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An analysis of 35,640 papers published by Indian scientists as journal articles and reviews in journals indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) in 2008 revealed that 6231 (17.5%) papers remained uncited during 2008-2013. Most of the uncited papers were published by State Agricultural Universities and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. The highest proportion of uncited papers was in the discipline of agricultural sciences followed by multidisciplinary and mathematical sciences. These uncited papers appeared in journals published from India, Singapore, Romania and Japan with low impact factor (IF). Lowest number of uncited papers was published by the Department of Biotechnology. It was also found that a small fraction of papers published in journals with IF more than 5 also remained uncited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the poor citation of Indian science journals. It says that only 46 out of 1000 Indian science periodicals were indexed by multidisciplinary database Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). It states that 39% of 5317 articles and reviews found in 46 Indian science periodicals were cited in January 2006 to June 2009. It adds that poor citation is caused by poor circulation, reduced frequency of publication, and non-availability of said periodicals in the Open Access mode.

The author reflects on Mausam, a journal that publishes results of original scientific research in the field of meteorology and atmospheric sciences. He argues that the journal is not being indexed by the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) despite being published for more than 50 years. He suggests that the journal needs to include scientists and researchers from abroad and needs to change its name in English, so that it would have larger circulation.