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The Medical Council of India (MCI) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) are statutory bodies of Government of India for dealing with medical education cum practice and higher education respectively. Similarly, Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) is the statutory body constituted under Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 to regulate standards of education and examinations, qualification and practice of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Sowa Rigpa systems in India. These bodies issue guidelines for appointments and promotions in the Institutions under their ambit [1e3]. The central idea of such guidelines is to improve the quality of teaching in Institutions and teachers also can practice research. Recently, UGC and MCI have initiated steps to (a) improve the quality of research publications (b) curtail unacademic practices and (c) ensure publications in scientific peer-reviewed journals [4,5]. Both of these guidelines were critically reviewed by key stakeholders with reference to approved list of journals, acceptable databases, authorship criteria and types of articles for research publications. Similar to this effort of these two bodies, CCIM has developed guidelines for appointment and promotion of faculty in the AYUSH educational institutes. The CCIM regulations specify syllabus for teaching research methods for the undergraduate education in Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani (ASU) and stress on publishing dissertation work by the ASU post-graduates [6e9]. The guidelines issued for Ayurveda and Siddha systems state identical criteria regarding scientific publication (not less than five papers for post of Professor and not less than three papers for the post of Reader or Associate Professor in ‘recognized journals’). At the same time, guidelines for Unani system did not mention the term ‘recognized’ [10,11]. In the published literature, a critical review of CCIM guidelines is not available. Hence, we offer the rationale for defining the term ‘recognized journals’ for CCIM. Key issues that emerged from the reviews of UGC's initiatives and MCI guidelines can facilitate in framing ‘recognized journals’. In fact, a review of UGC's ‘approved list of journals’ identified the need for reconsideration and avoiding predatory, fake or questionable journals [12]. Similar debates aroundMCI guidelines [13] identified a list of certain databases for indexed journals. Indexation is considered as an indicator of journal quality [14]. The debates led to identification of standard national/international databases for selecting indexed scientific journal for research publications. The

‘Recognized journals’ in guidelines from Central Council of Indian Medicine on research publications needs specification