Open Access Journal Publishing in the Agricultural Sciences

Open Access Journal Publishing in the Agricultural Sciences

Thomas Abraham1, Nagaraj Vaidya2, Vimal Kumar3, Sridhar Gutam4 and Aneeja Guttikonda5

1Open Knowledge Society, India2Tech Mahindra Ltd., 9/7 Hosur Road, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India3Asian School of Business, Technopark, Trivandrum 695581, Kerala, India

4Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Boriavi, Anand 387310, Gujarat, India 5National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500407, India

[email protected]

Last modified: 2009-06-29

ABSTRACT

A survey was conducted on scholarly research communication and the prospects of Open Access

(OA) to the scholarly research dissemination in India by Open Knowledge Society (OKS). The

India's National Agricultural Research System (NARS) has been choosen as a case study for

exploring the possibility of OA in publishing agricultural research. With over 90 Indian Council

of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes and 42 agricultural universities, established by

respective states at State level across the country, the Indian NARS, is one of the largest NARS

of the world. The ICAR is the apex organization of Indian NARS coordinating the agricultural

research and education of the country. The agriculture research output mainly comes from

publicly funded projects, and many of the research centers and universities publish research

journals (peer-reviewed) and magazines even in local languages apart from English. Beside,

there are many professional societies in agriculture and related sciences publishing peer reviewed

journals. However, majority of these journals are traditional print journals and thus are less

visible to the outside world. In the country, the researchers cannot have the access to the

published literature without the subscription to those journals and many of the libraries do not

subscribe all the journals. From India, only four journals in the area of agriculture and animal

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sciences found in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Hence, it is felt that there is a

tremendous potential for the research output to be made available to World with the OKS

intervention and with the help of Open Journal System (OJS) software. OKS would like to bring

this point forward and hope it can bring some change and create awareness about OA publishing

in Agricultural research in India. The survey revealed that there are more than 100 journals

which are being published in India on agricultural research by the universities, research centers

and professional societies. However these publishers are not aware of the goodness of online

open access publications. There is a need for creating awareness among the authors and

publishers to embrace the latest Internet technologies for publication of research journals by

persuasion campaigns. OKS is keen to promote Open Access Publishing (OAP) using OJS by

helping institutions to setup their journals and also build an indexing system for Indian

agricultural journals. The result would definitely help Indian researchers and the end user farmer

community and also help other developing countries to improve their knowledge.

INTRODUCTION

India has proud age old tradition of agriculture providing livelihood to 110 million of the work

force and accounting for 1/6th of the total value of the county’s exports and contributing now

18.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Despite a steady decline in its share of the GDP, it

remains the largest economic sector in the country. The food grain production increased from 51

million tonnes in 1950–51 to 217 million tonnes in 2006–07. This was achieved through a

favorable interplay of infrastructure, technology, extension, and policy support backed by strong

political will. The latest report by Planning Commission of India projected that food (cereal)

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demand could be 221.11 million tons per annum by 2020. Hence, with availability of fixed land

and water, growth in agriculture and food production has to be achieved only by increasing

productivity per unit of these scarce natural resources by using effective improved technologies.

The National Agricultural Research System (NARS) of India comprises of ICAR System at

National level and State Agricultural University system (SAU) at State level is focusing on this

issue and to increase the yield potential of individual crops by enabling more intensive use of

inputs. The public funded research system is responsible for rainbow revolutions in India

ultimately bringing considerable change in the livelihoods of farmers establishing the fact that

technological progress in agriculture is crucial for the overall economic welfare of the country.

The Scholarly Journals play the major role in dissemination of quality scholarly knowledge

generated from the research projects funded by the public money.

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM

The National Agricultural Research System (NARS) of India consists of five National Institutes;

five National Bureaux; 48 ICAR Research Institutes; 138 Substations of ICAR Institutes 12

Project Directorates in crop sciences and animal sciences; 30 National Research Centres; 77 All

India Coordinated Research Projects, 41 State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), one Central

Agricultural University and 4 Central Universities having faculty of agriculture (ICAR at a

Glance - July 2008). Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an apex national

organization under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) for

conducting and coordinating research and education in agriculture including animal husbandry

and fisheries. NARS of India is one of the largest national agricultural research systems in the

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world. ICAR receives funds from the Government of India and channels funds to various ICAR

institutes, State Agricultural Universities. In the NARS network, ICAR includes about 30,000

personnel out of which nearly 7000 are engaged in active research and its management and the

SAUs employ about 26,000 scientists for teaching, research and extension education; of these

over 6000 scientists are employed in the ICAR supported coordinated projects. In total about

13000 scientific staff is working in NARS. Most of their research projects are publicly funded

with a mission for sustainable growth of Indian agriculture by interfacing education, research and

extension initiatives. This research complimented with efficient and effective institutional,

infrastructure and policy support that is creating a proper fit between the humanity and its

habitat.

AGRICULTURE RESEARCH INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN NARS

Agriculture in India is a state subject. The SAUs are playing a pivotal role in growth of

Agricultural Research and Education under NARS in the country. Currently, there are 42 State

Agricultural Universities in India. These SAUs are responsible for agricultural research,

education, training and transfer of technology in the State. These universities are carring out

research programmes to tackle location-specific problems of different agro-climatic zones along

with identified thrust areas. The research programmes and activities are critically reviewed to

constantly improve and generate technologies for increasing production in agriculture, animal

husbandry, home science and allied sectors. In order to disseminate the research outcome, SAUs

publish technical bulletins for the farmers and extensions workers. Apart from this, few SAUs

also publish peer reviewed journals mainly for the scholars and scientific staff of that university.

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The ICAR institutes and SAUs constitute a major producer of refereed research output in

all agriculture and allied disciplines in NARS and the agricultural scholarly research is

disseminated to students and researchers by peer reviewed journals published by the Directorate

of Information and Publications of Agriculture (DIPA) of ICAR, Publication Divisions of SAUs

and most importantly the Scientific Societies formed for the agricultural scholarship in ICAR

and SAUs. To some extent, there are other journals with commercial interests which also

contribute for the agricultural research dissemination. But all of these journals are the traditional

print based journals and they are available for the subscribers as private circulation and for the

libraries of SAUs. It is very interesting to note that Indian Agricultural Research Institute

(IARI), one of the oldest and historical institute involved in agricultural research and education

based at New Delhi, is the birth place and a host of many professional societies in agriculture and

allied disciplines. Now few of them are housed at National Agricultural Science Complex, New

Delhi. More than 100 professional scientific societies are in NARS system and all of them are

publishing peer reviewed scholarly journals agriculture and allied disciplines (Table 1 & 2) with

some financial assistance from ICAR. If we look at these societies, we find that about 50% them

have websites and only 20-30% of them make their journal's full-text content available online.

However, unfortunately all of them are of Toll Access (TA). Very few of these societies are

providing information about the forthcoming/current issue's table of contents on their websites.

NEED FOR ONLINE AND OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE

The research articles carrying nascent knowledge are expected to generate new cycles of

knowledge. However, because of traditional process of publishing system (paper-based &

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subscription) of print-only journals is preventing the global access to knowledge pool generated

by researchers. It is very unfortunate to note that, the Journal of Indian Society of Agricultural

Statistics which is being published by Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics (ISAS) housed at

Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), the premier institute of statistics and

computers in the field of agriculture has no dedicated website and no online version of its peer-

reviewed journal. This lack of adequate information exchange between researchers in

agricultural sciences is limiting the research system to properly address the issues of agricultural

research and food security in India. The peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers,

technical reports, thesis and working papers can be made freely available online for research,

teaching and other purposes without any licensing restrictions to readers by the two methods viz.,

Open Access Journals and Open Archives. Though, the efforts towards making scholarly

journals available through open access have already been started in medical/health sciences, it

has not gained any momentum in the agricultural sciences. There is less awareness about open

access among the Indian agricultural research community.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), when searched with key word 'India', it

resulted in 129 Journals from which only four had figured when looked for agricultural and

allied disciplines (Table 3). Secondly, Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) when

searched, it resulted in 40 repositories. This is an encouraging that the number of Indian journals

and institutions moving towards open access is increasing but in agricultural sciences, they are

small in number. Hence, there is a great deal of need to create awareness of OA concepts and its

impact on the visibility of scholarly information. Over the last five years there is significant

amount of OA advocacy and awareness by way of workshops, seminars conferences, etc in the

western world which needs to be geared up in India too for speedy benefits from OA. In India these

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efforts were sporadic and were by very few professional societies, trusts and institutions. Therefore,

these efforts have to be consolidated and other scholarly societies should also be involved.

The professional bodies in India, the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and

Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore have adopted open access policy and made all their peer-

reviewed journals and other publications open access. Though this kind of initiative has not taken up

by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), some efforts were made for the

improvement in quality of journals. Since, many of the Indian journals were lacking international

impact factor rating, NAAS has done an exercise to identify journals of standing and relevance to

agricultural sciences and are assessed for a maximum of 10 marks and its relative weight-age is

indicated by assigning appropriate marks against each journal 10 point scale by its Journal Rating

Committee. In the rating of journals, the important factor 'citation of individual articles' (citation

index) was not taken into consideration, since there were no electronic journals in agricultural and

allied sciences. Now various portals with commercial intrests have come into bussiness of

agricultural journals viz., <http://IndianJournals.in>, <http://www.indianperiodical.in/>,

<http://www.connectjournals.com/> and <http://indianajournals.com/>. However no efforts were

made by professional societies and institutes to make their journals online and open access.

The research community in agriculture have to gain access to the international peer-reviewed

research communications with credit assistance from the World Bank, under the Consortium for e-

Resources in Agriculture (CeRA) of National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) for the project

duration of five years (2007-08 to 2011-12). Under the NAIP's Component 1, the activity of creation

of open access publications in selected ICAR institutes and SAUs is proposed and the projects, “E-

Publishing & Knowledge System in Agricultural Research” (EPKSAR) is being taken up by the

DIPA for the development of online electronic publishing and hosting of ICAR publications

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http://indianajournals.com/

http://www.connectjournals.com/

http://www.indianperiodical.in/

http://IndianJournals.in/

integrated with e-Commerce through DIPA Portal, and “KrishiPrabha - Indian Agricultural

Dissertations Repository” by CCS Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar are in

progress. However, the efforts to establish agricultural and allied discipline Institutional Repositories

(Irs) in various institutes and universities, wherein the authors deposit their pre-print or post-print

articles published has not been taken place. Visualizing these activities, we may say that efforts are

being made for online access of scholarship but not for making them open access.

For all these developments in the scholarly publishing in agricultural sciences, we can assign

the following points:

1. Fear of revenue loss from print subscriptions if journal becomes OA even it increases

readership and circulation of knowledge.

2. Lack of IT infrastructure facilities like hardware and connectivity of high bandwidth or

the funds to develop it for using far more efficient online means of managing and

publishing journals.

3. Lack of awareness with regard to copyright issues and and the lack of management and

clerical & legal support.

4. Lack of expertise in every organization to promote and creation of institutional archives

and encourage scientists to deposit their papers.

5. Researchers are not aware of the fact that the editors of renowned journals accepts the

archived pre-print papers and also permit the authors to archive and post-prints.

Lawrence (2000) stated “Providing OA to publicly-funded research accelerates research,

gives taxpayers (both lay readers and professional researchers) access to the research they

funded, and increases the return on their investment in research and the citations for the open

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access scholarly literature is higher than the subscription based scholarly literature”. Recently,

for the revitalization of knowledge generation and application in agriculture, National

Knowledge Commission of India (NKC) had recommended that: (1). The lab/project file must be

made mandatory in SAUs and ICAR institutes and computerized on a priority basis, preferably

by 2009-2010 so that, a research database is created within the organization and at the national

level; (2). The ICAR and SAUs should promote and recognize quality and relevant scientific

output by promoting research publication; (3). Create a web-enabled Knowledge Bank on all

aspects of agriculture.

By considering Lawrence statement on OA and the recommendations of NKC, creation

of Open Access Journals and Open Archives/Repositories are the prerequisites for the creation

of web-enabled Agricultural Knowledge Bank with all the data and information on the

agricultural research and made freely available for the various stakeholders. Centralized Data

Centre at the ICAR headquarters, is in the process of establishment under NAIP which may be

followed by the establishment of Agricultural Knowledge Bank. However, the need of the hour

is the make the all the scholarly research data and articles freely available for the researchers for

the country and their counterparts around the world for the development of various location

specific technologies. It makes no sense to limit and control access now we have technologies to

give information to everyone (Peter Eckersley, 2009).

OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEMS

The Open Journal System (OJS) can be effectively utilized for hosting of the online and open

journals in agricultural and allied disciplines. The OJS is a journal management and publishing

software system developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to

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expand and improve access to research. Available as open source, OJS assists with every stage of the

refereed publishing process, from submissions to online publication and indexing. Through its

management systems and its finely grained indexing of research, OJS seeks to improve the scholarly

quality of refereed research. Since, there is already free and open source software Open Journal

System (OJS) under GPL license, the reason for development of software as EPKSAR is not known.

OJS is easy to install, platform independent, have excellent and comprehensive documentation,

well-implemented plug-in support, well-thought-out work-flow and administrative roles (Cyzyk

and Choudhury, 2008). OJS could be effectively used for the journals in agriculture and allied

disciplines. The list of journals in agriculture using OJS are shown in Table 4.

CONCLUSION

Although now there are more than 100 Indian journals on OA are available, there are only few

journals in agriculture and allied disciplines. There is an urgent need to make the print journals in

agriculture online and open access. Apart from this, there is a need to have a harvesting system

for Indian Agricultural Journals which can be easily accessed by users in India and other parts of

the world, there by increasing impact and visibility of Indian research. For this, the authors

(agricultural scientists) need to be educated and sensitized about the benefits of open access.

Additionally, the policy makers, professional societies and bodies in agriculture and allied

disciplines are also be made to realize, understand, appreciate the need of OA and implement the

same recognizing the urgency of Open Knowledge Agriculture System in India by which the

possibility of access to technologies, refinement and adoption to bring into the reality of food and

livelihood security could be achieved. The Indian agricultural research information system, with

online and open access may bring a significant increase in visibility of agricultural research in

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India and enable Indian agriculture to reap higher production with increased productivity and

showcase it globally as a competitive player.

A national-level mechanism is essential to promote and coordinate open-access

publishing systems and to improve awareness for open access is needed. Training is to be

provided to all the editorial board members of the various journals on the usage of tools,

processes, and implementation of standards. There should be a link with working groups

internationally for open-access publishing in developed and developing countries. Now, Council

of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) nationally and Consultative Group on International

Agricultural Research (CGIAR) internationally, has adopted Open Access Policy and this could

lead the way in adopting Open Access Policy in ICAR and setting up of a working model for

Open Journals in Agriculture. For this, NAAS, DIPA and other Scientific Societies should work

for the open access movement thereby making scholarly literature freely available online and

searchable by the public.

Open Knowledge Society is committed for the all types of support for making Open

Access Journals in Agriculture and also OKS is preparing project proposals for seeking funding

for the sustainability of Open Journals in India. The OKS shall be working with the scholar

communities in agriculture and along with Science Commons, Creative Commons Licensing, in

making the agricultural scientific research “re-useful” and also make it “one-click” access by

using OJS platform. This Open Access approach lowers the cost of publication and

simultaneously increases the accessibility along with the long term preservation of agriculture

scholarly works in India.

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Table 1. List of Journals and Publishers in NARS

SL. NO. JOURNAL ISSN PUBLISHER ONLINE OPEN

ACCESS

TOLL

ACCESS

1. AGRICULTURAL

ECONOMICS

RESEARCH REVIEW

0971-

3441

AGRICULTURAL

ECONOMICS

RESEARCH

ASSOCIATION

YES NO YES

2. AGRICULTURAL

ENGINEERING TODAY

0970-

2962

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRICULTURAL

ENGINEERS

YES NO YES

3. AGRONOMY DIGEST 0972-

6381

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRONOMY

FULL

TEXT

ARCHIV

ES

YES

4. AGROPEDOLOGY 0971-

1570

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

SURVEY & LAND USE

PLANNING

NO NA NA

5. ANIMAL NUTRITION

AND FEED

TECHNOLOGY

0972-

2963

ANIMAL NUTRITION

ASSOCIATION

FULL

TEXT

NO YES

6. ANNALS OF

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH

0970-

3179

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRICULTURAL

SCIENCES

NA NA NA

7. ANNALS OF ARID

ZONE

0570-

1791

ARID ZONE RESEARCH

ASSOCIATION OF

INDIA

NO NA NA

8. ANNALS OF PLANT

PHYSIOLOGY

0970-

9924

FORUM OF PLANT

PHYSIOLOGISTS

NO NA NA

9. ANNALS OF PLANT

PROTECTION

SCIENCES

0971-

3573

SOCIETY OF PLANT

PROTECTION SCIENCES

FULL

TEXT

NO YES

10. CLAY RESEARCH 0255-

7193

THE CLAY MINERALS

SOCIETY OF INDIA

FULL

TEXT

NO YES

11. CROP IMPROVEMENT 0256-

0933

CROP IMPROVEMENT

SOCIETY OF INDIA

NO NA NA

12. CROP PROTECTION

AND PRODUCTION

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

ASSOCIATION

NO NA NA

13. CURRENT

AGRICULTURE

0254-

1092

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

SALINITY RESEARCH

SCIENTISTS

NO NA NA

14. CURRENT RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF AGRIL.

SCIENCES,

BANGALORE

NO NA NA

15. ENTOMON 0377-

9335

ASSOCIATION FOR

ADVANCEMENT OF

ENTOMOLOGY

NO NA NA

13


ACCESS

TOLL

ACCESS

16. FORAGE RESEARCH 0972-

7183

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

FORAGE RESEARCH

NO NA NA

17. GUJARAT

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY JOURNAL

0250-

5193

ANAND

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY

NO NA NA

18. HARYANA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY JOURNAL

OF RESEARCH

0379-

4008

CSSHAU NO NA NA

19. HARYANA JOURNAL

OF AGRONOMY

0970-

5414

HARYANA

AGRONOMISTS

ASSOCIATION

NO NA NA

20. HARYANA JOURNAL

OF HORTICULTURAL

SCIENCES

0970-

2876

HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY OF HARYANA

NO NA NA

21. HARYANA

VETERINARIAN

0033-

4359

CSSHAU NO NA NA

22. HIMACHAL JOURNAL

OF AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH

0970-

0595

CSKHPKV NO NA NA

23. INDIAN

AGRICULTURIST

0019-

4336

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA

NO NA NA

24. INDIAN JOURNAL OF

AGRICULTURAL

BIOCHEMISTRY

0970-

6399

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRICULTURAL

BIOCHEMISTS

NO NA NA


AGRICULTURAL

CHEMISTRY

0367-

8229

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRICULTURAL

CHEMISTS

NO NA NA


AGRICULTURAL

ECONOMICS

0019-

5014

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRICULTURAL

ECONOMICS

NO NA NA


AGRICULTURAL

SCIENCES

0019-

5022

INDIAN COUNCIL OF

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH

NO NA NA


AGROFORESTRY

0972-

0715

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGROFORESTY

NO NA NA


AGRONOMY

0537-

197X

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRONOMY

ARCHIVE

S

YES CURREN

T


ANIMAL HEALTH

0019-

5057

WEST BENGAL

VETERINARY

ASSOCIATION

NO NA NA

31. INDIAN JOURNAL OF 0970- ANIMAL NUTRITION TOC NO NA

14


ACCESS

TOLL

ACCESS

ANIMAL NUTRITION 3209 SOCIETY INDIA


ANIMAL SCIENCES

0367-

8318

INDIAN COUNCIL OF

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH

NO NA NA


APPLIED

ENTOMOLOGY

0970–

9509

ENTOMOLOGICAL

RESEARCH

ASSOCIATION

NO NA NA


COMPARATIVE

MICROBIOLOGY,

IMMUNOLOGY AND

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

0970-

9320

INDIAN ASSOCIATION

OF VETERINARY

MICROBIOLOGISTS,

IMMUNOLOGISTS AND

SPECIALISTS IN

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

NO NA NA


DAIRY AND

BIOSCIENCES

0971-

5436

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION,

NATIONAL DAIRY

RESEARCH INSTITUTE

NO NA NA


DAIRY SCIENCE

0019-

5146

THE INDIAN DAIRY

ASSOCIATION

NO NA NA


DRYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT

0971-

2062

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

DRYLAND

AGRICULTURE

NO NA NA


ENTOMOLOGY

0367-

8288

ENTOMOLOGICAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


EXTENSION

EDUCATION

0537-

196X

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

EXTENSION

EDUCATION

NO NA NA


FISHERIES

0970-

6011

CENTRAL MARINE

FISHERIES RESEARCH

INSTITUTE

TOC NA NA


GENETICS AND PLANT

BREEDING

0019-

5200

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

GENETICS & PLANT

BREEDING

NO NA NA


HILL FARMING

0970-

6429

INDIAN ASSOCIATION

OF HILL FARMING

NO NA NA


HORTICULTURE

0972-

8538

HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


NEMATOLOGY

0303-

6960

NEMATOLOGICAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


PLANT GENETIC

RESOURCES

0971-

8184

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

PLANT GENETIC

RESOURCES

NO NA NA

15


ACCESS

TOLL

ACCESS


PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

0019-

5502

INDIAN SOCIETY FOR

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


PLANT PROTECTION

0253-

4355

PLANT PROTECTION

ASSOCIATION OF

INDIA

NO NA NA


POULTRY SCIENCE

0019-

5529

INDIAN POULTRY

SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


PULSES RESEARCH

(JOURNAL OF FOOD

LEGUMES)

0970-

6380

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

PULSES RESEARCH &

DEVELOPMENT

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


SMALL RUMINANTS

0971-

9857

INDIAN SOCIETY FOR

SHEEP AND GOAT

PRODUCTION AND

UTILIZATION

FULL

TEXT

ABSTRA

CTS

YES


SOIL CONSERVATION

0970-

3349

INDIAN ASSOCIATION

OF SOIL AND WATER

CONSERVATION

NO NA NA


SUGARCANE

TECHNOLOGY

0970-

3233

ASSOCIATION OF

SUGAR

TECHNOLOGISTS OF

INDIA

NO NA NA


VETERINARY

ANATOMY

0971-

1937

INDIAN ASSOCIATION

OF VETERINARY

ANATOMISTS

NO NA NA


VETERINARY

MEDICINE

0970-

051X

INDIAN SOCIETY FOR

VETERINARY

MEDICINE

NO NA NA


VETERINARY

PATHOLOGY

0250-

4758

INDIAN ASSOCIATION

OF VETERINARY

PATHOLOGISTS

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


VETERINARY

RESEARCH

0971-

4251

INDIAN ASSOCIATION

FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF

VETERINARY

RESEARCH

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


VETERINARY

SURGERY

0254-

4105

INDIAN SOCIETY

VETERINARY

SURGERY

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


VIROLOGY

0970-

2822

INDIAN VIROLOGICAL

SOCIETY

FULL

TEXT

NA YES


WEED SCIENCE

0253-

8040

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

WEED SCIENCE

NO NA NA

16


ACCESS

TOLL

ACCESS

60. INDIAN

PHYTOPATHOLOGY

0367-

973X

INDIAN

PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL

SOCIETY

NO NA NA

61. INDIAN RESEARCH

JOURNAL OF

EXTENSION

EDUCATION

0972-

2181

SOCIETY OF

EXTENSION

EDUCATION

FULL

TEXT

YES NA

62. INDIAN VETERINARY

JOURNAL

0019-

6479

INDIAN VETERINARY

ASSOCIATION

NO NA NA

63. INTERNATIONAL

JOURNAL OF OIL

PALM

0972-

5806

SOCIETY FOR

PROMOTION OF OIL

PALM RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT

NO NA NA

64. JNKVV RESEARCH

JOURNAL

0021-

3721

JNKVV NO NA NA

65. JOURNAL OF

AGRICULTURAL

ENGINEERING

0256-

6524

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRICULTURAL

ENGINEERS

FULL

TEXT

NO YES

66. JOURNAL OF

AGROMETEOROLGY

0972-

1665

ASSOCIATION OF

AGROMETEOROLOGIST

S

TOC NA NA

67. JOURNAL OF APPLIED

HORTICULTURE

0972-

1045

SOCIETY FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF

HORTICULTRE

NO NA NA

68. JOURNAL OF ARID

LEGUMES

SOCIETY FOR ARID

LEGUMES

YES NO YES

69. JOURNAL OF

BIOLOGICAL

CONTROL

0971-

930X

SOCIETY FOR

BIOCONTROL

ADVANCEMENT

NO NA NA

70. JOURNAL OF

EXTENSION

EDUCATION

SOCIETY OF

EXTENSION

EDUCATION, TAMIL

NADU AGRIL.

UNIVERSITY,

COIMBATORE

NO NA NA

71. JOURNAL OF FARMING

SYSTEMS RESEARCH

AND DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT

DIRECTORATE FOR

CROPPING SYSTEM

RESEARCH

NO NA NA

72. JOURNAL OF FOOD

SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY

ASSOCIATION OF FOOD

SCIENTISTS & TECH.,

CFTRI, MYSORE

NO NA NA

73. JOURNAL OF 0973- SOCIETY OF NO NA NA

17


ACCESS

TOLL

ACCESS

HORTICULTURAL

SCIENCES

354X PROMOTION OF

HORTICULTURE

74. JOURNAL OF INDIAN

SOCIETY OF AGRIL.

STATISTICS

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRIL. STATISTICS,

NEW DELHI

NO NA NA

75. JOURNAL OF INDIAN

SOCIETY OF WATER

MANAGEMENT

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

WATER MANAGEMENT

NO NA NA

76. JOURNAL OF INSECT

SCIENCE (LUDHIANA)

0970-

3837

INDIAN SOCIETY FOR

THE ADVANCEMENT

OF INSECT SCIENCE

NO NA NA

77. JOURNAL OF

MYCOLOGY AND

PLANT PATHOLOGY

0971-

9393

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

MYCOLOGY AND

PLANT PATHOLOGY

NO NA NA

78. JOURNAL OF

OILSEEDS RESEARCH

0970-

2776

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

OILSEED RESEARCH

NO NA NA

79. JOURNAL OF

ORNAMENTAL

HORTICULTURE

0972-

0499

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

ORNAMENTAL

HORTICULTURE

NO NA NA

80. JOURNAL OF PLANT

BIOCHEMISTRY AND

BIOTECHNOLOGY

0971-

7811

SOCIETY FOR PLANT

BIOCHEMISTRY AND

BIOTECHNOLOGY

FULL

TEXT

NO YES


DISEASE SCIENCES

0973-

7456

ASSOCIATION OF

PLANT PATHOLOGIST

NO NA NA


PROTECTION AND

ENVIRONMENT

0973-

1717

SOCIETY FOR PLANT

PROTECTION &

ENVIRONMENT

NO NA NA

83. JOURNAL OF

PLANTATION CROPS

0304-

5242

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

PLANTATION CROPS

NO NA NA

84. JOURNAL OF

RESEARCH ANGRAU

0970-

0226

ANGRAU FULL

TEXT

YES NA

85. JOURNAL OF

RESEARCH BIRSA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY

0971-

1724

BIRSA AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERISTY

NO NA NA

86. JOURNAL OF

RESEARCH PUNJAB

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY

0048-

6019

PUNJAB

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY

NO NA NA

87. JOURNAL OF RICE

RESEARCH

SOCIETY FOR

ADVANCEMENT OF

RICE RESEARCH

NO NA NA

18


ACCESS

TOLL

ACCESS

88. JOURNAL OF ROOT

CROPS

0378-

2409

INDIAN SOCIETY FOR

ROOT CROPS

NO NA NA

89. JOURNAL OF SOIL AND

WATER

CONSERVATION IN

INDIA

0022-

457X

SOIL CONSERVATION

SOCIETY OF INDIA

NO NA NA

90. JOURNAL OF SOILS

AND CROPS

0971-

2836

ASSOCIATION OF SOILS

& CROP RESEARCH

SCIENTISTS

NO NA NA

91. JOURNAL OF SPICES

AND AROMATIC

CROPS

0971-

3328

INDIAN SOCIETY FOR

SPICES

NO NA NA

92. JOURNAL OF THE

INDIAN FISHERIES

ASSOCIATION

0971-

1422

INDIAN FISHERIES

ASSOCIATION

NO NA NA

93. JOURNAL OF THE

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRICULTURAL

STATISTICS

0019-

6363

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRICULTURAL

STATISTICS

NO NA NA

94. JOURNAL OF THE

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

COASTAL

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH

0972-

1584

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

COSTAL

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH

NO NA NA

95. JOURNAL OF THE

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

SOIL SCIENCE

0019-

638X

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

SOIL SCIENCE

TOC NA NA

96. JOURNAL OF THE

INLAND FISHERIES

SOCIETY OF INDIA

0379-

3435

INLAND FISHERIES

SOCIETY OF INDIA

ABSTRA

CTS

NA NA

97. JOURNAL OF

TROPICAL

AGRICULTURE

0971-

636X

KERALA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY

FULL

TEXT

YES NO

98. JOURNAL OF

VETERINARY

PARASITOLOGY

0971-

6157

THE INDIAN

ASSOCIATION FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF

VETERINARY

PARASITOLOGY

NO NA NA

99. JOURNAL OF WATER

MANAGEMENT

0971-

6076

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

WATER MANAGEMENT

NO NA NA

100. KARNATAKA

JOURNAL OF

AGRICULTURAL

SCIENCES

0972-

1061

UASD FULL

TEXT

YES NA

19


ACCESS

TOLL

ACCESS

101. MADRAS

AGRICULTURAL

JOURNAL

0024-

9602

MADRAS

AGRICULTURAL

STUDENTS UNION

FULL

TEXT

YES NA

102. MAHARASHTRA

JOURNAL OF

EXTENSION

EDUCATION

B.S. KONKAN KRISH

VIDYAPEETH, DAPOLI

(M.S.)

NO NA NA

103. MEDICINAL PLANTS -

INTERNATIONAL

JOURNAL OF

PHYTOMEDICINES

AND RELATED

INDUSTRIES

SOCIETY FOR

CONSERVATION AND

RESOURCE

DEVELOPMENT OF

MEDICINAL PLANTS

FULL

TEXT

NO YES

104. MUSHROOM

RESEARCH

0972-

4885

MUSHROOM SOCIETY

OF INDIA

NO NA NA

105. MYSORE JOURNAL OF

AGRICULTURAL

SCIENCES

0047-

8539

UASB FULL

TEXT

YES NA

106. OPEN ACCESS

JOURNAL OF

MEDICINAL AND

AROMATIC PLANTS

0974-

7877

MEDICINAL AND

AROMATIC PLANTS

ASSOCIATION OF

INDIA

YES YES NA

107. ORISSA JOURNAL OF

HORTICULTURE

0973-

2160

ORISSA

HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY

NO NA NA

108. ORYZA 0474-

7615

ASSOCIATION OF RICE

RESEARCH WORKERS

TOC NA NA

109. PANTNAGAR JOURNAL

OF RESEARCH

0972-

8813

GBPUAT NO NA NA

110. PEST MANAGEMENT

IN HORTICULTURAL

ECOSYSTEMS

0971-

6831

ASSOCIATION FOR

ADVANCEMENT OF

PEST MANAGEMENT IN

HORTICULTURAL

ECOSYSTEMS

FULL

TEXT

NO YES

111. PESTICIDE RESEARCH

JOURNAL

0970-

6763

SOCIETY OF PESTICIDE

SCIENCE INDIA

NO NA NA

112. PHYTOMORPHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

SOCIETY OF PLANT

MORPHOLOGISTS

NO NA NA

113. PKV RESEARCH

JOURNAL

0378-

813X

PDKV NO NA NA

114. PLANT CELL

BIOTECHNOLOGY &

0972-

2025

SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGY

& BIOTECHNOLOGY

FULL

TEXT

NO YES

20


ACCESS

TOLL

ACCESS

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

115. PLANT DISEASE

RESEARCH

0970-

4914

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

PLANT PATHOLOGISTS

TOC NO NA

116. POTATO JOURNAL 0970-

8235

INDIAN POTATO

ASSOCIATION

FULL

TEXT

NO YES

117. PROGRESSIVE

HORTICULTURE

0970-

3020

HILL HORTICULTURE

DEVELOPMENT

SOCIETY

NO NA NA

118. PUNJAB

HORTICULTURAL

JOURNAL

PAU NO NA NA

119. RAJASTHAN JOURNAL

OF EXTENSION

EDUCATION

RAJASTHAN SOCIETY

OF EXTENSION

EDUCATION

NO NA NA

120. SEED RESEARCH 0379-

5594

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

SEED TECHNOLOGY

NO NA NA

121. SOUTH INDIAN

HORTICULTURE

0038-

3473

SOUTH INDIAN

HORTICULTURAL

ASSOCIATION

NO NA NA

122. SOYBEAN RESEARCH SOCIETY FOR

SOYBEAN RESEARCH &

DEVELOPMENT

NO NA NA

123. TAMILNADU JOURNAL

OF VETERINARY AND

ANIMAL SCIENCES

0971-

2942

TAMIL NADU

VETERINARY AND

ANIMAL SCIENCES

UNIVERSITY

FULL

TEXT

YES NA

124. VEGETABLE SCIENCE 0970-

6585

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

VEGETABLE SCIENCE

NO NA NA

Table 2. List of Professional Societies in NARS

SL.NO. PUBLISHER ADDRESS URL

1. AGRICULTURAL

ECONOMICS

RESEARCH

ASSOCIATION

DIVISION OF

AGRICULTURAL

ECONOMICS, I.A.R.I.,

PUSA CAMPUS, NEW

DELHI - 110012.

http://www.geocities.com/aeraindia/

2. AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH

SCIENTISTS

ASSOCIATION

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

ASSOCIATION, SAI-

SADAN PRASAD COLONY

ROAD, JATHARPATH,

AKOLA

21


3. AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA

THE AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA, 35,

BALLYGUNGE CIRCULAR

ROAD, KOLKATA –

700019,

4. ALUMNI

ASSOCIATION,

NATIONAL DAIRY

RESEARCH

INSTITUTE

SOUTHERN REGIONAL

STATION, NATIONAL

DAIRY OF RESEARCH

INSTITUTE, BANGALORE

5. ANGRAU ACHARYA N G RANGA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERISTY,

RAJENDRANAGAR,

HYDERABD 500030

http://www.angrau.net/Journal%20of

%20ResearchANGRAU.htm

6. ANIMAL NUTRITION

ASSOCIATION

CAS IN ANIMAL

NUTRITION, INDIAN

VETERINARY RESEARCH

INSTITUTE, IZATNAGAR -

243122

http://www.anft.org/html/home.htm

7. ANIMAL NUTRITION

SOCIETY INDIA

DAIRY CATTLE

NUTRITION DIVISION,

NATIONAL DAIRY

RESEARCH INSTITUTE

KARNAL 132001,

HARYANA

http://www.nutrisocietyindia.com/

8. ARID ZONE

RESEARCH

ASSOCIATION OF

INDIA

CENTRAL ARID ZONE

RESEARCH INSTITUTE

(CAZRI) CAMPUS,

JODHPUR – 34003

9. ASSOCIATION FOR

ADVANCEMENT OF

ENTOMOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF

ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY

OF KERALA,

KARIAVATTOM - 695581

10. ASSOCIATION FOR

ADVANCEMENT OF

PEST MANAGEMENT

IN HORTICULTURAL

ECOSYSTEMS

BANGALORE

11. ASSOCIATION OF

AGROMETEOROLOGI

STS

DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURAL

METEOROLOGY, B.A.

COLLEGE OF

AGRICULTURE, GUJRAT

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, ANAND -

388110.

http://www.agrimetassociation.com

22


12. ASSOCIATION OF

FOOD SCIENTISTS &

TECHNOLOGY

CENTRAL FOOD

TECHNOLOGICAL

RESEARCH INSITUTE

(CFTRI), MYSORE

13. ASSOCIATION OF

PLANT PATHOLOGIST

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT

PATHOLOGY, DR.

P.D.K.V., AKOLA - 444104

(M.S.).

14. ASSOCIATION OF

RICE RESEARCH

WORKERS

CENTRAL RICE

RESEARCH INSTITUTE,

CUTTACK - 753006.

http://crri.nic.in/arrw/index.htm

15. ASSOCIATION OF

SOILS AND CROP

RESEARCH

SCIENTISTS

21, ANAND NAGAR, NEAR

DATTA MEGHE

POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE,

RANA PRATAP NAGAR,

POST OFFICE, NAGPUR -

444021 (M.S.).

16. ASSOCIATION OF

SUGAR

TECHNOLOGISTS OF

INDIA

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF

SUGARCANE RESEARCH,

LUCKNOW 226002

17. BIRSA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERISTY

BIRSA AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERISTY

http://www.baujharkhand.org/

18. BSKKV DEPARTMENT OF

EXTENSION EDUCATION,

B.S. KONKAN KRISHI

VIDYAPEETH, DAPOLI

(M.S.)

http://www.dbskkv.org/

19. CENTRAL MARINE

FISHERIES RESEARCH

INSTITUTE

CENTRAL MARINE

FISHERIES RESEARCH

INSTITUTE, P.B.NO. 1603,

ERNAKULAM NORTH P.O.,

COCHIN - 682018

(KERALA).

http://www.cmfri.com/

20. CLAY MINERALS

SOCIETY OF INDIA

THE CLAY MINERALS

SOCIETY OF INDIA, IARI,

NEW DELHI 110012

21. CROP IMPROVEMENT

SOCIETY OF INDIA

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT

BREEDING, PUNJAB

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, LUDHIANA -

141004.

22. CSKHPKV CSK HPKV, PALAMPUR http://hillagric.ernet.in/

23. CSSHAU CCS HARYANA http://hau.ernet.in/

23


AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, HISAR -

125004 (HARYANA).

24. DEPARTMENT OF

HORTICULTURE, PAU

PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, LUDHIANA

http://www.pau.edu

25. ENTOMOLOGICAL

RESEARCH

ASSOCIATION

MAHARANA PRATAP

UNIVERSITY OF

AGRICULTURE AND

TECHNOLOGY, UDAIPUR

– 313 001

26. ENTOMOLOGICAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA

DIVISION OF

ENTOMOLOGY, I.A.R.I.,

NEW DELHI - 110012.

27. FORUM OF PLANT

PHYSIOLOGISTS

01, KAMLA NAGAR,

TUKARAM HOSPITAL

CHOWK, AKOLA - 444004

28. GBPUAT G.B. PANT UNIVERSITY

OF AGRICULTURE AND

TECHNOLOYG,

PANTNAGAR, DISTT. - U.S.

NAGAR,UTTRANCHAL –

263145

http://www.gbpuat.ac.in/

29. HARYANA

AGRONOMISTS

ASSOCIATION

DEPARTMENT OF

AGRONOMY, CCS

HARYANA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, HISAR -

125004 (HARYANA).

30. HILL HORTICULTURE

DEVELOPMENT

SOCIETY

HILL HORTICULTURE

DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY.

ALMORA

31. HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY OF

HARYANA

DEPARTMENT OF

HORTICULTURE &

VEGETABLE SCIENCES,

CCS HARYANA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, HISAR - 125

004

32. HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA

DIVISION OF FRUIT &

HORTICULTURAL

TECHNOLOGY, I.A.R.I.,

NEW DELHI - 110012.

http://www.hsi1942.in/

33. ICAR DIRECTORATE OF

INFORMATION AND

PUBLICATION OF

AGRICULTURE, KRISHI

24


ANUSANDHAN BHAWAN,

PUSA, NEW DELHI -

110012.

34. INDIAN ASSOCIATION

FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF

VETERINARY

PARASITOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF

VETERINARY

PARASITOLOGY,

COLLEGE OF

VETERINARY SCIENCE,

GADVASU, LUDHIANA –

141004

http://www.iaavp.org/


FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF

VETERINARY

RESEARCH

363, BARI BAMANPURI,

BAREILLY – 243003,

UTTAR PRADESH

http://www.iaavr.org/


OF HILL FARMING

ICAR RESEARCH

COMPLEX FOR NEH

REGION, UMROI ROAD,

BARAPANI, MEGHALAYA


OF SOIL AND WATER

CONSERVATIONISTS

218, KAULAGARH ROAD,

DEHRA DUN - 248195

(UTTARAKHAND).

http://www.iaswc.com/


OF VETERINARY

ANATOMISTS

INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF

VETERINARY

ANATOMISTS, NAGPUR

http://www.iava.c-o.in/


OF VETERINARY

MICROBIOLOGISTS,

IMMUNOLOGISTS

AND SPECIALISTS IN

INFECTIOUS

DISEASES

DEPT. VETERINARY

MICROBIOLOGY,

COLLEGE OF

VETERINARY SCIENCE,

PAU, LUDHIANA - 141 004

http://www.iavmi.org/


OF VETERINARY

PATHOLOGISTS

DEPARTMENT OF

VETERINARY

PATHOLOGY, COLLEGE

OF VETERINARY

SCIENCE, GADVASU,

LUDHIANA-141 004

http://www.iavp.org/

41. INDIAN DAIRY

ASSOCIATION

IDA HOUSE, SECTOR - IV,

R.K. PURAM, NEW DELHI -

110022.

http://www.indairyasso.org/

42. INDIAN FISHERIES

ASSOCIATION

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF

FISHERIES EDUCATION,

FISHERIES UNIVERSITY

ROAD SEVEN

BUNGALOWS, ANDHERI

http://www.cife.edu.in/

25


(W), MUMBAI - 400061

43. INDIAN

PHYTOPATHOLOGICA

L SOCIETY

DIVISION OF PLANT

PATHOLOGY, I.A.R.I., NEW

DELHI - 110012.

http://www.ipsdis.com

44. INDIAN POTATO

ASSOCIATION

CENTRAL POTATO

RESEARCH INSTITUTE,

SHIMLA - 171001. (H.P.).

http://www.gpc2008.in/index.html

45. INDIAN POULTRY

SCIENCE

ASSOCIATION

CENTRAL AVIAN

RESEARCH INSTITUTE,

IZATNAGAR – 243122

http://www.ipsa-cari.org/

46. INDIAN SOCIETY FOR

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

DIVISION OF PLANT

PHYSIOLOGY, I.A.R.I.,

NEW DELHI – 110012.

http://www.ispp-online.org/


ROOT CROPS

CENTRAL TUBER CROPS

RESEARCH INSTITUTE,

SREEKARIYAM,

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

695017, KERALA

http://www.isrc.in/index.php


SHEEP AND GOAT

PRODUCTION AND

UTILIZATION

CENTRAL SHEEP AND

WOOL RESEARCH

INSTITUTE,

AVIKANAGAR-

304501,VIA-JAIPUR,

RAJASTHAN

http://www.issgpu.org/


SPICES

INDIAN SOCIETY FOR

SPICES C/O. INDIAN

INSTITUTE OF SPICE

RESEARCH, CALICUT

(KERALA)


THE ADVANCEMENT

OF INSECT SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF

ENTOMOLOGY, PUNJAB

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, LUDHIANA,

PUBJAB


VETERINARY

MEDICINE

DEPARTMENT OF

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE,

COLLEGE OF

VETERINARY AND

ANIMAL SCIENCES, GB.

PANT UNIVERSITY OF

AGRICULTURE AND

TECHNOLOGY,

PANTNAGAR-263145,

UTTARANCHAL

http://www.isvm.net/index.htm

52. INDIAN SOCIETY OF C.S. AZAD UNIVERSITY http://www.indianbiochemists.blogspot.co

26


AGRICULTURAL

BIOCHEMISTS

OF AGRICULTURE &

TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR

208 002

m/

53. INDIAN SOCIETY OF

AGRICULTURAL

CHEMISTS

SHEILA DHAR INSTITUTE

OF SOIL SCIENCE, DEPT.

OF CHEMISTRY,

UNIVERSITY OF

ALLAHABAD, 5, LAJPAT

RAI ROAD, ALLAHABAD –

211002.

http://www.allduniv.ac.in/


AGRICULTURAL

ECONOMICS

46-48, ESPLANDS

MANSIONS, M.G. ROAD,

MUMBAI - 400001.

http://www.isaeindia.org/


AGRICULTURAL

ENGINEERS

G-3, SOCIETIES BLOCK,

NATIONAL

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

CENTRE PUSA CAMPUS,

NEW DELHI-110012

http://www.isae.in/


AGRICULTURAL

SCIENCES

DIVISION OF AGRONOMY,

I.A.R.I., NEW DELHI -

110012.


AGRICULTURAL

STATISTICS

IASRI CAMPUS, LIBRARY

AVENUE, PUSA, NEW

DELHI - 110012.

http://iasri.res.in:8081/ISASWEB/index.ht

m


AGROFORESTY

NATIONAL RESEARCH

CENTRE FOR

AGROFORESTRY, NEAR

PAHUJ DAM, GWALIOR

ROAD, JHANSI - 284003

(U.P.).

http://www.nrcaf.ernet.in/isaf.html


AGRONOMY

DIVISION OF AGRONOMY,

INDIAN AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH INSTITUTE,

NEW DELHI 110 012

http://www.isa-india.in/


COASTAL

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH

CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY

RESEARCH INSTITUTE

REGIONAL RESEARCH

STATION, CANNING

TOWN (P.O), SOUTH 24-

PARGANAS - 743 329,

WEST BENGAL

http://www.iscar.org.in/


DRYLAND

AGRICULTURE

CENTRAL RESEARCH

INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND

AGRICULTURE,

SANTOSHNAGAR,

HYDERABAD - 500059.

27



EXTENSION

EDUCATION

INDIAN SOCIETY OF


DIVISION OF

AGRICULTURAL

EDUCATION, IARI, PUSA

CAMPUS, NEW DELHI

110012


FORAGE RESEARCH

FORAGE RESEARCH

SECTION, CCS HARYANA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, HISAR -

125004 (HARYANA).


GENETICS & PLANT

BREEDING

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

GENETICS & PLANT

BREEDING, POST BOX -

11312, I.A.R.I., NEW DELHI

110012


MYCOLOGY AND

PLANT PATHOLOGY

RAJASTHAN COLLEGE OF

AGRICULTURE, UDAIPUR

- 313001 (RAJASTHAN).


OILSEED RESEARCH

DIRECTORATE OF

OILSEEDS RESEARCH,

RAJENDRANAGAR,

HYDERABAD - 500030.


ORNAMENTAL

HORTICULTURE

DIVISION OF

FLORICULTURE AND

LAND SCAPING, I.A.R.I.,

NEW DELHI - 110012.

http://isoh-india.org/


PLANT

PATHOLOGISTS

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT

PATHOLOGY, PUNJAB

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY (PAU),

LUDHIANA 141004

http://www.insopp.org/


PLANT GENETIC

RESOURCES

NATIONAL BUREAU OF

PLANT

GENETICRESOURCES,

PUSA CAMPUS, NEW

DELHI – 110012.

http://www.nbpgr.ernet.in/ispgr.htm


PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

DIVISION OF PLANT

PHYSIOLOGY, I.A.R.I.,

NEW DELHI - 110012.

http://www.ispp-online.org/index.html


PLANTATION CROPS

CENTRAL PLANTATION

CROPS RESEARCH

INSTITUTE, KASARAGOD

- 671124 (KERALA).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Pla

ntation_Crops

72. INDIAN SOCIETY OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF

28


PULSES RESEARCH

AND DEVELOPMENT

PULSES RESEARCH,

KALYANPUR, KANPUR -

208024.


SALINITY RESEARCH

SCIENTISTS

INDIAN SOCIETY OF

SALINITY RESEARCH

SCIENTISTS. JODHPUR


SEED TECHNOLOGY

DIVISION OF SEED

SCIENCE &

TECHNOLOGY, I.A.R.I.,

NEW DELHI - 110012.


SOIL SCIENCE

DIVISION OF SOIL

SCIENCE &

AGRICULTURAL

CHEMISTRY, I.A.R.I., NEW

DELHI - 110012.

http://www.isss-india.org


SURVEY & LAND USE

PLANNING

N.B.S.S. AND L.U.P.,

AMRAVATI ROAD,

NAGPUR - 440010 (M.S.).


VEGETABLE SCIENCE

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF

VEGETABLE RESEARCH,

VARANASI


WATER

MANAGEMENT

WATER TECHNOLOGY

CENTRE, INDIAN

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH INSTITUTE,

NEW DELHI - 110 012

http://www.iswam.in/index.html


WEED SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF

AGRONOMY, CCS

HARYANA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, HISAR -

125004, HARYANA

80. INDIAN SOCIETY

VETERINARY

SURGERY

COLLEGE OF

VETERINARY SCIENCES,

H.A.U., HISAR - 125004

(HARYANA)

http://www.isvs.org/

81. INDIAN VETERINARY

ASSOCIATION

11, CHAMIERS ROAD,

NANDANAM, CHENNAI –

600035.

82. INDIAN

VIROLOGICAL

SOCIETY

CCS HARYANA

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, HISAR -

125004

http://virologysociety.org/

83. INLAND FISHERIES

SOCIETY OF INDIA

CENTRAL INLAND

FISHERIES RESEARCH

http://www.ifsi.in/

29


INSTITUTE,

BARRACKPORE,

KOLKATA - 700120, WEST

BENGAL

84. INTERNATIONAL

SOCIETY OF PLANT

MORPHOLOGISTS

INTERNATIONAL

SOCIETY OF PLANT

MORPHOLOGISTS, DEPT.

OF BOTANY, UNIVERSITY

OF DELHI, DELHI

http://phytomorphology.tripod.com/

85. JNKVV JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

KRISHI VISHWA

VIDYALAYA,

ADHARATAL, JABALPUR

482004, MADHYA

PRADESH

http://www.jnkvv.nic.in/

86. KAU KERALA AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERISTY, THRISSUR

http://www.kau.edu

87. MADRAS

AGRICULTURAL

STUDENTS UNION

TAMIL NADU

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY,

COIMBATORE

http://sites.google.com/site/majmasu/

88. MEDICINAL AND

AROMATIC PLANTS

ASSOCIATION OF

INDIA

DIRECTORATE OF

MEDICINAL AND

AROMATIC PLANTS,

BORIAVI, ANAND 387310

http://sites.gooogle.com/site/mapainidaorg

89. MUSHROOM SOCIETY

OF INDIA

DIRECTORATE OF

MUSHROOM RESEARCH,

ICAR, CHAMBAGHAT,

SOLAN - 173213 (H.P.)

90. NEMATOLOGICAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA

DIVISION OF

NEMATOLOGY, IARI,

PUSA CAMPUS 110012

http://www.nemaindia.com/

91. ORISSA

HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY

DEPARTMENT OF

HORTICULTURE, O.U.A.T.,

BHUBANESWAR - 751003.

92. PAU PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, LUDHIANA

http://www.pau.edu

93. PDKV DR. PANJABRAO

DESHMUKH KRISHI

VIDYAPEETH, AKOLA

http://pdkv.mah.nic.in/

94. PLANT CELL

BIOTECHNOLOGY

AND MOLECULAR

BIOLOGY

KANNANKURICHI, SALEM

(TAMIL NADU)

95. PLANT PROTECTION NBPGR REGIONAL

30


ASSOCIATION OF

INDIA

STATION,

RAJENDRANAGAR,

HYDERABAD 500030

96. PROJECT

DIRECTORATE FOR

CROPPING SYSTEM

RESEARCH

PROJECT DIRECTORATE

FOR CROPPING SYSTEM

RESEARCH, MODIPURAM,

MEERUT (U.P.)

http://www.pdcsr.ernet.in/

97. RAJASTHAN SOCIETY

OF EXTENSION

EDUCATION

RAJASTHAN SOCIETY OF


MPUAT, UDAIPUR,

RAJASTHAN

98. SOCIETY FOR

ADVANCEMENT OF

RICE RESEARCH

DIRECTORATE OF RICE

RESEARCH (ICAR),

RAJENDRANAGAR,

HYDERABAD - 500030.

99. SOCIETY FOR ARID

LEGUMES

CENTRAL ARID ZONE

RESEARCH INSTITUTE

(CAZRI) CAMPUS,

JODHPUR – 34003

100. SOCIETY FOR

BIOCONTROL

ADVANCEMENT

PROJECT DIRECTORATE

OF BIOLOGICAL

CONTROL, P.B.NO 2491,

BANGALORE 560024,

KARNATAKA

http://sbaindia.tripod.com/

101. SOCIETY FOR

BIOLOGY &

BIOTECHNOLOGY

KANNANKURICHI, SALEM

(TAMIL NADU)

102. SOCIETY FOR

CONSERVATION AND

RESOURCE

DEVELOPMENT OF

MEDICINAL PLANTS

NEW DELHI

103. SOCIETY FOR PLANT

BIOCHEMISTRY AND

BIOTECHNOLOGY

DIVISION OF

BIOCHEMISTRY, I.A.R.I.,

NEW DELHI - 110012.

104. SOCIETY FOR PLANT

PROTECTION &

ENVIRONMENT

DEPARTMENT OF

ENTOMOLOGY, COLLEGE

OF AGRICULTURE,

O.U.A.T., BHUBANSWAR -

751003.

105. SOCIETY FOR

PROMOTION OF OIL

PALM RESEARCH

AND DEVELOPMENT

DIRECTORATE OF OIL

PALM RESEARCH,

PEDAVEGI - 534450, WEST

GODAVARI DISTRICT,

ANDHRA PRADESH

http://dopr.gov.in/SOPOPRAD.htm

31


106. SOCIETY FOR

SOYBEAN RESEARCH

AND DEVELOPMENT

NATIONAL RESEARCH

CENTRE FOR SOYBEAN,

KHANDWA ROAD,

INDORE - 452017.

107. SOCIETY FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF

HORTICULTRE

SOCIETY FOR THE

ADVANCMMENT OF

HORTICULTURE, A-859,

INDIRANAGAR,

LUCKNOW-226016

http://www.horticultureresearch.net/

108. SOCIETY OF

EXTENSION

EDUCATION

ADVANCE RESEARCH &

MANAGEMENT CENTRE

OF RURAL

ENVIRONMENT, 810,

PASCHIMPURI,

SIKANDRA, AGRA -

282007.

http://www.seea.org.in/

109. SOCIETY OF

EXTENSION

EDUCATION, TNAU

TAMIL NADU

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY,

COIMBATORE

110. SOCIETY OF

PESTICIDE SCIENCE

INDIA

DIVISION OF

AGRICULTURAL

CHEMICALS, IARI, PUSA

CAMPUS, NEW DELHI

110012

http://www.spsindia.co.in/index.html

111. SOCIETY OF PLANT

PROTECTION

SCIENCES

DIVISION OF

AGRICULTURAL

CHEMICALS, I.A.R.I.,

PUSA, NEW DELHI -

110012.

112. SOCIETY OF

PROMOTION OF

HORTICULTURE

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF

HORTICULTURAL

RESEARCH,

HESSARGHATTA LAKE

POST, BANGALORE -

560089.

113. SOIL CONSERVATION

SOCIETY OF INDIA

G-3, NATIONAL

SOCIETIES BLOCK,

NATIONAL CENTRE

COMPLEX, DEV PRAKASH

SHASTRI MARG, PUSA

CAMPUS, NEW DELHI -

110012.

http://www.soilcsi.org/index.htm

114. SOUTH INDIAN

HORTICULTURAL

ASSOCIATION

TAMIL NADU

AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY,

COIMBATORE

32


115. TANUVAS TAMIL NADU

VETERINARY AND

ANIMAL SCIENCES

UNIVERSITY

http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/

116. UAS BANGALORE UNIVERSITY OF

AGRICULTURAL

SCIENCES,

COMMUNICATION

CENTRE, HEBBAL,

BANGALORE- 560024.

http://www.uasbangalore.edu.in/

117. UAS DHARWAD UNIVERSITY OF

AGRICULTURAL

SCIENCES, DHARWAD

580005

http://www.uasd.edu/

118. WEST BENGAL

VETERINARY

ASSOCIATION

68 KSHUDIRAM BOSE

SARANI, CALCUTTA,

INDIA, 700 037

Table 3. Journals in DOAJ

SL.NO. JOURNALS DISCIPLINE ISSN PUBLISHER

1 JOURNAL OF TROPICAL

AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTUR

E

0971-636X KERALA AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, THRISSUR, KERALA

2 MADRAS

AGRICULTURAL

JOURNAL

AGRICULTUR

E

0024-9602 MADRAS AGRICULTURAL

STUDENTS UNION, TNAU,

COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU

3 VET SCAN ANIMAL

SCIENCES

0973-6980 KASHVET SOCIETY, KASHMIR

4 JOURNAL OF SAT

AGRICULTURAL

RESEARCH

AGRICULTUR

E

0973-3094 INTERNATIONAL CROPS

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE

SEMI-ARID TROPICS, HYDERABAD

Table 4. List of Journals using OJS

SL.NO. JOURNAL DISCIPLINE ISSN PUBLISHER

1 JOURNAL OF TROPICAL

AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE 0971-636X KERALA AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY, THRISSUR,

KERALA

2 OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF

MEDICINAL AND

AROMATIC PLANTS

MEDICINAL

AND

AROMATIC

PLANTS

0974-7877 MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC

PLANTS ASSOCIATION OF

INDIA

3 KARNATAKA JOURNAL OF

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

AGRICULTURE 0972-1061 UNIVERSITY OF

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,

33

SL.NO. JOURNAL DISCIPLINE ISSN PUBLISHER

DHARWAD

4 MYSORE JOURNAL OF

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

(TESTING OJS)

AGRICULTURE 0047-8539 UNIVERSITY OF

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,

BANGALORE

34

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