[LIS-Forum] Why are both UGC- CARE List of Journals and Good Academic Research Practices (GARP) Archaic?

[Vasanth]

Dear Sir/Madam,

This paper discusses the limitations of Good Academic Research Practices (GARP) and UGC-CARE List in engaging with the emerging scholarly open publishing platforms, specifically preprints. This paper throws some light on preprints and their role in accelerating science communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. The UGC’s opaqueness towards emerging open publishing platforms in its GARP document and propagating traditional scholarly publications through UGC-CARE List has also been deliberated.

Full text can be accessed at: 
http://confluence.ias.ac.in/why-are-both-ugc-care-list-of-journals-and-good-academic-research-practices-garp-archaic/

------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.LibrarianMysore
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