UGC Halts Care Reference List of Journals for ‘Greater Academic Freedom’. What It Means for Academia
Fareeha Iftikhar | 12 February 2025 | The Print
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) Tuesday announced the discontinuation of its Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (UGC-CARE) list of journals, recommending that higher education institutions (HEIs) develop their own mechanisms for evaluating the quality of publications and journals.
Introduced in 2018, the UGC-CARE list aimed to recognise only reputable journals for faculty selections, promotions and research funding, addressing concerns over research quality and predatory journals. The commission had strongly recommended using journals from the list for academic purposes, meaning publications from non-listed journals could not be considered valid for academic evaluation….