Team Member: ISSN INDIA

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

ISSN is a worldwide identification code used by publishers, suppliers, libraries, information services, bar coding systems, union catalogues, etc. for citation and retrieval of serials such as Journals, Newspapers, Newsletters, Directories, Yearbooks, Annual Reports, Monograph series, etc. The benefits of having ISSN include international publicity and recognition of serials by automatic inclusion in the International Serials Directory Database.

ISSN National Centre of India

The Indian ISSN Centre at the National Science Library, NIScPR (erstwhile NISCAIR), New Delhi is one of a network of over 89 national centres worldwide. It is responsible for assigning ISSNs to serials published in India. The Centre is also responsible for contributing Indian records to the world database of ISSN numbers, known as the ISSN Register, maintained by the ISSN International Centre in Paris. Since 1986, the National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (erstwhile NISCAIR/INSDOC) has been designated as the National Centre for assigning ISSNs to serial publications published in India. The ISSN-assigned periodicals are registered in the international database in Paris.