CENSUS OF INDIAN PERIODICALS - A REVIEW OFINDIAN PERIODICALS, AN ANNOTATED GUIDE

This is a critical review of the wIndianPeriodicals.an annotated guide?", 1969. The paper brings out anumber of inaccuracies. and mistakes by way ofshowing wrong dates of commencement of titles.duplication through old and new titles, faulty titles.wrong classification of title s, inclusion of ceasedtitles and ghost titles. and finally. what is not easilyseen. a number of important omissions.

An important shift in the internationalbibliographical scene, specially after the twoworld wars. has been to discard the earlierconcept of a 'single great inte rnational tool'and give more emphasis on the creation of anumber of fully dependable 'national wholes'.This shift of emphasis is clearly seen in thevery important activity of compilation ofdirectories of periodicals. Surely, theemphasis is on the compilation of nationaldirectorie s , 1£the re have been wide variationsin our estimates of the number of periodicalsbeing published in the contemporary world andif we do not know the exact number of them atany particular point of time, surely. thesolution lies in the compilation of more nationaldirectories. As in other countries, a numberof such compilations have been made in Indiaalso. The latest attempt in this field is the"Indian Periodicals. an ann ot a.ted guide" pub-lished in 1969 [1]. This has been a verywelcome addition to the growing volume ofIndian bibliographical tools. But, like all itspredecessors, this also shows the enormousdifficulties and pitfalls inherent in such acompilation.

With the appearance ot the IndianPeriodicals: an annotated guide (referred tohereinafter as the Guide), a long felt need ofthe l ib r a r ian s , especially of India, is fulfUled.Notwithstanding a few not -too- se rious short-comings here and there, this guide is a rn aj o rimprovement over its predecessors, not onlyin its presentation, but also in its coverage.Many titles like Harvestor, Geos, etc., notcove r ed by any of the conventional referencetools, have found place in the Guide.

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Following information have been providedin respect of about 4,000 periodicals: I) Fulltitle; sub-title (previous title, if any); Z) Yearof starting; 3) frequency; 4) annual subscriptionin Indian and foreign currencies; 5) editor;6) publisher (distributing agency, if any); 7)languages (other than English); 8) notes regard-ing book reviews, advertisements, statistic.,typography, annual or special number, annualor cumulative index, table of contents, titlepage, etc.; 9) list of secondary pe r iodic al s ,wherein the periodical is indexed or abstracted;and 10) annotation. In addition. copious seereferences have been provided to bring allrelated titles under each heading.

No sincere effort in this world is everwithout a blemish. This guide is also noexception. The shortcomings in the case ofscientific periodicals, which have come to thenotice of the author are detailed below with thehope that the next edition of this publication willbe devoid of these shortcomings.

Serial Numbers

Each entry in the guide, be it a mainentry or a see reference, has been assignedwith a serial no. As a result, the last se r ialno. in the Guide 1. e. 5121, does not give anyidea as to the number of periodicals listed.It has been found that as many as 847 entries,to which se rial nos. have been as signed areonly see references.

Besides this, in a number of cases, thesame title has been entered with detailedinformation under different heads, resulting induplicities or triplicities of entries. Inclusionof quite a few ceased titles has also contribu-ted towards the inflation of serial numbers.Taking account of all these factors, it can beassumed that the total number of periodicalscove red by the Guide will be in the vicinity of4000.

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Date of Starting

Ascertaini.ng the date of starting ofIndian periodicals is a perplexing problem. Ina stupendously large number of cases. the dateof starting for the same periodical variesfrom source to source. As for example. thedate of starting of Madras Medical Journal is1913 as per British Union Catalogue of Perio-dicals. Scientific Serials in Australian Libra-ries, 8<Union List of Serials in Libraries ofthe United States and Canada. It is 1918 as perA. Neelameghan's "Development of MedicalSocieties and Medical Periodicals in India.1780 to 1920". 1925 as pe r the Press in India.1913 and 1930 as per the Retrospective Biblio-

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graphy of the Learned Periodicals of Asia, byDr S.R. Ranganathan 8<others; and 1957 as perDirectory of Indian Scientific Pe riodicals. The reare hundreds of other cases like this. Onecan wishfully think that the authorities bringingout the publication, can possibly supply thecorrect date. But in many cases, speciCicallyin the cases of old periodicals it is not so.

In the circumstances. it is quite naturalthat the compilers have failed in many cases togive the correct date and in a large number ofcases. the date of starting of periodicals. Thefollowing 1ist provides the correct date ofstarting of 90 periodicals.

Serial Serial no. as Name of the periodical Date of Actual dateNo pe r the Guide starting as of starting

per the Guide

2 3 4 5

9 Advance Abstracts of Contributions on Nil 1967Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences in India

2 53 ERDE [Sic) Documentation List NU 19603 124 Andhra Agricultural Journal 1964 19544 138 Bharat Krishak Samaj Yearbook Nil 19645 143 Bombay Cotton Annual Nil 1919/206 157 Confe rence on Cotton Growing Problems Nil 1937

in India. Papers Read and Summary ofProceedings

7 183 Food and Farming 1951 19498 189 Harvestor Nil 19569 239 Kerala Krashaka Mithram 1935 1953

10 324 Dairy Extension Nil 196111 328 Fish Technology Newsletter Nil 1960/6112 333 Indian Dairy Yearbook NU 196013 404 Town 8<Country Planning News Nil 196414 453 Kodaikanal Obse rvatory Bulletin 1898 190515 454 Kodaikanal Observatory Memoirs 1898 190916 568 Botanical Society of Bengal, Bulletin 1937 194717 571 Botanical Survey of India, Records 1833 189318 640 India in Industries 1968 195819 1264 Stanley Medical College, Journal 1958 1938

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2 3 4 5

20 1280 Tech Mag 1957 1948

21 1309 University College of Medicine. Bulletin Nil 1963/64

22 1896 Association of En gineer s , Journal 1952 1925

23 1914 Civil Engineering. Construction and 1961 1968Public Works Journal

24 1931 Electric Power Survey of India Nil 1963

25 1955 Handbook of ISI Publications Nil. 1951

26 1961 Indian and Easte rn Enginee r 1958 1858

27 1967 Indian Engineer 1958 1959

28 1982 Indian Wire Industry. Journal 1957 1958

29-34 1990-5 Institution of Engineers (India). Journal 1920 1921

35 2020 Machinery and Prosperity Nil 1964

36 2021 Madras Highways 1964 1956

37 2099 Indian Petroleum Handbook 1966 1962

38 2171 Annamalai University. Journal Nil 1932

39 2246 Madhya Bharati Nil 1951/52

40 2306 University of Bombay. Journal V.16(1947) 1932/33

41 2351 Geological Survey of India. Memoirs 1956 1856

42 2352 Geological Survey of India. Memoirs. 1961 1861Palaeontologia India (-sic)

43 2359 Journal of the University Geological 1955 1953Society

44 2405 Asiatic Society. Journal 1798 1788

45 2502 BCG Newsletter , 1963 1961

46 2518 rlurnpur Kulti News Supplement 1962 Before 1957

47 2527 Capexil Monthly Export Bulletin 1962 1961

48 2531 Central Electronics Engineering Nil 1963Research Institute. Newsletter

49 2567 Eastern Railway Newsletter Nil 1955

50 2697 Newsletter. Animal Production 1966 1956

51 2720 Planned Parenthood Nil 1953

52 2734 Quarterly Newsletter. [FRI] Nil 1964

53 2742 Remranda News 1966 1956

54 3191 All India Leather Directory Nil 1960/61

55 3328 Business Management 1960 1961

56 3340 !SQC Bulletin 1952 1953/54

57 3388 Mathematics Seminar 1966 1957

58 3420 Bulletin Devoted to the Prevention of 1956 1952Tube rculosis

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59 3439 Current Medical Practice 1955 195760 3443 Doctor and Medicine 1929 1951/6061 3521 Indian Yearbook of Medical Science 1962 1958(?)62 3522 Indian Yearbook of Ophthalmology 1959 195463 3533 Madras Medical Journal 1925 191364 3577 Medical World Nil 195565 3580 Mysore Medical Department. Nil 1963

Quarterly Magazine

66 3678 Indian Institute of Metals. Transactions 1946 194867 3691 Metkem (-sic) 1951 194868 3701 Indian DaUy Weather Reports Nil 187869 3704 Magnetic. Meteorological and 1872 1842

Atmospheric Electric Observationsmade at the Government Observatories

70 3742 Mines and Minerals 1964 1961/62

71 3863 Indian Journal of Physics and 1927 1926Proceedings of the Indian Ass ociationfor the Cultivation of Science

72 4163 Quarterly Journal of Indian Studies in Nil 1966Sciences

73 4167 Rajasthan Academy of Sciences. Nil 1951Proceedings

74 4168 Research and Industry 1955 195675 4289 Annual Summary of Jute and Gunny Nil 1955

Statistics

76 4333 Economic Survey of Indian Agriculture Nil 1959/6077 4353 Handbook of Indian Forest Statistics Nil 1957/5878 4395 Monthly Statistics of the Production of 1959 1932

Selected Industries of India

79 4543 Review of the Working of Central Nil 1956/57Sugar Factories of India

80 4546 Sugar Technologists' Association of 1925 1932India. Annual Convention. Proceedings

81 4600 Bombay Technologist 1950 195182 4622 Technical Bulletin. [NPL] Nil 196683 4659 Journal of the Indian Textile History 1957 195584 4820 Indian Railway Technical Bulletin 1944 192685 4824 Indian Shipping 1940 194986 4860 Oceanite 1944 194587 4875 South Eastern Railway Magazine 1958 1957

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1 Z 3 4 5

88 4912 Home Science 1965 1959/60

89 5107 Indian Journal of Anaesthesia Nil 1953

90 5119 Textile Industry in South India Nil 1949/50

Entries under Old and New Titles

Changes of titles in the domain of periodicals are so frequent as to baffle even thesincerest attempts of bringing out a list with the latest titles. In the Guide, a large numberof periodicals have been entered under their old titles, and in some casf'S both under old andnew titles. Changes in titles which took place after the middle of 1909 have not obviously beentaken into account in this analysis as the Guide was published in August 1969.

Serial Serial No as TitleNo per the Guide1 Z 3

1 Abstracts (of Current TechnicalLiterature), Central Board ofIrrigation and Power

83 Irrigation and Power Abstracts

2 9 Documentation of Agriculture

10 Documentation of Animal Husbandry

3 82 International Medical Abstracts andReviews

3535 Journal of Medicine and InternationalMedical Abstracts and Reviews

4 366 Anthropological Survey of India, Bulletin

374 India, Department of Anthropology,Bulletin

5 530 Annual Review of Biochemical andAllied Research in India

6 1936 Electricity

1937 Electricity Monthly

7 2591 HAL Technical Society Digest

8 2718 Philips Industrial and Electronic Bulletin

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1 contd. from N. 313(1967) as 83.

Both have been replacedby Current AwarenessService List from 1968

82 contd. from V. 19(1956)as 3535

374 contd. from 9 N 2(1960) as 366

Contd. from V.37(1966)as Biochemical Reviews

1936 contd. from V. 4(1964) as 1937

Contd. from V. 4(1964)as HTS Digest

Contd. from 1965 asIndustrial and ElectronicBulletin

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9 3464 Herald of Health 3590 contd. from 56(Oct.3590 Oriental Watchman and Herald of 1965) u 3464

Health

10 4738 Indian Spice s 4745 contd. from Jan.

4745 Spices Bulletin1967 a8 4738

Multiplicities of Main Entries

In addition to see references, full-length entries of the same periodical have found placein rnanv cases under more than one heading, and in some cases under the same headingmainly because of inconsistencies In the rendition of titles. A list of such case. is givenbelow.

SerialNo

Serial No asper the Guide

Title Heading unde r which theperiodical has beenentered

1 2 3 4

1 129

263

2 1854603

3 914l06"!

4 1208

1210

5 1582

1600

6 1361

1963

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Annual Review, Production andConsumption of Fertilisers

Production and Consumption ofFertil iser s , Annual Review

Ag ricurtu re

Agricul ture

Food Industries Journal Agriculture

TechnologyFood Industries Journal

College of Agricultur,e, Magazine

Magazine of the College of Agriculture,Hissar

College Magazines

College Magazines

Regional Engineering College, Research College MagazinesBulletin

Research Bulletin, Regional Engineering College MagazinesCollege

Chemists and Druggists Association,Madras, Journal

Drugs &< Pharmaceuticals

Madras Chemists and DruggistsAssociation, Journal

Drugs &< Pharmaceuticals

Institution of Electronic and Radio CommunicationsEngineers, Indian Division, Proceedings

Indian Division of the Inst itut ion ofElectronic &< Radio Engineers.Proceedings

Engineering

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7 Drug News; Chemists and DrugstoreNews

Drugs &r. Pharmaceuticals

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

1586

5061

1894

1912

224723094154

23104183

21782305

2542

2687

2599

2689

4117

4151

43594405

Chemists and Drugstore News Drugs &r. Pharmaceuticals

Annual Research Memoirs (CentralWater &r. Power Research Station)

Central Water &r. Power ResearchStation - Annual Research Memoirs

Engineering

Engineering

Madras University, Journal

University of Madras, Journal

Madras University, Journal(Section B Science)

General Periodicals

General Periodicals

Science

University of Poona, Journal General Periodicals

University of Poona, Journal(Science &. Technology)

Science

Bihar University Journal

University of Bihar, Journal(Science &. Humanities)

General Periodicals

General Periodicals

CLT &. RI News Bulletin House Organs &Newsletters

News Bulletin, Central LeprosyTeaching &. Research Institute

House Crgans &.Newsletters

HMT News Digest House Organs &.Newsletters

News Digest, HindustaI1 MachineTools Ltd.

Banaras Hindu University, Journalof Scientific Research

Science

Journal of Scientific Research,Faculty of Science, Banaras HinduUniversity

Science

Health Statistics, Punjab

Punjab Health Statistics

Statistics

Statistics

Faulty Titles

A large number of titles included suffer from various types of inaccuracies. Some ofthe titles are inco~plete, in some there are printing mistakes, and strangely enough. a fewtitles have simply been coined by the compilers themselves! The last type has b••en namedhere as ghost titles.

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Serial Serial No. asNo per the Guide

2

53

2 398

3 399

4 702

5 881

6 1140

7 1290

8 1310

9 1319

10 1599

11 1983

12 2112

13 2352

14 2358

15 2656

16 2759

17 3477

18 3674

19 3691

20 3703

21 3739

22 3873

23 3917

24 4623

Incorrect title Correct title

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ERDE Documentation List

Indian Town and Country PlanningAssociation. Journal

Institute of Town Planners. India.Quarterly Journal

Major Industries of India

Bombay Veterinary College

Northern Forest RangersCollege

Thirhut College of Agriculture.Journal

Utkal Krishi MahabidyalayaMagazine

Venkateswara Medical CollegeMagazine

La Medicine en France

Industrial and ElectronicReview

Stearriu se r s and Fuel Users'Journal

Geological Survey of India.Memoirs. Palaeonto1ogia India

Indian Society of Earthquake

La Medicine en France

Saraswaty

Indian Dental Association

E aste rn Metal Review

Metkem

Indian Weather Review

Mineral Wealth

Plexcouncil Bulletin

Journal of PsychologicalResearch

Ahmedabad Textile IndustryAssociation. TechnologicalConference. Proceedings

LRDE Documentation Liet

Indian Town and Country PlanningAssociation. Quarterly Journal

Institute of Town Planners. India.Journal

Major Industries of India Annual

Bombay Vete rinary CollegeMagazine

Northern Forest Rangers CollegeAnnual

Tirhut College of Agriculture.Journal

Utkal Krushi MahabidyalayaMagazine

Sri Venkateswara MedicalCollege Magazine

La Medecine en France

Industrial and ElectronicsReview

Stearn and Fuel Users' Journal

Geological Survey of India.Memoirs. Palaeontologia Indica

Indian Society of EarthquakeTechnology. Bulletin

La Medecine en France

Sree Saraswaty

Indian Dental AssociationJournal

Eastern Metals Review

Metkem Journal

India Weather Review

Mineral Wealth of MadhyaPradesh

Plexconcil Bulletin

Journal of PsychologicalResearches

Ahmedabad Textile Industry'sResearch Association.Technological Conference.Proceedings

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2 3 4

25

26

4922

4966

Yog Institute, Journal

Rhinoi

Yoga Institute, Journal

Rhino

Ghost Titles

Serial Serial No. asNo pe r the Guide

2003

2 2005

3 2375

4 4146

5 4608

6 4970

Ghost titles Actual titles

Irrigation and Power AbstractsINSDOC

Irrigation and Power Abstracts

ISI Handbook Handbook of ISI Publications

Glass and Ceramic Bulletin Central Glass and CeramicResearch Institute, Bulletin

Jammu Regional Laboratory,Bulletin

Bulletin, Regional ResearchLaboratory, Jammu (ceased in1962)

Indian Journal of Food Scienceand Technology

Abstracts, Indian Institute ofPackaging

Journal of Food Science andTechnology

Packaging Abstracts

Wrong Classifications

Classifiers throughout the world have many a time been deceived by the illusive titles.The classification of 'Confidential Adviser' (Ser.,No. 3058\. a jonrnal claimed to be of sexology.but actually of pornography, the publication of which led Mr. Durlav Singh, the editor of thejournal, initially to the court, and eventually behind the bars, under 'Law' is a noteworthyinstance of rnisclassification. Other instances are:

Serial Serial No. Title Heading in which Heading in whIchNo. as per the the title has been the title should be

Guide classified classified

152 Coir Agriculture Business and Industry

2 273 Research and Agricul ture Business and IndustryProductivity Journal or MlUlaRement

3 297 Technology Agriculture Chemicals andChemical Technology

4 311 Vanija Agriculture Business and Industry

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5 804 Indian Journal of Chemistry Chern icals andApplied Chemistry Chemical Technology

6 4618 NML Technical Technology MetallurgyJournal

Classification of journals relating to Forestry and Timber Industry under Agriculturedoes not seem quite all right. It would have been better if those journals were put unde rsome such heading as Forestry and Timber Industry. Headings like Chemicals and ChemicalTechnology, Engineering, and Technology have created lot of confusion. It would have beenbetter, if those three headings were reduced to two, like Chemical Engineering and Technology,and Engineering

Ceased Titles

A few titles included in the Guide has in fact ceased publication. The following tableenlists those titles.

Serial Serial No. as Title RemarksNo pe r the Guide

347 Journal of Veterinary and Ceased with V. 8(1964)Animal Husbandry Research

2 604 Commerce and Industry Ceased with 64 N 8 (Aug 1964)

3 3739 Mineral Wealth [of Madhya Ceased with 6 N 1 (1962)Pradesh]

4 3805 Andhra UniversityMemoirs on Oceanography Ceased with V. 2 (1958)

5 4994 NBG Bulletin Ceased with N 126(1966)

Glaring Omissions

The claim that the Directory of Indian Scientific Periodicals, 1968 has been tapped isbelied when it is found that a large number of titles included in the Directory have f ourrdnoplace in the Guide. It will also be found from the list that most of the journals left over areimportant journals, and are listed almost in all conventional reference tools.

1. Chemical Age of India. 1950-2. Chemical Engineering Society, Journal. 1967-3. Chemical Weekly. 1956/57-4. Indian Botanical Society, Journal. 1919-5. Indian Chemical Society, Journal. 1924-6. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 1941-7. Indian Journal of Helminthology. 1948-8. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 1957-9. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 1958-10. Indian Mining and Engineering Journal. 1962-1l. Indian Phytopathology. 1948-12. Indian Textile Journal. 1890-13. Institut Francais de Pondicherry, Section Scientifique et Technique ,Travaux. 1957-

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14. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 1940-15. Labdev - Journal of Science and Technology. 1963-

Pt A - Physical Sciences. Pt B - Life Sciences16. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings - 1931/32-

Section A - Physical Sciences; Section B - Biological Sciences17. Orissa Veterinary Journal. 1963-18. Palaeobotanist. 1952-19. Phytomorpho10gy. 1951-20. Road Research Papers. 1956-21. Science Resource Letter. 1967-22. Tisco. 1932- [1932-53 published as Tisco Review]23. Zoological Society. Proceedings. 1948-24. Zoological Society of India, Journal. 1949-

Foreign Titles

It is not known how many foreign titles have infiltrated into this Guide, at least one suchtitle i,e. Tribhuvan University, Journal has come to the notice of the author.

Inadequate See References

Despite numerous see references provided in the Guide. see references in some areasare inordinately inadequate. As for example. under the heading Physical Sciences seereference has been provided only for the periodical Journal of Mathematical and PhysicalSciences, and there is no mention about the following: 1) Indian Academy of Sciences,Section A - Physical Sciences; 2) National Institute of Sciences of India [now Indian NationalScience Academy], Proceedings, Part A - Physical Sciences; 3) Madhya Bharati, Part 2,Section A - Physical Sciences. Section A of the Proceedings of the National Academy ofSciences, and Pt. A - Labdev - Journal of Science and Technology, not covered by the Guide.are also devoted to Physical Sciences. Though Section B/Part B of all the above mentionedperiodicals are devoted to Biological Sciences, yet no mention of these periodicals has beenmade under the heading Biology!

Scattering

Periodicals pertaining to same subject have been scattered under various headings. Asfor example, periodicals on Science in general have been scattered under as many as sixheadings, viz. 1) Abstracting, Indexing and Bibliography (e. g. Indian Science Abstracts); 2)Embassy Journals (e. g. Science and Research in Netherlands); 3) General Periodicals (e. g.Visva Bharati Annals, Part 2 - Science); 4) History and Indology (e. g. Journal of the AsiaticSociety - Science and Letters); 5) House Organs and Newsletters (e. g. Science Newsletter,Hyderabad Science Association); and 6) Science. Similarly periodicals on Agriculture,Engineering.Medicine, etc. have also been scattered under a number of headings. Scatteringof periodicals under various heads to some extent is inevitable. But at the same time mini-mum scattering is desirable to increase the usefulness of the publication. Choice of appro-priate headings, and abolition of unnecessary ones can reduce the scattering to a great extent.

Reference

[1] Indian Periodicals. an annotated guide, compiled and edited by N N Gidwani andK Navlani, Jaipur, Compiler, 1969. viii, 191[18].

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