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During the year a number of activities were carried out for dissemination of health information among the masses as well as

medical professionals, scientists and students. The Council continued to bring out Indian Journal of Medical Research, ICMR Bulletin, ICMR Patrika and Monographs on Medicinal Plants. A number of video films were prepared on various disease conditions during the year. As part of centenary celebration a number of publications were brought out. Some of them are available at ICMR website.

PUBLICATIONSIndian Journal of Medical Research

The Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) is one of the oldest (established in 1913) biomedical journals of the country, and is about to complete 99 years of its uninterrupted existence. The Journal is available full-text free on the website www.ijmr.org.in, and archive having full text articles since 1913 on http://ijmr.in with a searchable menu. The journal continued to publish 12 issues in 2 volumes per year and was indexed and abstracted in all major global indexing and abstracting services. In addition to quality original research articles as well as review articles the IJMR published review articles invited from eminent scientists from India and abroad. Articles under newly added sections viz. View Points, Perspectives, Systematic Reviews with meta analysis, and Students’ IJMR were also published.

Since February 2010 the editorial processing of articles submitted to the IJMR is now done by web based online manuscript management software (OMMS). This has led to an increase in submission rate, more submission from countries outside India, a wider dissemination, and a decrease in processing time.There has been a continuous increase in the

number of hits, visits and downloads on the Journal’s website. The impact factor (IF) of the IJMR was 1.826 in 2010 and it rose to 1.837 in 2011.

A special section on “Haemoglobinopathies” was brought out in October 2011 with Dr Dipika Mohanty as guest editor. Ten review articles contributed by eminent experts in the area were published. A special issue on “HIV/AIDS Research” was brought out in December 2011. Dr Kenneth Mayer was the guest editor of this special issue. This special issue carried 16 review articles, five original research articles and one correspondence.

Annual Report

The Council brought out both English and Hindi versions of Annual Report of ICMR (2010-11) and Annual Report of the Department of Health Research (2011-12) during the year under report. These reports can be accessed at the ICMR website www.icmr.nic.in

ICMR Bulletin

The Council continued publishing the monthly semi periodical-the ICMR Bulletin. The copies of the Bulletin are beeing mailed to varioos groups of readers, including professors and students of medical colleges of the country. The Bulletin can be a accessed on the ICMR website.

HINDI PUBLICATIONS ICMR Patrika

Publication of ICMR Patrika, an in-house monthly periodical was continued. During the year under report some of the articles published included: Nutraceuticals: Madhumehaj Jatiltaon ko kam karne mein sambhavit bhumika, Kshetriya Ayurvigyan Anusandhan Parishad, Belgaum: Herbal Chikitsa

Publications and Information

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par Shodhrat (Theme article on RMRC, Belgaum), Jalvayu Parivartan: ICMR Patrika: Pragati ke 25 Varsh; Anuvanshik Anusandhan Kendra, Mumbai: Anuvanshik Vikaron par Shodhrat evam Sevarat (Theme article on GRC, Mumbai) ; Swasthya Anuvanshiki ke Kshetra mein Rashtriya Janpadikrogvigyan Sansthan,; Khadya Padarthon mein Probiotics ke Moolyankan hetu ICMR-DBT Dishanirdesh; ICMR Shatabdi Varsh Samarohon ki Gatividhiyan; Bharat mein Madhumeh ki Rashtravyapi Vyapakata ka Satik Aklan: Ek Rashtriya Adhyayan ki Avashyakata, Orrisa ki Janajatiya Bahul Abadi mein Vyapt Svasthya Samasyayen, HIV Sahsankramit Rogiyon mein Kshayarog ka Nidan evam Ilaj.

While three articles were originally written in Hindi, the article on Neutraceuticals was adapted from ‘Nutrition News’ Jan., 2009 and the articles published in the October, December 2011 & March 2012 issues were adapted from the IJMR. As part of the ICMR centenary celebrations, three theme articles were brought out based on the activities & achievements of the Council’s Institutes.

It was also made available at ICMR website in pdf format for wider outreach.

Pictorial Identification Key of Indian Anophelines

The booklet entitled “Pictorial Identification Key of Indian Anophelines” was originally prepared in English ( by NIMR) and translated into Hindi by ICMR Hqrs in 2007. On the recommendation of Scientific Advisory Group of the P & I Division this booklet was translated into 3 regional languages viz. Telugu, Oriya & Bangla for use by NIMR Field Units.

Malaria Anusandhan se Rog Samadhan ( March 2012)

The Council brought out a 600 page book in Hindi titled ‘Malaria Anusandhan se Rog Samadhan’. which is the Hindi version of the original research papers on Malaria Research by Dr V. P. Sharma, former Director of NIMR and Addl DG, ICMR.

MONOGRAPHS ON INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTSThe programme on ‘Monographs on Indian Medicinal Plants’ aims at consolidation of Indian

research contributions (published information) at various national laboratories/institutions across the country in the area of medicinal plants and present the compiled information in series as Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants.

During the year Vol. 10 (with botanical names Ec-Ex) has been published covering monographs on about 422 medicinal plants species carrying multidisciplinary information as part of series on Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants. The Monograph includes regional names of the medicinal plant, its sanskrit synonyms as well as the Ayurvedic description (wherever available), ethnobotanical studies, apart from the habitat and the parts used, properties and uses on one hand, and the details of botanical, chemical, pharmacological and clinical data on the other, backed by complete references and bibliography on each aspect of the information cited, besides the colour photographs of important medicinal plants.

Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants The programme aims at development of quality standards of important Indian medicinal plants and preparation of monographs there of.

The monographs are on the pattern of WHO guidelines and focus on the diagnostic features and phytochemical studies, including markers besides having information on pharmacological,

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clinical, toxicological aspects along with dosage, adulterants/substitutes, etc.

The quality standards on 35 medicinal plants were developed, monographs prepared, finalized, technically reviewed and published as Vol. 9 as part of series on Quality Standards on Indian Medicinal Plants.

Generation of Phytochemical Markers and Development of a Repository

The programme aims at generation of phytochemical reference standards (PRS), for some frequently used Indian medicinal plants. Under this programme simple procedures of isolation of PRS have been optimized by making appropriate modifications in the reported procedures. The quantification of the PRS in the total crude extract is carried out by HPLC. Special emphasis have been laid on the complete characterization of the purified PRS by recording the physical and spectral data. Extensive use of the modern spectral methods like UV-Vis, IR 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectroscopy have been done for this purpose. A herbarium sheet of each of these plants is also maintained along with the repository.

The second volume of Phytochemical Reference Standards of Selected Indian Medicinal Plants containing monographs of 30 marker compounds was published.

INFORMATICS AND COMMUNICATIONScientometric Studies

The annual document ‘2010 Research Output of ICMR Institutes’ with analysis of publications from all the institutes including Regional Medical Research Centres was brought out. A total of 533 papers were published by the ICMR institutes during the calendar year 2010. The National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata topped the tally with 87 papers followed by the National Institute for Tuberculosis Research (NIRT), Chennai (53), National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), New Delhi (51), National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad (38) and National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune (32) . Of the 533 papers, 78.76 % were covered by SCI/JCR

2010, while 79.61% were covered during 2009. In this category of SCI/JCR 2010 covered papers, top five institutes were as follows : NICED, Kolkata (71), NIMR, New Delhi (45) ,NIRT, Chennai (39) , NIV , Pune (30) and National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai (27). The average IF/paper of the Council continues to remain over 2.000.

During 2011-12 the work on up-dating and analysis of the Database of Research Papers published by ICMR institutes in scholarly journals with value addition has been completed for all the institutes/RMRCs till 2010. The consolidated data of the papers in journals, from the inception (1919) till 2010, is indicating an increasing trend of papers on a decadal analysis from 87 (1919-1930) to a maximum of 4760 during 2001-2010. During the period of 1991-2000 a total of 3728 papers appeared in different scholarly journals. An analysis from Journal Citation Reports (JCR), for the Council has indicated an increasing percentage contribution, over the years along with selection of journals with relatively high impact factors.

As part of ICMR centenary celebrations a “Compendium of ICMR Research Papers (1919-2010)- A consolidation” has been published on the basis of data collected for the above database. PDF of the publication is available on ICMR website http://icmr.nic.in/Publications/centenary_books/compendium/index.htm.

In the year of the centenary, the Council decided to bring out a publication as an anthology of ‘Citation Classics’-the already published scientific papers acclaimed by ICMR, as befitting tribute to the authors. Towards achieving this goal, the task of identifying, archiving and retrieving the scientific papers as full text (pdf) from websites of the respective Journals in which they had first appeared was completed. As the citation tool was developed much later the exploration could be possible only from the year 1945 and onwards. With the help of this tool the papers presented in the volume could be captured. The intent was to identify (through Science Citation Index -SCI) a core set of (year-wise) ICMR articles published in a research journal that were frequently cited by other authors. The citations were collected online from the Science Citation Index for each year, individually. The most

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frequently cited articles were then sorted by year to identify a “Classic Paper” for that year. Finally a publication was brought out namely “ICMR’s Most Cited Research Papers : A Chronicle (1950-2010)” available on http://icmr.nic.in/Publications/centenary_books/Most20 Cited%20Rearch%20Papers/index.htm

In this series in each of the identified 20 priority areas, top most five papers were identified to be included in yet another centenary publication of ICMR “Citation Classics of ICMR’s Research Papers (1950-2010) –Five Most Cited Papers in Priority Area of the Council”. The PDF of the document can be accessed on http://icmr.nic.in/Publications/centenary_books/citations_classic/index.htm.

The Council documented the details of more than 800 Health Research Institution from India which belong to, CSIR, DST, DRDO, DSIR, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Department of AYUSH, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, and Medical Colleges with active research activity, NGOs and Private Organizations. The details have been entered in a database. A “user friendly software” for the database storage and retrieval on a CD and internet version has been also developed. The database is on the DHR web site (http://202.141.106.123/httpdocs/DHRI/DHRIDefault.aspx).

A project awarded to the Council, from NSTMIS (DST) entitled “Accessing Science & Technology (including Medicine) Research Output on the basis of Major Global Secondary Services and Indian Science Abstract as a Tool and Total Research Papers from Indian Journals in the Field : A Pilot Study for “Indian National Science Indicators” based on 5 years data (2005-2009) is on going. So far data has been captured from MEDLINE, CABI including Global Health and BIOSIS , SCOPUS and SCI. The work for capturing the data from CA and INSPEC is in progress.

BIOINfORMATICS The BIC continued providing services to ICMR. Reports have been produced from extramural information system for answering Parliament questions, queries from the Ministry, SAG of Divisions, etc. The internet, intranet and

videoconferencing facilities are provided by BIC to ICMR Headquarters and institutes. The ICMR website is updated regularly. During the year 2011-12 various interactive forms have been designed and online data have been collected using these forms through ICMR website. The BIC worked as Nodal Point for all ICMR institutes and the Headquarters for ePublishing of tenders on Central Public Procurement Portal of Government of India. The BIC continues to provide programming services to different Technical Divisions.

BIC continued to work on project of creating Data Repository of large amount of scientific data which have been generated by ICMR institutes over the years.

HINDI DAY SYMPOSIUM (21ST SEPTEMBER, 2011)As a part of ICMR Centenary celebrations and on the occasion of Hindi day/ Hindi fortnight the council organized a symposium in Hindi on the topic “ Jivan shaily se sambaddh rogon ka chikitsa-praband : ek update ( management of lifestyle diseases: An update)” at ICMR Hqrs on 21st September, 2011. Dr Rakesh Yadav, Addl Prof, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi delivered a popular lecture in Hindi on “ Jivan shaily aur hriday rog”.

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Dr Ashok Kumar Jhingan, Visiting Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi spoke on “Jivan shaily men badlav aur madhumeh”. Dr Shridhar Dwivedi, Dean & Principal, Jamia Hamdard Medical University, New Delhi delivered a lecture on “Jivan shaily aur vayo vriddhi”.

Dissemination of Biomedical InformationIndian Council of Medical Research participated in a state of art S & T Exhibition “Pride of India Science Expo” organized as part of 99th Session of Indian Science Congress at KIIT, University,Bhubaneswar during January 3-7,2012.The Council showcased research achievements, contributions and research activities in different priority areas of biomedical sciences undertaken by ICMR institutes/centres spread across the country. Scientists of the Council explained the exhibits and answered the queries of the visiting delegates, students and scientists from various parts of the country as well as from abroad. Many senior scientists, academicians, policy makers visited ICMR pavilion and appreciated the research activities/contributions of ICMR. ICMR pavilion was adjudged the Most Informative Pavilion based on the feedback of visitors.

Web-based Extramural Project Management System

The ICMR has shifted from manual receipt, processing and management of extramural

projects to web-based interactive system .The system has been developed by ICMR in technical collaboration with C-DAC,Noida .This system has started functioning w.e.f. January 2012.Now all function related to the processing of extramural ad hoc proposal ie submission, receipt, reviews by experts,sanction,release of funds, report submission, and final closure of the project would be through web-based system. All stake holders i.e. principal investigators,programme officers, experts,ICMR management and disbursing officers would be interacting through this web-based system ( available through the link available on the ICMR website). This system will eliminate the paper-based manual system which had been in operation in the Council so far.

In the new web-based system, extramural projects are being received in two stages- first as a concept proposal or preproposal and later the selected preproposals are being submitted as the detailed proposals. Every stakeholder is expected to log in into system after registering and communicate with each other through web-based online system. The system is being developed and refined.

Till March 31, 2012 around 400 preproposals have been received on line.

Visitors at ICMR Pavillion