find a suitable journal from UGC approved list

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Find a suitable journal from UGC approved journal
list
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• With the introduction of UGC Approved Journals
  List, the research students are privileged to get
  their paper published in good quality journals.
• Now, there is no old system or mandate by the
  universities for publishing in any particular
  journal. Instead, all universities and colleges
  are bound to allow their students to get
  published in any of the UGC Approved journals.
• On every successful publication in the journal,
  there would be an increase in the researchers
  academic performance indicator (UGC API).
• The UGC Approved Journal List is a blend of
  national paid and unpaid journals, Annas
  annexure 1 or annexure 2, Scopus-indexed,
  SCI-indexed journals and other international
  journals.
• Due to this amalgam of the journals, the
  publication is made easy, but the journal
  selection process is made tougher than ever.

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Step 1 Indexing and Subject-wise categorization

• As of now, UGC contains over thousands of
  journals from almost every research area.
  Therefore, you are advised to browse the complete
  list on the basis of your interested subject
  area.
• By filtering the search, you can shortlist the
  top 50 or 100 journals falling under the
  particular subject area.
• Further, you can prioritize and select the
  journals as per their indexing.
• Suppose, your area of expertise is social
  sciences, and there are four journals having high
  impact factor but different indexing two are
  Scopus indexed, and the others are SCI indexed.
• It is up to the caliber of your research paper
  to decide which UGC approved journal would be
  more suitable for publishing.

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Step 2 Declared Periodicity

• Let us take the previous example only.
• If you need to choose one between Scopus indexed
  journal and SCI-indexed journal, your next step
  should be to check the declared periodicity of
  the journal.
• Many journals are published more frequently, and
  many are published occasionally or monthly.
• Where the journals which are rarely published
  would mean that the journal is not active,
  frequent publishing of the journal is a sign of
  lenient assessment of the manuscript which always
  bears the possibility of compromising the quality
  of the content published.
• Therefore, it would make a good choice if you opt
  for the ones which are published not too
  frequently and not too rarely.

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Step 3 Format of a Journal

• Apart from the periodicity of the journal, you
  must also keep the journals nature of
  publication in mind.
• UGC Approved Journal List consists the journals
  which are published only online, only in print
  and online as well as in print.
• The journals that are published both online and
  in print mode have better visibility and reach
  amongst the researchers.
• Therefore, make sure you select a journal which
  is available in both print and online medium.
• However, if the journal is international and the
  publisher is located overseas, you may opt for
  the journal which is published online.

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Step 4 Total Score of a Journal

• If you have already chosen a particular journal
  to get published with, then you must check its
  relevance score.
• Following is the complete checklist which helps
  the UGC Standing Committee to determine a
  journals worth and assign them a specific score.
  
• You may use this checklist for getting an idea of
  which journal would be more suitable for you to
  publish with.
• If a journal scores more than 5 point, it is
  definitely good to go option for you.
• Publishing a paper with any journal from UGC
  Approved list would bring high academic
  performance indicator and credited as a reputed
  researcher-author.
• Hope this guide would help you select a good UGC
  approved journal!

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