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20 Jan 2025
Most important list if India wants to improve its Scientific Reputation.
High time that retractions are included in rankings. Else universities have every incentive to publish as much as they can without caring about consequences.
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Introducing Author Trends, the first website of its kind which gives sensible normalised metrics, research integrity signals and host of other information about researchers. Still in beta, do take it for a spin: authortrends.com
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Few possibilities:
- Journal 'On Hold'. That is why Scopus not adding them
- Scopus slow to update (Unlikely)
- Inaccuracies in OpenAlex (Possible)
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Our Op-Ed in @IndianExpress today. Our title for the article was ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐: ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐'๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ.
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We need urgent steps to improve the rot that has seeped in the Higher Education and Research. Consider supporting and signing this petition so that the authorities take note. ๐
Link: c.org/TF2H7RrpQC
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India Research Watch (IRW) retweeted
Journal Trends is an amazing tool to see publishing trends and patterns of a journal. All you need is an ISSN.
Hats off to @IRWatchdog for developing this incredible open source tool for research integrity. I believe it will come in very handy to identify paper mills. ;)
ALT https://journaltrends.netlify.app
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300 papers at 600 USD each. Researchers could have saved 1.8 crore rupees just in this journal if they had checked journaltrends.netlify.app
Note : We made this tool
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Prestigious journal Nature's been a measure of quality for a very long time. Despite huge lack of resources, India was a healthy contributor to the journal post independence. Since 90s, we have stopped contributing much. This is highly worrying.
Source: journaltrends.netlify.app/?iโฆ
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We have created a tool Journal Trends (link: journaltrends.netlify.app) to help visualize country wise, institute wise and author wise trends for any journal. It can help researchers stay away from predatory journals and choose more wisely.
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India Research Watch (IRW) retweeted
Are we pushing the science community towards research and publishing fraud by coercion to publish against their "informed consent?"
youtu.be/yiLAR8AKkdw?si=IexIโฆ @IRWatchdog
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India Research Watch (IRW) retweeted
8 Jul 2024
'NIRF parameters ill-designed & lead to absurd university ratings. Govt must order a review'
Achal Agrawal, founder of India Research Watch & Moumita Koley, research associate at DST-CPR, IISc, write
#ThePrintOpinion
theprint.in/opinion/nirf-parโฆ
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Achal Agrawal founded the India Research Watch (IRW) after his observations of grave academic misconduct in India. Dr. Agrawal, now a freelance data scientist in Raipur, told scientific journal Nature how shocked he was when a student spoke casually of using software to publish his work, writes @divyagandhi04
thehindu.com/sci-tech/sciencโฆ
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13 Dec 2025
Our founder ๐ช๐ช
Achal Agrawal realised how ingrained research misconduct had become, and resolved to do something about the issue
He is part of Natureโs 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4p7pESd
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Achal Agrawal realised how ingrained research misconduct had become, and resolved to do something about the issue
He is part of Natureโs 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4p7pESd
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India Research Watch (IRW) retweeted
9 Dec 2025
How to juice your Google Scholar h-index, preprint by preprint.
retractionwatch.com/2025/12/โฆ
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9 Dec 2025
Our founder was part of Nature's 10 people who shaped Science in 2025. We thank @MiryamNaddaf and @Nature for recognizing our work.
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25 Nov 2025
Root cause for the increase in misconduct is misplaced metrics. Obvious flaws & loopholes are being exploited
NIRF metrics have not changed in a decade
Measures like retraction penalty are necessary, but we must not be complacent. A flex tape isn't going to plug a gaping hole
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India Research Watch (IRW) retweeted
3 Nov 2025
A very interesting second session indeed at the #SJAIConference2025 by @SciJournIndia & @AhdUniv
Fraud, Flaws, & Fixes: #Journalism to Restore Research Integrity
@Subhrapr asks a critical question - what and where should journalists be looking ?
@IRWatchdog
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Important and Interesting discussion.
30 Oct 2025
What happens when research misconduct or systemic failures shake the world of science?
This panel at #SJAIConference2025 explores how journalists investigate such storiesโ using data forensics, public records, & whistleblower accounts โ while staying fair, factual & responsible.
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28 Sep 2025
We have fallen in the metrics trap. The developed world, which invented the metrics we chase, has moved on from the metrics. They know its limitations. We are chasing them and wasting our tremendous potential.
We need to get out of that trap instead of celebrating it!
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