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Economic & Political Weekly

ISSN 0012-9976 · e-ISSN 2349-8846 · Sameeksha Trust · http://www.epw.in/
Journal Trust Rating E · 35/100 — Not recommended — critical failures or red flags · checked 13 November 2026, 09:40 IST

Pillars

PillarPointsWeight
Identity & governance10 / 25 (3 unchecked)25
Editorial integrity11 / 2525
Technical standing7 / 20 (4 unchecked)20
Preservation & access2 / 15 (6 unchecked)15
Reach & citation5 / 15 (2 unchecked)15

Checks and sources

CheckResultDetailSource
ISSN registered (ISSN Portal)BAD 0/8no record for this ISSNportal.issn.org
ISSN key-title matchesNA 0/3not checkedportal.issn.org
Journal website live and on HTTPSOK 3/3HTTP 200 in 1.6swww.epw.in
Editorial board / editor named on the siteBAD 0/4no editorial board / editor found on the homepagewww.epw.in
ISSN displayed on the siteOK 3/3ISSN appears on the homepagewww.epw.in
Contact address / email publishedOK 2/2contact foundwww.epw.in
Publisher identifiedOK 2/2Sameeksha Trustapi.crossref.org
Peer-review policy publishedBAD 0/7no peer-review policy foundwww.epw.in
Publication ethics / malpractice policyOK 6/6ethics policy foundwww.epw.in
Plagiarism screening statedWARN 0/3no screening statementwww.epw.in
No predatory-style red flagsWARN 5/9ISRA JIFwww.epw.in
Crossref member — DOIs registeredOK 5/51483 DOIs on recordapi.crossref.org
Crossref metadata completeness (current articles)BAD 2/6abstracts 98% · licences 0% · ORCIDs 0% · references 0%api.crossref.org
DOIs displayed as links on the siteWARN 0/2no doi.org links on the homepagewww.epw.in
OAI-PMH endpoint and Google Scholar tagsWARN 0/3no OAI link seen · no citation_* tags on homepagewww.epw.in
Registered DOIs resolve to a live pageNA 0/2not checked — no DOI check has been run for this journal
Articles on the site carry a registered DOINA 0/2not checked — no DOI census has been run for this journal
Preservation (Keepers Registry / archives)NA 0/6not checkedportal.issn.org
Creative Commons licence statedWARN 0/4no licence statement foundwww.epw.in
APC / fee transparencyWARN 0/3no statement about feeswww.epw.in
Open-access statementOK 2/2open access declaredwww.epw.in
Listed in DOAJWARN 0/6not in DOAJdoaj.org
Indexed and cited in OpenAlexOK 5/51699 works · 176 citations · h-index 4openalex.org
Citation depth (h-index ≥ 5)WARN 0/2h-index 4openalex.org
Other verified index / registry listingsNA 0/2none recorded

Method

The Journal Trust Rating is computed by Smart Scholars from public registries (ISSN Portal, Crossref, DOAJ, OpenAlex, Keepers Registry) and the journal's own website at the time shown. It is not an impact factor and does not assess the quality of individual articles. Methodology: https://institutions.smartscholars.in/methodology.php. Verify this certificate: https://scholar.smartscholars.in/check.php?q=0012-9976