National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources

The National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), located at New Delhi, India, was an information science institute in India founded in 2002. In 2021, the institute was merged with National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies to form National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research ^[1] (NIScPR). It operated under the umbrella of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) that comprise 38 other labs and institutes in India. The institute published several academic journals and magazines.^[2]^[3]

History

In 2002, the Indian Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC), which came into being in 1952 under CSIR, was merged with NISCOM in 2002, to form National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR).

General services

E-Publishing
Editing
Indexing
Print & Production
Herbarium Techniques
Taxonomical Identification of Plants
Identification of crude Plants-based products
Contents, Abstracts and Photocopy Service (CAPS)
CSIR Knowledge Gateway
Document Copy Supply Services
Literature Search Services
ISSN
Short term courses in Science Communication, Digital Libraries, Information Technology and Library Automations etc.
Translation Services
Training Programmes

National Science Library services

Reader's Service
Technical Query Service
Copying Service
Inter Library Loan Service
e-Journals Access
National Science Digital Library nsdl
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

Open access

18 journals and 3 popular science magazines (Science Reporter and its Hindi and Urdu editions) published by CSIR-NISCAIR are available as open access from the NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository website.^[4]

List of publications

Academic journals

Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS)
Applied Innovative Research (AIR)
Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika (BVAAP)
Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IJBB)
Indian Journal of Biotechnology (IJBT)
Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section A (IJCA)
Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section B (IJCB)
Indian Journal of Chemical Technology (IJCT)
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB)
Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences (IJEMS)
Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research (IJFTR)
Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS)
- Formerly Indian Journal of Marine Sciences
Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR)
- Formerly Natural Product Radiance (NPR)
Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP)
Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics (IJRSP)
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)
Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR)
Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR)
Journal of Scientific Temper (JST)