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The article reports on retraction of scientific papers from India. It makes reference to papers submitted by M. Sivasubramanian published in 2009 issue of the Elsevier journal "Computers & Mathematics with Applications" and another paper on science and in the 2010 issue of the journal "Applied Mathematics Letters." It discusses findings of the mathematics community on these papers.

This section presents a list of research papers from India published in various journals between January 1,1999 and August 31, 2009 including "Overview No. 144: Mechanical Behaviour of Amorphous Alloys," by Christopher A. Schuh, Todd C. Hufnagel and Upadrasta Ramamurt, "Crystal Engineering: A Holistic View," by Gautam R. Desiraju, and "Pi-organogels of Self-assembled P-phenylenevinylenes: Soft Materials With Distinct Size, Shape, and Functions," by Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh and Vakayil K. Praveen.

The article focuses on the research by G.S. Seethapathy, J.U. Santhosh Kumar and A.S. Hareesha, published in the journal "Current Science," that demands end to research papers submitted from India to pay-to-publish journals, under the pressure to satisfy criteria for appointments and promotions.

The article reports that India is expected to surpass by 2020 the research output of the world's leading industrial nations. It notes that India is still behind other comparator countries in research investment and productivity but could soon change with the government's decision to significantly increase spending on education and scientific research. It reveals that India has produced 30,000 scientific papers in 2007 and it is expected that its research productivity will be at par with other industrialized nations within seven to eight years.