GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 435
TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2005

SCIENTIFIC CITATION INDEX

*435. SHRI K.B. KRISHNA MURTHY:
SHRI SANTOSH BAGRODIA:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the number of scientific papers from the country that are included in Scientific Citation Index have gone down over the years;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore;

(c) what steps are being taken to improve the situation; and

(d) the number of foreign scientific publications that have shown inclination to set up their publications in India ever since the policy to permit FDI in publishing scientific journals was enunciated?

A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY & MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT
(KAPIL SIBAL)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT AS REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 435 FOR 22.12.2005 REGARDING "SCIENTIFIC CITATION INDEX".

(a) to (c): No Sir, the number of scientific papers from the country that are included in Scientific Citation Index (SCI) had steadily increased over the years. The number of paper published in the year 2000 was 12,127 which has increased to 16,001 in the year 2004.

(d) As on 5th December, 2005, 18 cases of foreign scientific journals/periodicals/ magazines have been approved for setting up their publications in India.