PROFORMA FOR SPONSORSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

University/Institute______

Department ______

  1. Name of Journal : ______
  1. Discipline (e.g. Agriculture:Engineering,Biology: Botany) ______
  1. Publisher: (Department, Faculty, Society, etc.) ______
  1. Year of First Issue of the Journal : ______
  1. Number of Issues per year : (tick √ )

Monthly  Quarterly  Six-monthly  Annual 

Others (Please specify) ______

  1. Is The Journal being published regularly? (tick √ )

Yes No 

If No, give reasons: ______

  1. Please state (if any):

- ISBN (International Standard Book Number) ______

- ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) ______

  1. Circulation (Total Number of copies per issue): ______

Distribution : ______

In-country (number) ______Abroad (number) ______

  1. What is the composition of Editorial Board? Please provide names, titles and

e-mail addresses of the Editorial Board Members on a separate sheet.

  1. Is there a permanent panel of Peer Reviewers who are requested for review as and

when required ? (tick √ )

Yes No 

If yes, please provide a list of Peer Reviewers with names, titles and e-mail

addresses on a separate sheet.

______

  1. Are the articles submitted for publications peer reviwed? (tick √ )

Yes No 

If yes, All articles  Selected articles 

If no, please explain the acceptance procedure: ______

______

  1. List the reviewed articles published in the recent most issue of your Journal and

their respective Peer Reviewers alongwith the copies of the comments.
(This information will be kept confidential)

Please attach separate sheet,if needed.

  1. What were number of manuscripts submitted for publication to your Journal and

how many of them accepted and published ? (Please give data for the past four issues only with date of publication of each issue. Most recent issue’s information in Column 1)

(Most recent issue)

1 2 3 4

Date of Publication ______

Submitted ______

Accepted ______

Published ______

  1. How much is the processing time from the date of submission of the original

manuscript by the author to the date of acceptance by the Editorial Board of your Journal?
Maximum processing time ______Months

Minimum processing time ______Months

15. Is the Journal abstracted internationally? (tick √ )

Yes No 

If yes, Name of the Abstracting Journal (s) ______

______

Is there any Citation Index (CI) of the articles published in your Journal

Yes No 

If yes, please indicate source of C.I ______

If No, is there any effort made to collect information on Citation index?

______

  1. Is this Journal on exchange list of any other Journal (s) ? (tick √ )

Yes No  Occasional 

If yes, number of exchange journals

Within country number Abroad (number)

  1. What is (are) the mode(s) of distribution (tick √ )

In Exchange Gratis (free of cost) 

Subscription Any Other  Please indicate ______

______

If there is a mix of distribution, please indicate in percentages of Journals distributed as

In Exchange %Gratis/complimentary %

Subscription %

  1. Total cost involved for publication per issue : Last issue Rs. ______

Estimates for the next issue for which grant requested Rs. ______

  1. Funding source(s) for the Journal (Name of sponsors and committed support in Rs.)

1. ______3. ______

2. ______4. ______

  1. Price per copy Rs.______(US $)