Is Journal of nanostructure in chemistry UGC-CARE approved?

Journal of nanostructure in chemistry was on the UGC-CARE Group I list that was archived on 10 February 2025, and it is currently listed in Scopus — checked by ISSN against Elsevier’s official Scopus Source List. The UGC-CARE list itself was discontinued by UGC on 11 February 2025, so the archived listing is a historical reference and does not indicate current validation. The live Scopus listing is the checkable signal, and it is the basis UGC’s own former Group II rule used.

Journal	Journal of nanostructure in chemistry
ISSNs	`2008-9244` · `2193-8865`
Publisher	Springer Nature
UGC-CARE Group I (archived list, frozen 10 Feb 2025)	Listed — historical reference only
Scopus (Elsevier Source List, 77683 ISSNs)	Listed
DOAJ (open access directory)	Listed
Web of Science	Unknown — we do not hold that list

What this means for your submission

Because the journal is currently in Scopus, you have something you can show a supervisor or a committee today: a listing in an index that publishes its own source list and can be checked independently. Under the framework UGC used before the CARE list was withdrawn, a Scopus listing was the Group II basis. After the withdrawal there is no national list to point to at all, so an index listing is the strongest verifiable signal available.

In every case the institution’s own ordinance governs. Many universities wrote the CARE requirement into their regulations and have not amended them, so a department may still ask for a CARE-listed journal even though the list no longer exists.

How this page was built

Two lists, both held locally and both checked by ISSN: the archived UGC-CARE Group I list (1481 ISSNs, frozen 10 February 2025) and Elsevier’s official Scopus Source List (77683 ISSNs). Journal names and DOAJ status come from OpenAlex. Nothing here is inferred: discipline, publication fees, review time and acceptance rate are not knowable from an ISSN list, so they are not stated. Where a list is not held — Web of Science — the answer is “unknown”, never a guess. Data generated 2026-10-13.

Of the 1481 ISSNs on the archived CARE list, 709 resolve to a named journal with an entry here; 413 are ISSNs no public source could name, so they get no page rather than a page titled by a number. Across the full archived list, 73.1% are not in Scopus.

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Questions

Is the UGC-CARE list still valid in 2026?

No. UGC discontinued the CARE list by a public notice dated 11 February 2025, following a decision at its 584th meeting on 3 October 2024. The archived list, frozen 10 February 2025, is a historical reference only. UGC replaced it with suggestive parameters across eight areas rather than a list of approved journals.

Is Journal of nanostructure in chemistry indexed in Scopus?

Yes — its ISSN appears in Elsevier's official Scopus Source List, the list Scopus itself publishes.

My university still asks for a UGC-CARE journal. What do I do?

Ask the department which rule currently applies, because the institution's ordinance governs and many retained the clause after the national list was withdrawn. Where a current index listing is accepted instead, a Scopus or DOAJ listing can be shown and checked independently.