UGC Announces Penalty For Publishing Research Paper In De-Recognized Journals

The Indian Higher Education Regulator – University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all universities
and colleges in the country to appoint and promote faculty members based on its new list of approved
journals. The body has de-recognized names of all predatory papers.

The List is called as the UGC-CARE (Consortium for Academic Research and Ethics) list. Around 800
verified and genuine journals have been included in the list after rigorous quality checks.

It has been compiled by a team of experts including scholars and subject experts from various academic
councils. The previous list had over 5,000 journals, and nearly 88% of them were found to be predatory
by the UGC. Consortium for Academic Research and Ethics is a government-appointed body.

The education regulatory body sent a notice to all universities on 16th September’19 asking them to
appoint and promote faculty using the new UGC Journal Publishing list as a reference point.

According to the official press release, The UGC Journal Publishing list is valid from 14th June 2019. The
UGC has asked the universities to follow the new list for appointing and promoting faculty strictly.

For appointments in universities, the academic credentials of faculty members are determined based on
the journal in which their research paper has been published.