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How to submit complaint/s about a journal in the UGC-CARE List?
The UGC-CARE List is dynamic. The complaints/grievances regarding journal entries in the UGC-
CARE List can be submitted through the feedback option available on the UGC-CARE website.
No submission form for journals will not be entertained, if it comes through feedback option.

How to find journal/s in a particular subject area?
A subject search option is provided on the UGC-CARE list. The UGC-CARE List of journals
is classified according to All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes, which are created and
maintained by Scopus (Elsevier Science).

Whether the journals indexed in different database are part of the UGC-CARE List?
Journals indexed only in Web of Science and/or Scopus database shall be the part of the of UGC-
CARE List (Group A). No other databases are recognized by UGC-CARE.

What is the status of journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus database in the
UGC-CARE list?

Any journal indexed in Web of Science or Scopus database shall be the part of the of UGC-CARE List
(Group A). There is no need to submit such journals again for inclusion into the UGC-CARE List.

How to search the journals indexed in Web of Science and/ or Scopus database on the
UGC-CARE website?
One cannot search journals indexed in Web of Science and/ or Scopus database directly on the
UGC-CARE website but separate links to these databases are provided under group A of the
UGC-CARE List.

Are journals included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) of Web of Science included
in the UGC-CARE List?
Journals included in ESCI are not part of the UGC-CARE List. 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 (SSC)), then, they will be
automatically become the part of the UGC-CARE List under Group A.

What is the re-review process of the rejected journal/s?
Rejected journal/s can be submitted for re-review only after one year and will be required to follow
the prescribed submission process. These journal/s will be reconsidered only if they qualify the
analysis protocol.

Which are the states covered by a particular UGC-CARE University?
Four UGC-CARE Universities and their corresponding states are as per the following table

Zone Address
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha,
East Zone
Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal
Chhattisgarh, Dadara and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,
West Zone
Maharashtra
South Andaman & Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil
Zone Nadu, Telangana
North Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Zone Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand