Thousands of researchers pay to publish each year without a reliable way to check whether a journal is genuine, properly indexed, or at risk of being delisted. We're building the tool that answers that question honestly, for free.
We're early, and we're building in the open. Here's what exists, and what's coming.
Look up any journal: its real indexing status, whether it has ever been delisted, its actual cost, and how long it really takes. Free, always.
For researchers who want it: an honest assessment of where a paper realistically fits, and help getting it there — only into journals we'd trust ourselves.
UGC retired the CARE list and made journal quality your call. We turn the new parameters into a checkable score, so your review committee isn't starting from a blank page.
Things we will never do Guarantee an index · take payment from a journal to recommend it · publish anything that shouldn't be published · send you unsolicited "opportunity" emails · touch your publication fee.
You've written the paper. Now you need to publish it somewhere real, without overpaying or gambling your work on a journal that might vanish. We help you choose with your eyes open.
I'm a researcher →Your accreditation depends on research that actually counts. We help you see where your faculty are publishing, flag the risky journals before submission, and protect your NAAC and NIRF metrics.
I'm from an institution →Not sure what CiteScore, Impact Factor, or "Q1" actually mean — or which "impact factors" are fake? We wrote a plain-language guide that sorts every metric into real, context-dependent, and fake. No sign-up, nothing to buy.
Right now, the people who profit most from academic publishing in India are often the ones with the least reason to be honest with you. Journals that get delisted keep taking submissions. Services promise guaranteed publication they can't deliver. And the person paying — usually a scholar under deadline pressure — is the one left carrying the risk.
We think there's room for one operation whose only job is to be straight with you. Not to publish your paper, not to sell you a shortcut — just to tell you what's true, so you can decide for yourself.
We're early. We're talking to researchers, faculty, and institutions to make sure we build the right thing. If any of this resonates, we'd genuinely like to hear from you.
— Sanket Patel, founder