The Process of Indexing and its Relevance in Academic Research

Abstract

The paper discusses the concept of indexing in the field of higher academia and research. Indexing is a significant feature that aids both the researchers and journal publishers in the field of research publication. Indexed journals helps the researcher to have a vast access to the materials in their area of interest as well as their published works gain a wide readability. Indexing is therefore a tool that indicates the journal quality. The indexing agencies try to maintain this feature of indexing through the strenuous process of selection of journals, the monitoring of the journals through the indexing parameters, and the constant reviewing of the knowledge produced in those journals. Thus, indexing of the journals serves as a resourceful aid for the researcher to have a knowledge of the already existing data on his/her area of interest and find new paths of knowledge in the field. The paper examines the concept of indexing, the history of indexing, different indexing agencies, and indexing parameters. It also briefly discusses the different types of peer review processes in journals which is relevant in research publication.