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Impact Factor of Indian journals Of the 47 Indian scientific journals that find place in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) on CD–ROM – 1999 Science Edition, Current Science tops the tally amongst Indian journals with an Impact Factor (IF) of 0.567. It is not only the most cited Indian Journal (1766 citations in 1999), but also the largest journal in terms of number of articles (464) published during 1999. The other end of the 1999 spectrum includes the Indian Journal of Agronomy (lowest IF, 0.032), IETE Journal of Research (least cited with 7 citations) and Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (smallest journal in terms of number of articles, i.e. 6 during 1999). Specifically, only four journals received ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...INSA had a one–man cell to carry on History of Science programme in India under the National Commission. It brings out Indian Journal of History of Science with contributions from historians of science from both India and abroad. It highlights the Indian contribution in science and technology to the world civilization. Research projects are offered by INSA to Indian scholars and some financial support is provided to publish their reports. But there is no concerted effort made to set up chairs in some universities to promote teaching and research. INSA has published more than a dozen volumes on various aspects of Indian History of Science and Technology. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi also brings out a Journal Studies in History of Medicine and Science and published some treatises on the ancient system of medicine. The Indian Society for History of Mathematics has been quite active and brings out its journal Ganita–Bharti, Bulletin of Indian Society of History of Mathematics. During 1974, Indian Association for History and Philosophy of Science (IAHPS) came into existence with V. R. Shastri as its founder general secretary. It organized some meetings at ISCA venues as an annual ritual, but failed to make an impact. In my view, History and Philosophy of Science is an important area of knowledge, which needs to be promoted as an academic discipline in our
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