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ScholarPermalink Reply by Siddhartha Shankar Ray on December 13, 2018 at 20:44

Dear Ms. Shobha,

Thanks for your post.

As I personally feel, the first thing before planning is to ask "Why/whether do we at all need to Publish a journal"? 

If yes, then use the proverbial theory of POSDCORB keeping the "B" component ahead several letters!!

First is Planning:

Here you should decide the

(i) Scope & Coverage

(ii) Frequency vis-a-vis

(iii) competent reviewers and

(iv) Editors & Editorial Board Members.

(v) Press selection &

(vi) Human resource made available

Second is Organizing:

Here you should (i) Ensure Steady flow of papers/articles, This is extremely important. Even if you plan to publish your own journal to score in NAAC, still, the flow is the backbone. Otherwise you will not be able to sustain the journal over a limited period!! (ii) You should have some provision for anti-plagiarism checking and here comes the money issue. (iii)  You should streamline the processing activities.

Third is Staffing:

You must chalk out here what to be done by whom or who will do what? the HR issues.

Now it is Directing:  This is just "Get done" the job!! You must ensure whether the people are doing their allotted jobs & doing it within prefixed requisite time. Here you should ensure the most cost/effective & time/effective ways to get jobs done perfectly & satisfactorily!!.

Co-Ordinating/Controlling: This is a place where your competencies will matter most just like the lead man in an Orchestra, you have to organize all the components to a successful "Team -Work"

Here comes Reporting: Getting done the job, you have to assimilate and report to your higher authority indicating issues you foresee which might affect the job (both positively as well as negatively!)

Now Budgeting: As I mentioned it at the beginning, that it should precede some of the components. To my personal view budgeting should come alongside planning.

So far my knowledge, this is how we should think of publishing a journal & after publishing the requisite number of issues you may approach for ISSN.

Hope I could explain the issue (albeit theoretically!!)

Sincerely,

Siddhartha S. Ray, Calcutta 

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Permalink Reply by shobha on December 13, 2018 at 21:35

Thank you so much sir for your kind co-operation and spending the time for me.

Sir pls tell me if management is ready to spend money and faculty is ready to give the good articles being a Librarian what is my responsibilities and from where i have to start

Shobha

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Permalink Reply by Saba Sarasvdy on December 15, 2018 at 0:52

Now we have in India more than 10000 journals. Most of them are classified as predatory journals, unfortunately. Hence you need to bring a scholarly and good quality journal. Form an international editorial board, review board, use text editors, and notify in global lists. Find a good publishing collaborator for a few years who have a good experience(such as www.dline.info) What is the subject you are looking for? Whether you plan for a national or international one? Whether you like to have both electronic and print formats?

Global visibility and readability are the two issues. Good editing is very important. Good review is more important.

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Permalink Reply by shobha on December 17, 2018 at 22:15

Dear Mam

Thanks a lot mam

First i need to talk to good publishing company to bring the journal as we are from Saraswati Law College, I  think they will guide me what to do in the same field, step by step. 

Mam also tell me, is there any link on NISCAIR website to apply for journal, Mam our plan to bring the good quality National Journal in Law. Kindly suggest some good Publishing company for same field

with rgds

Shobha

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