asamblea/declaraciones/CLACSO-Declaration-on-open-access-to-knowledge-managed-as-a-commons-by-the-scholarly-community.pdf" target="_blank">Open Access Declaration</a></div><div><a href="mailto:babini@clacso.edu.ar">babini@clacso.edu.ar</a></div><div>skype: dominique.babini<br><div><font size="2">@dominiquebabini</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font><font size="2">Estados Unidos 1168 (C1101AAX) Buenos Aires, Argentina<br>Tel.: </font><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">(+5411) 4304-9145 / 4304-9505</font></span><font size="2"><font color="#000000"> </font><br></font><font size="2"><a href="http://www.clacso.org/" target="_blank">www.clacso.org</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-07-21 6:50 GMT-03:00 Sridhar Gutam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gutam2000@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gutam2000@hotmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear All, <br><br></div>As you may be aware that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has set
up a committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. V.S. Chauhan, Member, UGC
and former Director, ICGEB (New Delhi)
<<a href="http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/commission-members.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/commission-members.aspx</a>> to prepare the
list of journals in which authors should be publishing in-order to gain
score for Academic Performance Indicators (API) system. It is reported
that this attempt is being made to address the sub-standard publishing
by the authors from colleges/universities. It is also mentioned in the
news that they may use give weight-age to the journal’s Impact Factor.
(Source:
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/tight-norms-soon-for-journal-publications/article8657169.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/tight-norms-soon-for-journal-publications/article8657169.ece</a>)<br><br>On
the other hand earlier in December 2012, The San Francisco Declaration
on Research Assessment (DORA) <<a href="http://www.ascb.org/dora/" target="_blank">http://www.ascb.org/dora/</a>> an
initiated by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) had put forth a
recommendation that “the need to eliminate the use of journal-based
metrics, such as Journal Impact Factors, in funding, appointment, and
promotion considerations” and had asked the individuals and
organizations to sign the DORA declaration
<<a href="http://www.ascb.org/files/SFDeclarationFINAL.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ascb.org/files/SFDeclarationFINAL.pdf</a>>.<br><br>It is seen that taking call from DORA, DBT/DST might have mentioned in their Open Access policy that they are not going to consider Impact
Factors in career assessments, promotions or appointments (of
individuals in research and academics)
<<a href="http://www.dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/APPROVED%20OPEN%20ACCESS%20POLICY-DBT%26DST%2812.12.2014%29_1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/APPROVED%20OPEN%20ACCESS%20POLICY-DBT%26DST(12.12.2014)_1.pdf</a>>.<br><br>I therefore, I would like to submit to you all my proposal of writing to UGC and Dr. Chauhan that as the DOAJ is
improving in terms of quality and
services, UGC may consider in giving
weight-age to the DOAJ Indexed Journals while recommending the List of
Journals and also not to consider Impact Factors for the
assessment/appointments/promotions.<br><div><br>Please reply with comments/suggestions.<br><br>Thanking You<br><br>With Kind Regards<br>Sridhar</div><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2"><a href="https://sgutam.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Sridhar Gutam, PhD, ARS</b></a></font></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) </font></span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">｜</span></font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> Associate Editor, <a href="https://doaj.org/" target="_blank">DOAJ</a></font></span><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><a href="https://doaj.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"></font></span></a></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"> </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">｜</span></font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span>Convener, <a href="http://openaccessindia.org" target="_blank">Open Access India</a> <br><a href="http://icar.org.in/" target="_blank">ICAR</a> <a href="http://icarrcer.in/" target="_blank">RCER Region Research Centre Ranchi</a><br>Tata Road, Rajaulatu Post, Plandu, Ranchi 834010, Jharkhand, India<br>Phone: +91-651-2260141 </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">｜ </span></font></span></span></span></font></span></span></font></span></span> Fax: +91-651-2260101 </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">｜ </span></font></span></span></span></font></span></span>Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136<br>Skype: sridhar.gutam </font><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">｜</span> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sridhargutam" target="_blank">@SridharGutam</a><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"></div><br></font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"></span></font></span></span>Official Email: <a href="mailto:Sridhar.Gutam@icar.gov.in" target="_blank"><b>s</b>ridhar.gutam@icar.gov.in</a></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><a href="http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/" target="_blank">Scholarship</a> </font></span><span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">｜ </span></font></span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><a href="https://impactstory.org/SridharGutam" target="_blank">Impact</a> </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">｜ </span></font></span></span></span><a href="https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=6W1MSSwAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">Citations</a><br><b><br></b></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><b><a href="http://icarrcer.in/" target="_blank">ICAR RCER</a> is a constituent establishment of <a href="http://icar.org.in/" target="_blank">ICAR</a></b><br> </font></span></div></div></div></div>
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