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Introduction
Table 2
Journals are a vital source of information for the
scientific research and development. The number Name of the organization No. of Journals
of periodicals at present is estimated to be
~250,000. Of these, ~ 25,000 are scientific, technical MIT, USA 8,000
and medical (STM) journals, ~15,000 are refereed Standford University, USA 12,000
scholarly periodicals and ~12,000 are refereed Griffith University, Australia 6,000
scholarly periodicals which are available online. BLDSC, UK 40,000
Journal titles are growing three folds every 15 years CSIR, India 1,732
and their cost, 2.5 times every 10 years. Obviously,
no single library can afford to procure all journals
taking into consideration the modern IT modes
even in a single discipline.
available, it was felt that there is a tremendous
With the emergence of IT applications, particularly scope for enhancing the information base within
Internet, there has been a major shift from the constraints of existing resources, through the
traditional print journals to electronic journals (e- consortium approach, and the project ‘CSIR e-
journals) in view of many advantages of the latter, Journals Consortium’ was launched.
i.e. fast, easy, ‘anywhere-anytime’ accessibility,
sharability, hyperlink facility to related texts, cost-
effectiveness and obviation of the storage
Objectives and Progress of the Project
problem encountered in the case of print journals.
As a result, the number of e-journals is fast growing The objectives of this network project are:
and at present ~15,000 are available in S&T areas 1. To provide CSIR S&T personnel electronic
alone. access to world S&T literature through
strengthening the facilities for pooling, sharing
Empowerment through Consortium and electronically accessing the CSIR
Approach information resources.

The continuous escalation in price of journals has 2. To nucleate the culture of electronic access
adversely affected the information resource base with a view to catalysing the evolution of digital
of R&D/academic organizations. CSIR labs too libraries.
have witnessed a steep decline in the journals
information base during the past 10-12 years (Table 1). Following formation of the Consortium, CSIR
constituted a negotiation committee, which met
On comparing CSIR journals base with some of the on 9-10 January 2002 at Pune to hold negotiations
other leading institutions of the world (Table 2), and with M/s Elsevier and Springer Kluwer, and on its
recommendations, CSIR entered into agreement
with M/s Elsevier on 10 June 2002.
Table 1
Encouraged by the tremendous success of this
Year Number of Unique Titles initial move (the e- access of 400 unique titles,
Journals
which were being earlier subscribed in print form
Subscribed
only, became 11 times over a span of just two and
a half years), the CSIR e-Journals Consortium team
1993 8,384 5,126
took steps to achieve the set target of about 4500
2000 3,356 2,500 world class e-journals. Over 60 odd publishers were
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and prioritization criteria of publishers were
evolved. The aspects given due consideration
included: need for maximum coverage of journals
to all labs, relevance of the journals covered by
the publishers to the labs, the total number of labs
relevant to such publishers, and economics of
various pricing models offered by the vendors for
consortium access to e-journals.
After a careful scrutiny, 14 most relevant publishers
were identified and prioritized. The Consortium
team organized several meetings of various
negotiation committees, Nodal Officers of the
various CSIR labs, pre-bid meeting with publishers,
etc. After this long exercise, and available
budgetary allocation, CSIR finally entered into
agreement with 11 publishers to access about 3316
international journals across the labs.
Thus, the expansion of information base of CSIR
labs/ Institutions has increased from 20 -200 print
journals to 3316 e-journals for its every user. In
addition, CSIR labs/institute can access 1500 e-
journals from Directory of Open Access Journals
(DOAJ) which are free for every one. This all
provides an opportunity to CSIR users to access
about 5000 e-journals of international repute.
The details of 11 e-journals publishers with whom
CSIR has entered into agreements are given in
Table 3.

Table 3

Sr. Name of No. of No of labs No. of Journals No. of

No Publisher Subscribing for e-access for access subscribed
labs journals

1. Elsevier Science 38 All 1500 399

2. Springer 32 All 800 120

3. American Institute of 8 8 16 17
Physics
4. Blackwell 23 23 355 55

5. American Society of 8 8 30 20
Civil Engineering

6. American Chemical 24 All 41 31

Society

7. John Wiley 28 All 374 84

8. Cambridge University 11 11 74 18
Press
9. Oxford University Press 15 All 69 28

10. American Society of 6 6 20 19

Mechanical Engineering

11. Royal Society of 18 All 37 22

Chemistry
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Access Mechanism - How to Access?

1.

ScienceDirect is the world’s largest electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full
text and bibliographic information. Investing in ScienceDirect in an evolving solution to refer larger
number of STM journals.Since its launch in 1997, ScienceDirect has evolved from a web database of
Elsevier journals to one of the world’s largest providers of scientific, technical and medical (STM)
literature.
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1.1 List of IF based top 20 journals

Sr.N0 Journal IF Sr.N0 Journal IF

1 SURF SCI REP 12.650 11 BIOL PSYCHIAT 6.039

2 PHYS REP 11.980 12 COORDIN CHEM REV 5.951
3 FEMS MICROBIOL REV 10.160 13 MUTAT RES-REV MUTAT 5.783
4 MAT SCI ENG R 10.032 14 NEUROBIOL AGING 5.552
5 CYTOKINE GROWTH F R 9.600 15 NUCL PHYS B 5.297
6 BBA-REV CANCER 8.395 16 J HEPATOL 5.283
7 J AM COLL CARDIOL 7.599 17 CELL SIGNAL 5.185
8 ADV DRUG DELIVER REV 6.588 18 CARDIOVASC RES 5.164
9 BRAIN RES REV 6.504 19 DRUG DISCOV TODAY 4.943
10 PROG OPTICS 6.077 20 PAIN 4.556

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2.
SpringerLink is one of the world’s leading online
information services for scientific, technical, and
medical (STM) journals. SpringerLink is a preferred
data source for researchers in academic and
corporate institutions and other vital knowledge
centers. SpringerLink offers electronic and printed
literature from Springer-Verlag, a preeminent
scientific publisher with a reputation for excellence
spanning more than 150 years. It also offers the work
of a growing roster of publishers, including Urban
and Vogel, Steinkopff, and Birkhäuser.
Since 1996, SpringerLink continues to evolve with the
changing needs of the research community. The
new SpringerLink web site provides enhanced
functionality and unmatched quality of information
that have made SpringerLink a world- class
exploratory tool, with features and benefits that
significantly enhance the research process.
Features
Online Libraries
Interdisciplinary research is a key feature of
SpringerLink. Subscribers have a vast universe of
information at their disposal with 11 online libraries
that enable them to obtain critical data in many
fields.
Online First™
The Online First™ service lets users access peer
reviewed articles well before print publication,
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significantly reducing the time it takes for critical
discoveries to reach the research community.
Reference Linking
Users can expand their research with the reference
linking found within articles in SpringerLink. By clicking
on references within the articles, researchers are
taken to other articles and titles providing them with
expanded information for their research.
SpringerAlert
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that notifies users via e-mail whenever new articles
and journals become electronically available, and
automatically sends the table of contents and direct
links to the abstracts. Sign-up for table of contents
alerts, keyword alerts, and subject area alerts.
Access via Multiple Portals
Access SpringerLink directly or through links provided
by Abstracting and Indexing Services (A & I),
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CrossRef.
Electronic supplementary Materials transcend the
print journal
Many titles in SpringerLink offer electronic
supplementary materials such as color images,
simulations, video and sound, so researchers not only
read about the research in the article, but can see,
and often hear the research as it happens.
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2.1 List of IF based top 20 journals

Sr No Journal IF Sr. No Journal IF

1 ADV POLYM SCI 6.955 11 EUR PHYS J C 3.580

2 REV PHYSIOL BIOCH P 6.333 12 CLIM DYNAM 3.437
3 TOP CURR CHEM 5.784 13 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 3.420
4 DIABETOLOGIA 5.689 14 EUR J NUCL MED MOL I 3.324
5 VLDB J 4.545 15 ECOSYSTEMS 3.239
6 J MOL MED-JMM 4.101 16 CANCER IMMUNOL IMMUN 3.130
7 HUM GENET 4.022 17 OECOLOGIA 3.128
8 J BIOL INORG CHEM 3.905 18 J MOL EVOL 3.114
9 OSTEOPOROSIS INT 3.799 19 PLANTA 3.053
10 ASTRON ASTROPHYS REV 3.600 20 NEUROGENETICS 3.028

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3.
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a society
publisher chartered in New York State in 1931 for
the purpose of promoting the advancement and
diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its
application to human welfare.
It is the mission of the Institute to serve physics,
astronomy, and related fields of science and
technology by serving its Member Societies and
their associates, individual scientists, educators,
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3.1 List of IF based top 17 journals

Sr. No Journal IF Sr No Journal IF

1 PHYS TODAY 5.020 10 REV SCI INSTRUM 1.343

2 APPL PHYS LETT 4.049 11 JETP LETT+ 1.326
3 J PHYS CHEM REF DATA 4.000 12 J EXP THEOR PHYS+ 1.156
4 J CHEM PHYS 2.950 13 PHYS SOLID STATE+ 0.746
5 J APPL PHYS 2.171 14 LOW TEMP PHYS+ 0.700
6 PHYS PLASMAS 2.146 15 SEMICONDUCTORS+ 0.643
7 CHAOS 1.799 16 TECH PHYS+ 0.439
8 PHYS FLUIDS 1.566 17 TECH PHYS LETT+ 0.437
9 J MATH PHYS 1.481

4.
Blackwell Publishing is the world’s leading society
publisher, partnering with more than 600 academic
and professional societies. Blackwell publishes over
750 journals and 600 text and reference books
annually, across a wide range of academic,
medical, and professional subjects. Blackwell’s
mission as an expert publisher is to create long-
term partnerships with our clients that enhance
learning, disseminate research, and improve the
quality of professional practice.
Blackwell Synergy is the online journals service from
Blackwell Publishing. It holds the content for most
of Blackwell’s journals, the majority of which are
published on behalf of international scholarly and
professional societies. Blackwell Synergy helps to
improve the quality of research time by enabling
readers to search for relevant articles, read
abstracts for free, print the full-text of subscribed
to articles, download citations, and make
connections to other relevant research through
reference linking.

Browsing
Accessing the Journals
Abstracts and tables of content for every journal on Blackwell Synergy can be viewed for free by all
users. Registered and Institutional Users can also view any free sample issues or other designated free
content. Access to the full text of articles requires an online subscription, individual article purchase or
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Browsing Journals in Synergy You can also choose to view titles by Subject,
Subscribed Journals, Favorite Journals, Subscribed
Selecting a Title
Journals A-Z or Subscribed Journals by Subject, by
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Selecting an Article provided and then selecting the ‘Go’ button
Viewing Articles in Full alongside. To view favorite or subscribed titles you
Linking References to Databases must either be an institutional user or logged in as
Adding Journals and Articles to your Favourites a registered user (use the login box at the top right
hand corner of the page).
Selecting a Title
To view the list of titles alphabetically, select the
‘Browse’ button from the top of the page.
Blackwell Synergy titles can be listed by subject
group or alphabetically. Screen 3

From the homepage of Blackwell Synergy the

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Once you find a title you are interested in, click

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the subject groups within that discipline.
Click the ‘+’ symbol next to a subject group to see
a list of journals within that subject group. Click on
a journal to see the list of issues for that journal.
on the journal title to see a list of all available issues
by year of publication.
From the List of Issues page you can select a year
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The list of issues page displays a list of years for
which content is available as well as any future
issues where articles have been published but not
yet assigned to an issue (Online Early).
Select any year to see a list of issues that are listed
by month and year with volume, issue and pages
shown. Any issues marked with the following
contain articles that can be accessed in full for
free by registered personal users or users at
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Select an issue to display the table of contents
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Where a journal has future articles available that
have been published but not yet assigned to an
issue, you can select the ‘Online Early’ link to see
a list of articles that will appear in the journal at a
later date.
Selecting an Article
Once you have selected an issue you are
interested in, you will see the Table of Contents
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and links to view the ‘Abstract’, ‘References’, ‘PDF’
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of any article. The abstract is displayed on screen
in HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) with an
option to view the ‘Full Text Article’ or ‘PDF’ at the
end of the abstract.
Select the ‘Full Text Article’ button to access the
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Articles in Synergy are available in full text in HTML
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in PDF (Portable Document Format). Articles
published in HTML format include many features
such as embedded links to abstracts (where
available) of cited papers, links to figures and
tables, keyword and author searches and links to
bibliographic databases including PubMed
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4.1 List of IF based top 20 journals

Sr. .No Journal IF Sr. No Journal IF

1 IMMUNOL REV 7.052 11 J PHYSIOL-LONDON 4.352

2 TRAFFIC 6.207 12 ECOL LETT 4.211
3 PLANT J 5.914 13 J INVEST DERMATOL 4.194
4 AM J TRANSPLANT 5.678 14 GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL 4.152
5 MOL MICROBIOL 5.563 15 EUR J NEUROSCI 3.872
6 CELL MICROBIOL 5.336 16 MOL ECOL 3.870
7 KIDNEY INT 5.302 17 DIFFERENTIATION 3.858
8 MON NOT R ASTRON SOC 4.993 18 ENVIRON MICROBIOL 3.699
9 J NEUROCHEM 4.825 19 BIPOLAR DISORD 3.658
10 GENES CELLS 4.402 20 ACTA CRYSTALLOGR B 3.643

5.
The ASCE Online Research Library is a
comprehensive tool for locating articles of interest
across all disciplines of civil engineering. The
Research Library provides you with unprecedented
access to more than 18,500 full-text papers from
ASCE Journals and Proceedings published since
1995— that’s over 175,000 pages! Approximately
4,000 new papers will be added each year. A
Research Library subscription is not required to use
the search and browse features or to view tables
of contents and abstracts. Downloading full-text
digital papers is available only to Research Library
or online journal subscribers.
Personal subscribers gain access to full-text papers
via a username and password. Download activity
is recorded and tracked in the My Research Library
Card account page, which may be viewed
anytime after establishing a login session. This
account page also serves as a personal archive
(this page is not available to institutional
subscribers).
Institutional subscribers gain access to the
Research Library via their organization’s IP
addresses and may use the archive in a manner
consistent with their institutional online user
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5.1 List of IF based top 20 journals

Sr. No Journal IF Sr. No Journal IF

1 J COMPOS CONSTR 1.234 11 J IRRIG DRAIN E-ASCE 0.413

2 J HYDRAUL ENG-ASCE 0.849 12 J AEROSPACE ENG 0.342
3 J HYDROL ENG 0.793 13 J TRANSP ENG-ASCE 0.336
4 J WATER RES PL-ASCE 0.756 14 J MATER CIVIL ENG 0.248
5 J ENVIRON ENG-ASCE 0.727 15 J CONSTR ENG M ASCE 0.238
6 J ENG MECH-ASCE 0.719 16 J COLD REG ENG 0.214
7 J COMPUT CIVIL ENG 0.682 17 J SURV ENG-ASCE 0.200
8 J GEOTECH GEOENVIRON 0.667 18 J ENERG ENG-ASCE 0.182
9 J WATERW PORT C-ASCE 0.652 19 J URBAN PLAN D-ASCE 0.160
10 J STRUCT ENG-ASCE 0.648 20 J PROF ISS ENG ED PR 0.134

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6.
The Publications Division strives to provide its
members and the worldwide scientific community
a comprehensive collection, in any medium, of
high-quality information products and services that
advance the practice of the chemical and related
sciences. Currently, over 30 peer-reviewed journals
and magazines are published or co-published by
the Publications Division. Approximately 140,000
pages of research material are published annually
both in print and on the Web, along with another
90,000 pages of additional Supporting Information
available on the Web. With the introduction of the
ACS Journal Archives in 2002, we provide searchable
access to 3 million pages of original chemistry dating
back to 1879. Citation information for articles is
available free of charge prior to their hardcopy
publication via our ASAP Alerts service. Table of
Contents Alerts for published issues are also available.
The Publications Division produces two buyer’s
guides, CHEMCYCLOPEDIA and LabGuide, which
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are updated online throughout the year. The
Division is also involved in a number of ACS Books
endeavors including Reagent Chemicals. Online
job and employment services are available to ACS
members through Chemjobs.
ACS Publications is a division of the American
Chemical Society. ACS was founded in 1876 and
is the world’s largest scientific society with more
than 158,000 members. ACS advances knowledge
and research through scholarly publishing,
scientific conferences, information resources for
education and business, and professional
development efforts. The ACS also plays a
leadership role in educating and communicating
with public audiences—citizens, students, public
leaders and others—about the important role that
chemistry plays in identifying new solutions,
improving public health, protecting the
environment, and contributing to the economy.
Membership information is available.
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6.1 List of IF based top 20 journals

Sr. No Journal IF Sr. No Journal IF

1 CHEM REV 21.036 11 BIOCHEMISTRY-US 3.922

2 ACCOUNTS CHEM RES 15.000 12 J PHYS CHEM B 3.679
3 J AM CHEM SOC 6.516 13 MACROMOLECULES 3.621
4 NANO LETT 6.144 14 ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL 3.592
5 J PROTEOME RES 5.611 15 BIOCONJUGATE CHEM 3.547
6 ANAL CHEM 5.250 16 INORG CHEM 3.389
7 J MED CHEM 4.820 17 ORGANOMETALLICS 3.375
8 CHEM MATER 4.374 18 CHEM RES TOXICOL 3.332
9 J COMB CHEM 4.200 19 J ORG CHEM 3.297
10 ORG LETT 4.092 20 LANGMUIR 3.098

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7.
The company was founded in 1807, during the
Jefferson presidency. In the early years, Wiley was
best known for the works of Washington Irving,
Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and other 19th
century American literary giants. By the turn of the
century, Wiley was established as a leading
publisher of scientific and technical information.
Wiley is a global publisher of print and electronic
products, specializing in scientific, technical, and
medical books and journals; professional and
consumer books and subscription services; and
textbooks and other educational materials for
undergraduate and graduate students as well as
lifelong learners. Wiley publishes in a variety of print
and electronic formats.
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The company provides “must-have” content to
targeted communities of interest. Wiley’s deep
reservoir of quality content, constantly replenished,
offers a tremendous source of competitive
advantage. Technology is making this content
more accessible to customers worldwide and is
adding value for them by delivering it in interactive
and/or fully searchable formats.
It features over 1,000 journals, major reference
works, online books, Current Protocols laboratory
manuals, and databases as well as a suite of
professional and management resources. The site
was launched in 1997 and currently caters to over
12 million users in 87 countries
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7.1 List of IF based top 20 journals

Sr NO Journal IF Sr NO Journal IF

1 HEPATOLOGY 9.503 11 BRIT J SURG 3.772

2 PROG INORG CHEM 8.500 12 NMR BIOMED 3.333
3 MED RES REV 7.788 13 MAGNET RESON MED 3.313
4 MASS SPECTROM REV 7.364 14 J COMPUT CHEM 3.186
5 BIOESSAYS 6.491 15 J NEUROBIOL 3.145
6 J PATHOL 4.933 16 HEMATOL ONCOL 3.105
7 REV MED VIROL 4.920 17 DIABETES-METAB RES 3.025
8 LIVER TRANSPLANT 4.242 18 J MASS SPECTROM 2.875
9 CANCER 4.017 19 RAPID COMMUN MASS SP 2.789
10 J GENE MED 3.806 20 BIOPOLYMERS 2.733

8.

Cambridge University Press is the printing and
publishing house of the University of Cambridge. It
is an integral part of the University and has similar
charitable objectives in advancing knowledge,
education, learning, and research. For centuries
the Press has extended the research and teaching
activities of the University by making available
worldwide through its printing and publishing a
remarkable range of academic and educational
books, journals, examination papers and Bibles. For
millions of people around the globe, the
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About Cambridge Journals Online
CJO provides full text for over one hundred and
ninety journals in the sciences, social sciences, and
humanities. This newly upgraded system includes:
• The facility for all users to conduct searches,
view tables of contents, and view abstracts for
all journals on the site
• A procedure by which registered individuals
can receive alerts regarding articles of interest
as well as tables of contents for journals of
interest
• Simultaneous full-text access for all journals
subscribed to by a given institution, regardless
of whether individuals at the institution choose
to register on the site
• A powerful search engine, which provides
fulltext searching throughout the database,
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allows the user to set search parameters, and
offers the advantages of Boolean searching
• Recognition by IP address and/or domain
name for institutional users
• The ability for institutional subscribers to assign
an “Account Administrator” who will directly
manage the institution’s online subscriptions,
including setting and modifying valid IP
addresses and/or domains for that institution
• Context-sensitive help screens that will open
directly to the relevant help page from the
page where the user is experiencing difficulties.
• The option to purchase individual articles online
and obtain instant access to full text
• Reference linking via CrossRef and Medline
where applicable.
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8.1 List of IF based top 20 journals

Sr No Journal IF Sr No Journal IF

1 BEHAV BRAIN SCI 10.625 11 J FLUID MECH 1.811

2 Q REV BIOPHYS 10.529 12 MICROSC MICROANAL 1.648
3 BIOL REV 4.925 13 EPIDEMIOL INFECT 1.509
4 INT J NEUROPSYCHOPH 4.000 14 GEOL MAG 1.488
5 PSYCHOL MED 3.133 15 ANIM CONSERV 1.481
6 GENET RES 2.490 16 ENVIRON CONSERV 1.458
7 J INT NEUROPSYCH SOC 2.304 17 MYCOL RES 1.436
8 DEV MED CHILD NEUROL 1.898 18 ZYGOTE 1.294
9 PARASITOLOGY 1.821 19 ANTARCT SCI 1.265
10 VISUAL NEUROSCI 1.816 20 ORYX 1.253

9.
Online access for most of OUP journals is available
to institutions for an additional charge to a print-
only subscription. Alternatively, online-only access
may be purchased at a discount. Many of our
personal and society subscription rates include
online access for free with a print subscription. More
details on the Prices and Ordering information
pages.
Information on the content and formats available
for each title is available as a printable list of all
Oxford journals.
You can also search across our online collection
or browse by title or subject using the option on
the side bar.
Usage Statistics are available for consortia and
individual organisations using one or more Oxford
Journal online.
If you are not able to view full text of our journals,
and you are a paid up subscriber you might need
to register. If you are already registered but are
experiencing problems accessing the materials
please email our Customer Services department.
To view a journal article in PDF format, users should
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9.1 List of IF based top 20 journals

Sr No Journal IF Sr No Journal IF

1 HUM MOL GENET 8.597 11 INT J EPIDEMIOL 3.289

2 BRAIN 7.967 12 J EXP BOT 3.180
3 BIOINFORMATICS 6.701 13 PLANT CELL PHYSIOL 3.159
4 NUCLEIC ACIDS RES 6.575 14 HUM REPROD 3.125
5 MOL BIOL EVOL 6.050 15 J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH 3.080
6 CARCINOGENESIS 4.663 16 MOL HUM REPROD 3.067
7 RHEUMATOLOGY 3.760 17 TOXICOL SCI 3.067
8 HUM REPROD UPDATE 3.731 18 J PETROL 2.948
9 INT IMMUNOL 3.690 19 CHEM SENSES 2.691
10 ANN ONCOL 3.605 20 NEPHROL DIAL TRANSPL 2.607

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10.
Founded in 1880 as the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, today’s ASME is a 120,000-
member professional organization focused on
technical, educational and research issues of the
engineering and technology community. ASME
conducts one of the world’s largest technical
publishing operations, holds numerous technical
conferences worldwide, and offers hundreds of
professional development courses each year.
ASME sets internationally recognized industrial and
manufacturing codes and standards that
enhance public safety.
The work of the Society is performed by its member-
elected Board of Governors and through its five
Councils, 44 Boards and hundreds of Committees
in 13 regions throughout the world. There are a
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combined 400 sections and student sections serving
ASME’s worldwide membership.
Vision
To be the premier organization for promoting the
art, science and practice of mechanical and
multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences to
our diverse communities throughout the world.
Mission
To promote and enhance the technical
competency and professional well-being of our
members, and through quality programs and
activities in mechanical engineering, better enable
its practitioners to contribute to the well-being of
humankind.
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♦ Select Publishers name at drop box menu on Screen no. 1

♦ Select any Journals name OR current issue on Screen 2
♦ Click at all available vol. on Screen no. 3
♦ Click at any vol. no. on Screen no. 4
♦ Click at PDF or html on Screen no. 5
♦ Simply scroll Screen 6 to browse full text article

10.1 List of IF based top 18 journals

Sr No Journal IF Sr No Journal IF

1 J BIOMECH ENG-T ASME 1.620 10 J MANUF SCI E-T ASME 0.485

2 J HEAT TRANS-T ASME 1.252 11 J VIB ACOUST 0.476
3 J APPL MECH-T ASME 1.081 12 J PRESS VESS-T ASME 0.417
4 J ENG MATER-T ASME 0.843 13 J ENG GAS TURB POWER 0.398
5 J TRIBOL-T ASME 0.670 14 J ELECTRON PACKAGING 0.378
6 J FLUID ENG-T ASME 0.656 15 J MECH DESIGN 0.354
7 J SOL ENERG-T ASME 0.607 16 J ENERG RESOUR-ASME 0.165
8 J TURBOMACH 0.579 17 MECH ENG 0.137
9 J DYN SYST-T ASME 0.485 18 J OFFSHORE MECH ARCT 0.133

11.
Royal Society of Chemistry is one of the premier
learned and professional societies founded in 1841.
Supported by a network of 45000 members, the
RSC is the largest organization in Europe for
advancing the chemical sciences. The RSC plays
a leading role in the chemical sciences,
communicating cutting edge research and its
applications through highly respected journals and
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Its objectives are: Advancement of the science of
chemistry and its applications; Maintenance of
high standards of competence and integrity
among practicing chemists; and Dissemination of
information.
The activities of RSC spread in to the areas of
education; parliamentary affairs; scientific affairs;
conferences; professional & membership affairs;
and publishing.
RSC’s publishing activities covers journals; reviews;
current-awareness serials; databases; books; wall
charts; journal archives; and e-only products and
services.
Currently RSC publishes 23 primary journals (out of
this 1 is e-only journal) and 6 databases. The RSC
is consistently the fastest publisher of peer-
reviewed primary research journals in the chemical
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science. High standard of refereeing and in-house
editorship, high rejection rates and prestigious
editorial boards combine to offer a powerful mix
of topicality, quality of the contents and value.
RSC Journals Archives which is available online,
covers all RSC journals from the very first issue of
the very first RSC journal, published from 1871 till
1996. The Archives contains 2,10,000 articles in 1.2
million pages. Current subscribers to RSC journals
get complimentary access to the back-files from
1997.
The RSC publishes an extensive range of high
quality books dealing with all aspects of chemistry
and allied subjects, with major lists in key areas.
These include analytical chemistry, biological
science, medicine and pharmaceutical chemistry,
polymer science, materials science, and industrial
chemistry.
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Click at current titles on Screen no. 2
Click at Journals name on Screen no. 3
Click at latest issue on Screen no. 4
Select any Article’s full text on Screen no. 5
Click at PDF or html on Screen no. 6
Just scroll down on Screen no. 7 to view full text article

11.1 List of IF based top 20 journals

Sr No Journal IF Sr No Journal IF

1 CHEM SOC REV 9.569 11 NEW J CHEM 2.272

2 NAT PROD REP 7.529 12 ANALYST 2.251
3 LAB CHIP 4.266 13 PHYSCHEMCOMM 2.113
4 CHEM COMMUN 4.031 14 PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS 1.959
5 J ANAL ATOM SPECTROM 3.200 15 J CHEM SOC PERK T 1 1.948
6 FARADAY DISCUSS 3.140 16 J CHEM SOC PERK T 2 1.863
7 DALTON T 2.908 17 PHOTOCH PHOTOBIO SCI 1.359
8 GREEN CHEM 2.820 18 J ENVIRON MONITOR 1.186
9 CRYSTENGCOMM 2.730 19 CHEM BRIT 0.332
10 J MATER CHEM 2.659 20 ORG BIOMOL CHEM

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Web based E-Journals Monitoring System

The CSIR E-Journal Consortium division, NISCAIR has
developed web based monitoring system to act
as an interface between the users (CSIR Labs) and
e-journals publishers. The system has three different
inter faces i.e. CSIR labs, Publishers and
Administrator of the consortium. It can be accessed
at http://202.54.99.7/ejournal/ejournalhome1.htm
The system executes various tasks such as
complaint registration, response to complaints and
monitoring of both complaint and response. The
system generates various reports also. The software
will perform the following task :
I. Registration of complaints by CSIR Labs.
II. Viewing the details of complaints and
responses by the administrator of E – Journals
Consortium.
III. Responses by publishers for the complaints
received.
IV. Reminders to publishers by administrator.
As per functional requirements of users, the whole
software system is divided into three parts:
A. ADMINISTRATOR
B. USER (LABS)
C. PUBLISHER
A. ADMINISTRATOR
Performs the following functions:
1 Complaint status: Status of complaints
registered by a particular lab or registered for
a particular publisher, can be seen.
2 Send Reminder: Reminders to publishers for
complaints which are pending.
3 Send Mail: E-mail to lab or publisher
4 Reports: Generate various reports according
to need.
A.1 User Screens

V. Contacting CSIR lab and Publishers by a. Administrator on start of the system will see
Administrator. the following screen:
VI. Contacting Administrator by CSIR(s) Labs and b. Click on the red color button of “Administra-
Publishers. tor” to enter into login page. Enter login name
and password to enter in the system as au-
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c. After entering the correct login name and password the administrator will
see the following screen:

Visible Links are:

c.1. Complaint Status

c.2. Reminder
c.3. Send mail
c.4. Reports
c.5. Log Out

C.1. Complaint Status: This module is to view status of complaints.

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a) Administrator may view details of a complaint by entering the complaint ID.

Or
b) Administrator will select the other options.
c) After selecting this option administrator will select the name of the lab or
publisher and dates.

d) After completing above steps, complaints will be shown as a table. To view the details of a
complaint, click the respective complaint ID.

C.2. Reminder
When the administrator will click this button, pending complaints will be shown on screen.
Administrator may select complaint(s) and then will click the “Send reminder” button.

Reminder will be sent to respective publishers by E- mail.

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C.3. Send Mail:

This module is to send e-mail to a lab or to a publisher.

STEP I : Administrator will have to select one of the options: To Lab or To Publisher.
STEP II : And select the respective name from the list
STEP III : Then enter the subject and message and click the “Send Mail” button.

C.4. Reports : This Module is to view and print the various reports according to need.

The administrator may select one of the following report option and click the “Report”: button.
a) Daily Report
b) Report of a Day
c) Report of complaint(s) from a lab
d) Report of complaint for a publisher

a) Daily Report:
This will show the total registered complaint and total response on a day. It shows the report of
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b) Report of a Day:
C.4. Reports:
This prompts the administrator to enter the date for which administrator wants to view the report.
This Module is to view and print the various reports according to need.

Select the date and click the “Report” button, and it will show the registered complaints and
responses on that day.

c) Report of complaints from a lab:

This report is to view complaints registered by a lab between specified dates.

Select the lab name and enter the beginning and ending dates and then click the “Report” but-
ton. It will show all the complaints registered between the specified dates. It will also show the
number of responded and not responded complaints.

d) Report of complaints for a publisher:

This report is same as the above mentioned report. The difference is only that it is to view the
complaint registered for a publisher between the specified dates.

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C.5. Logout : This function facilitates to safele comly out of the Administrator interface.

B. USER (LABS)
This is to facilitate the lab(s) to register complaint and view the status of that complaint. It performs the
following tasks:

1. Register Complaint: The lab can register complaint against a journal and publisher while get problem
in access.
2. Send Feedback: The lab can send feedback after receiving the response of a complaint.
3. View Complaint Status: Allows lab to view the status of complaints that are registered by that lab.
4. Contact Administrator: This function facilitates to send e-mail to administrator of E – Journal
consortium.

B.1. User Screens:

a. When the user from a lab will start the system he/she will see the following screen:

b. If the user of lab is accessing the system within his/her lab, the main page of lab area will appear
on the screen. Otherwise the system will prompt to enter login name and password to authenticate
the user and after entering the correct login name and password user will see the following screen,
with following visible links.

The visible links are:

b.1. Register Complaint
b.2. Feedback
b.3. Complaint Status
b.4. Contact Administrator
b.5. Logout
b.6 Change Password

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b.1. Register Complaints:

The module is to register the complaints for the poor access of any journal. This prompts the user to enter the
‘journal name’, ‘provider (publisher)’, ‘complaint type’ and ‘detail of complaint’.

First, user will enter the required detail and then click the “Submit” button. It will send the
complaint to the concerned publisher as e-mail and also generate a complaint id that should
be remembered for further view follow up the status of that complaint.

b.2. Feedback:
The module is to send feedback by user for received response against any complaint.

First user has to enter complaint id and click the “Enter” button or select “View By Dates” option
and click the “Enter” button. It will prompt to enter the dates, and will show the complaints registered
between those dates. Select a complaint, for which response is received to enter the feedback.

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Click the “submit” button. It will send this feedback to concerned publisher by e-mail.

b.3. Complaints Status:

The module is to view complaints registered by the lab(s).

I. Enter the complaint ID and click the “Enter” button. Or

II. Select “View by Dates” option and click the “Enter” button. It will prompt you to enter the dates to
show you the list of complaints registered by that lab between given dates. Select a complaint id
to view its full details.

b.4. Contact Administrator:

The module is to send e-mail to administrator. Enter the subject and message for email and click
“Enter” button to send it to administrator.

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b.5. Logout : This function facilitates to safely come out of the User interface.

b.6. Change Password:

The module is to change the password to enter in the system as authenticated user.

Enter the old password and new password and click “Enter” button and it will change old password
to new password.

C. PUBLISHER
It facilitate publishers to send response and to view the status of complaints for them. It performs following
tasks:

1. Send Response: This is for publisher to send response for a complaint registered against them.

2. View Complaint Status: This is for publisher to view complaints received between specified dates.

3. Contact Administrator: This is for publisher to send e-mail to administrator of E – Journal Consortium.

C.1. User Screens:

Web screens with following details are visible to publisher.
a. When publisher will start the system they will see the following screen:
b. If the user of lab is accessing the system within his/her lab, the main page of lab area will appear
on the screen. Otherwise the system will prompt to enter login name and password to authenticate
the user and after entering the correct login name and password user will see the following screen,
with following visible links.

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Visible Links are:

b.1. Send Response

b.2. Complaint Status
b.3. Contact Administrator
b.4. Change Password
b.5 Logout

b.1. Send Response:

The module is to send response to lab for its complaint. Enter the complaint id or view the complaints
between the given dates and select a complaint to send response of the complaint.

Enter the response and click the “Send” button e-mail of response with a copy to administrator will go.

b.2. Complaint Status:

The module is to view complaints registered against publisher. The process is same as described in
“Complaint Status” module in CSIR’s Lab Area.

b.3. Contact Administrator:

The module is to send e-mail to administrator of E-Journal Consortium. The process is same as
described “Contact Administrator” module in CSIR’s Lab Area

b.4. Change Password:

The module is same as described in “Change Password” module in CSIR’s Lab Area.

b.5. Logout : This function facilitates to safely come out of the User interface.

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Roles & Responsibilities

The project is to be executed over the period of - Inform NISCAIR (implementing agency)
X Five Year Plan, i.e. up to 31st march 2007. To about the subscriptions and also about
run it, three pronged management approaches cancellations/changes in subscription if
have been envisaged, i.e. , any.

- E-journals publisher’s roles and responsibility - The usage complaints will be lodged
directly with the publisher of E-journals and
a copy will be sent to NISCAIR
- CSIR labs roles and responsibilities (implementing agency).

- Implementing agency i.e., NISCAIR roles

and responsibility 1.3 NISCAIR as an implementing agency,
roles and responsibilities

1.1 Publishers of E-journals - Role and - Collect the link-up fee from CSIR and
Responsibilities release payment as per the contract terms
and conditions to vendor(s), Publishers.

- To provide E-journals access as per terms

and conditions enshrined in agreement. - Certification of bills.
- To provide training to users of CSIR labs.
- Co-ordinate training to staff of participating
labs for E-journals access.
- To maintain and provide usage statistics,
journal-wise and user-wise (labwise) to
NISCAIR. - Analysis of usage data and appropriate
reports generation.
- Publishers will supply the passwords to the
laboratories and inform NISCAIR accordingly. - The analysis and report will be used for
strategic planning.
1.2 CSIR Labs roles and responsibilities
- NISCAIR will undertake various studies
related to E-journals for planning,
- Publishers of E-journals need assurance that monitoring, etc.
journal print subscription is maintained at
the level of negotiation time.

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Publishers’/Representatives’/Agents’ Contact Address

Sr. No. Publisher Address of Publishing Company(ies) Agent for other publishers
representing

1. Elsevier Science M/s Elsevier Science Mr Perdeep Kumar

Elsevier India (Science & Technology) Sales Director
17-A/1, Main Ring Road,
Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi 110 024
Ph: 2644 7160-64 Extn. 203, Mob: 9899594333
Fax: 2644 7156; E-mail: p.kumar@elsevier.com

2. Springer M/s Springer (I) Pvt. Ltd Ms Neeti Verma

906-907, Akash Deep Building, Licencing Manager
Barakhamba Road, New Delhi 110 001 Mob: 09871100606
Ph: 2335 8590, Mob: 98100 55733 E-mail: Neeti.verma@indiatimes.com
Fax: 2335 8716
E-mail: Sangiv.goswami@springer.co.in Ms Kakali Mudgal
Neeti.verma@springer.co.in E-mail: Kakali.mudgal@springer.co.in

3. American Chemical Sci-Edge Information Mr Makrand Waikar

Society 9079/97, Masters Executive Center, Sneh Leela, ACS Pub/Chemical Abstracts
3rd fl, Apte Road, Deccan Gymkhana, Service Representative
Pune (Maharashtra) 411004
Ph: 91 20 2545 3620, 2553 Jyoti Singh
Fax: 91 20 2542 1381 Deputy General Manager
E-mail: mwaikar@sciedgeinfo.com E-mail: jyotis@sciedgeinfo.com
Info@sciedgeinfo.com

4. Blackwell M/s Informatics (India) Limited Mr Sanjay Grover

Karuna Complex, 337 Sampige Road, Vice President – Marketing & Sales
PB 360, Malleswaram, Bangalore 560003
5. John Wiley Ph: 080-23367867, 23365940 Mr Rakesh Mailk
Mob: 98455 16020 Regional Sales Manager
6. Royal Society of Fax: 080-23344598 Mob: 9891095323
Chemistry E-mail: sanjay@informindia.co.in E-mail: rakesh@informindia.co.in
Sanjay.vpsales@gmail.com infodel@vsnl.in

7. Cambridge M/s Cambridge University Press Mr Manish Amte

University Press
4764/2A, 23 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, Marketing Manager
New Delhi 110 002. Mob: 9811366857, 9313104962
Ph: 23277332, 23285851, 23285852 E-mail: mamte@cupind.com
Fax: 23288534
E-mail: cupdel@cupind.com Mr Sunil Mohan
Smohan@cupind.com Sales & Marketing Manager

8. American Institute of M/s Global Information Systems Ms Sarika/Mr Ashok Chawla

Physics Technology Pvt. Ltd (GIST) Managing Directors
9. American Society of 877, Udyog Vihar, Phase V, Mob: 9313333836
Civil Engineering Gurgaon 122 001
10. Oxford University Ph: 0124 –5001410 –13; Fax: 124-505 2913 Mr Saurabh Sharma
Press E-mail: sarika@gistglobal.com Representative
11. American Society of achawla@gistglobal.com Mob: 9350640048
Mechanical Engineering saurabh.sharma@gistglobal.com E-mail: saurabh_gemini@yahoo.com

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