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Resources for Research - Series 5 (UGC CARE List)

The Scope of the UGC-CARE List UGC-CARE has taken the responsibility of preparing the “UGC-CARE Reference List of Quality Journals” (UGC-CARE List). A list of Indian journals, especially from disciplines of Arts, Humanities, Languages, Culture and Indian Knowledge Systems is being prepared and updated quarterly (UGC-CARE Group I). The UGC-CARE List includes journals from all disciplines indexed in globally accepted databases, such as indexed in Scopus (Source list) or Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Citation Index Source Publication, Science Citation Index Expanded Source Publication, Social Science Citation Index Source Publication). These journals are to be considered for all academic purposes. Journals indexed in Scopus and / or Web of Science are part of UGC-CARE List Group II. The UGC-CARE List has only TWO groups, instead of the original FOUR groups to simplify the search process. These are NOT hierarchic or ranked groups. UGC-CARE List Group I Journals found qualified throug...

Resources for Research - Series 4 (Google Scholar)

5) Google Scholar is a freely accessible bibliographic database which facilitates easy access to the metadata of scholarly published content. It allows a researcher / author to upload bibliographic data of his / her publications for enhanced visibility. The most important feature of Google Scholar is the metrics i.e. the h-index and the number of citations received for your published article. These citation metrics are updated automatically. An alert is raised when someone cites your publication. You can also choose to keep your profile public or limit the visibility as per your desire.  For more about Google Scholar Citations, please check: https://scholar.google.com.au/intl/en/scholar/citations.html#overview USING GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND OTHER GOOGLE RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION                                                   Top publicatio...

Resources for Research - Series 3 (IEEE XPLORE)

4) IEEE Xplore: It offers many researcher-friendly search categories, alerts, personal account and many more. The best among all these for a novice researcher is the "Top Searches and Popular Content" feature. Have a look at the following: It mentions the following areas which are populated for research and hence are popular search terms: Machine Learning IoT Computer Vulnerability Space Telecommunication Orbitrap IEEE Network Image Processing Blockchain Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence Antenna Internet of Things 5G Cloud Computing Autonomous Vehicle Data Mining IEEE Access Smart Grid Big Data Aircraft Storage Wireless Power Transfer IEEE Wireless Communications Edge Computing UAV Power Electronics HOW TO SEARCH IEEE XPLORE- VIDEO TUTORIALS IEEE Xplore Best Practices and Research Strategies IEEE Search vs. Research Advanced Search in IEEE Xplore