Dear Nishad T M ,

The added value of Publons used to be, that it provides (provided?) a free service for academics to track, verify, and showcase their peer review. In addition, it was possible to find the number of citations for all your publications in journals indexed in Web of Science.

This last feature was there because the owner of the Web of Science service (Clarivate) took over Publons a couple of years ago (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publons ).

However recent changes resulted in a situation where most of their features are now only available with a paid account. See also the discussion here on RG:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Has_Publons_been_phased_out_and_integrated_into_Web_of_Science

But the short answer to your question is no. No because Publons does not index a journal and no because the only link between Publons and Web of Science is the owner.

Best regards.

Prof. Rob Keller,

Thank You Very Much for the above brief valuable explanation.

Dear Nishad T M ,

The answer is No. Again, Publons is a service developed to make the peer review performed by reviewers more visible (and getting some credit for it).

The thing is that journals ‘indexed’ in Publons are not limited to journals indexed in one of Clarivate’s indexes (ESCI, SCIE, SSCI). See for example:

-Journals of SciencePG (a notorious example of a predatory publisher listed in the Beall’s list https://beallslist.net ) are ‘indexed’ in Publons https://publons.com/wos-op/publisher/6013/science-publishing-group

-Journals of the OMICS Publishing Group (an even more notorious example of a predatory publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMICS_Publishing_Group ) are ‘indexed’ in Publons https://publons.com/wos-op/publisher/3143/omics-publishing-group

None of their journals are indexed in Clarivate’s (or WoS) indexes. Looking at the requirements you mentioned, the journals must be included in the so-called Master journal list which can be searched here https://mjl.clarivate.com/home

Best regards.

Sir, Again some doubts.

In the previous image you shall see */ Thomson Reuters*. Its in 2020.But in 2016 Thomson Reuters is renamed as Clarivate.

Now think on Publons and Web of Science ESCI journals.

Both comes under Clarivate( Thomson Reuters).

So if we interpret the default meaning OR for */*, then Will the articles comes under Publons, Web of Science ESCI be eligible in the requirement category?

See the image. Its under Web of Science ESCI. But not in SCIE and so its not included in UGC Care List.

So if university inform this journal will not be counted, will it be a contradiction to the clause */ Thomson Reuters*

Dear Nishad T M ,

Again, forget Publons… the question remains is the description "Thomson Reuters" including ESCI. I personally think it is not. The ‘rules’ clearly states SCI/SSCI index. Although SCI no longer exists, as of January 3, 2020 SCI no longer exists; it is integrated in SCIE: https://support.clarivate.com/ScientificandAcademicResearch/s/article/Master-Journal-List-Removal-of-SCI?language=en_US See also: https://www.ilovephd.com/no-more-science-citation-index-sci-why/

There are numerous discussions here on RG about ESCI: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_journal_is_better_a_journal_indexed_in_ESCI_or_in_Scopus_or_in_both

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Emerging_Sources_Citation_Index

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_difference_between_Emerging_Sources_Citation_Index_ESCI_and_Science_Citation_Index_Expanded_SCIE

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Does_HEC_Pakistan_accept_Publication_in_ECSIWOS_for_Recruitment_and_Promotion

I guess the requirements description is somewhat outdated (since Thomson Reuters no longer exists), whether it should read Web of Science (WoS) is somewhat unclear. I am afraid that it depends on the individual university how they will interpret it.

Personally, I think journals indexed in ESCI are not included, but again I think you should ask those who interpret the rules to be entirely sure.

Best regards.

Sir,

I am concluding that *Thomson Reuters* is a mistake from university.

In UGC Care, if any ESCI journal becomes SCIE it will be included and will be displayed in search.

So that journal is accepted.

The sentence should be as follows

*UGC Website / SCI/ SCIE/ SSCI/ Scopus/Web of Science*

Now Scopus Indexed comes under Group B of Journals

Web of Science & SCIE also comes under Group B.

There is Group A Journals which are not from Scopus or Web of Science Database but agrees all UGC protocols.

The Researcher must check UGC Website. If its name is there, that will be counted.

Dear Nishad T M ,

I think you are right. According to what is stated on the UGC Care site https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/Apps1/User/Web/About “The UGC-CARE List includes journals from all disciplines indexed in globally accepted databases, such as indexed in Scopus (Source list) or Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Citation Index Source Publication, Science Citation Index Expanded Source Publication, Social Science Citation Index Source Publication). These journals are to be considered for all academic purposes. Journals indexed in Scopus and / or Web of Science are part of UGC-CARE List Group II.”

In other words: Journals indexed in Scopus and/or Clarivate’s Web of Science indexes AHCI, SCIE and SSCI are eligible. So here they define which WoS indexes they mean.

Best regards.

PS. They needed to specify this the way they did because the WoS database (core collection and platform) is much bigger with ESCI, Zoological record etc. https://clarivate.libguides.com/librarianresources/coverage

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