Publishing articles in indexed journals: Insights from research scholars

Research has become a pivotal element across various domains including Science, Technology, Industry, Healthcare, and Education. It’s the driving force behind innovation and progress. Within the educational sector, any research endeavours are underway to nurture students’ talents in schools, colleges, and Universities. Governments are actively supporting these efforts through funding agencies to harness the potential of the student community. One such initiative at the college and university levels involves encouraging research scholars to publish their work in indexed journals, thereby enhancing their knowledge and expertise in their respective fields. In this context, a study has been initiated to identify the factors influencing research scholars to publish their articles in indexed journals, recognizing it as an essential pursuit. The study focuses on a sample of 50 research scholars from GBPUA&T, Pantnagar. Its aim is to uncover the primary factors motivating these scholars to contribute their work to indexed journals, recognizing the pressing need for such endeavours. The results indicated that many factors affect the publishing article in indexed journal such as abstracting and indexing services, open access, physical quality, time, cost etc.