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CORRESPONDENCE
Of the 47 Indian scientific journals that in 1999), but also the largest journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (smallest
find place in the Journal Citation Rep- in terms of number of articles (464) journal in terms of number of articles,
orts (JCR) on CD-ROM – 1999 Science published during 1999. The other end i.e. 6 during 1999). Specifically, only
Edition, Current Science tops the tally of the 1999 spectrum includes the four journals received more than
amongst Indian journals with an Impact Indian Journal of Agronomy (lowest IF, 1000 citations: Current Science (1766),
Factor (IF) of 0.567. It is not only the 0.032), IETE Journal of Research Indian Journal of Chemistry B (1686),
most cited Indian Journal (1766 citations (least cited with 7 citations) and Journal Journal of the Indian Chemical Society
Table 1. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) on CD-ROM – 1999 Science Edition journal rankings sorted by Impact Factor
(Filtered by India)
Rank Journal abbreviation ISSN 1999 Total cites Impact Factor 1999 Articles
Source: Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Institute for Scientific Information, Philadelphia, USA.
NEWS
Present status In Science and Technology (S&T), of high technologies emerging out of
Russia and India agreed to intensify co- joint research and development as well as
operation and provide for extension of those available with either side’. A
The ‘Declaration on strategic partnership Integrated Long-Term Programme of Co- mechanism for technology transfer and
between India and Russia’ was signed on operation in Science and Technology high technology joint ventures was also
3 October 2000 at New Delhi by the visi- (ILTP) up to the year 2010. This agree- agreed upon. It was further agreed to set
ting Russian President, Vladimir Putin ment was signed by Murli Manohar Joshi, up an Indo-Russian Joint Council for
and the Indian Prime Minister, Atal Minister for Human Resource Develop- ILTP that would oversee the joint ven-
Behari Vajpayee. The Declaration affirmed ment, Science and Technology and Ocean tures and technology transfers.
‘to proceed from a desire to further con- Development, Govt of India and Ilya
solidate their traditionally close and friendly Klebanov, Deputy Prime Minister of the
Background to the ILTP
ties to mutual benefit; drawing upon their Russian Federation on 3 October 2000,
rich and fruitful tradition of cooperation in the presence of Prime Minister of It has been 13 years since the first sign-
in various fields accumulated over half a India and the President of the Russian ing of the ILTP on 3 July 1987 by the
century since their establishment of diplo- Federation. The agreement provides for then Prime Minister of India and General
matic relations . . .’. ‘industrial and commercial exploitation Secretary of CPSU. Political changes