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Dr Sumit Narula

Bennett University, Amity University, Panjab University, Amity University System

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2576-9022
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Dr Sumit Narula is a PhD in Electronic Media and Conflict Resolution from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He is presently working as the Director/Head of the Institution in Amity School of Communication at Amity School of Communication, Amity University Gurgaon. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Dean of Research (Publications and citations) at Amity University Madhya Pradesh. He has two master's and two Postgraduate diplomas to his credit. He has published two books in Mass Communication/Journalism and edited seven books. One of his books Environmental Awareness and Role of Social Media with IGI Publications USA has recently been indexed by Clarivate's book Citation Analysis (Web of Science). He has also published several national and international research papers in reputed journals. He has also been to London, Dubai, Slovenia, Nepal, Singapore and Amsterdam for research and paper presentations. The core areas for his research are Media Research, Fake News Detection, Peace Building, Conflict Resolution etc. He is also the editor-in-chief of the bi-annual SCOPUS indexed Journal named Journal of Content Community and Communication. He is also the Chairman of the Centre of Excellence for Detection of Fake News and Disinformation at AUMP. He is well-versed with software like SPSS, Smart PLS, NVIVO 12, Citavi 6, and Mendeley. He has taken 400 plus workshops on the topic ‘How to catch Fake/Predatory/Cloned journals in Academics’ and has developed a course with Taylor’s University, Malaysia and also awarded the Innovation Research Award by them. He is the Honorary Brand Ambassador for Emerald Publishing: South Asia and also the voluntary Ambassador for Cross Ref. He has also taken many workshops with Emerald, Elsevier, Cabells, and Turnitin as their Resource Person on Academic Integrity. He has also been covered by various newspapers and the AAJTAK channel. He is also covered by YouTube Channel Integrity Matters by Turnitin. He has also spoken about Academic integrity on various platforms. He has recently released an App named 'Amity Quality Journal Checker' on both the Google Play Store and the IOS Platform. It has a list of all the fraud/cloned and predatory journals. He also got two major Copyrights named ‘Eight Novel Ways to Identify Fake/Misleading Impact Factor’ and ‘Eight Novel Ways to Catch a Cloned Journal’.

Links for further reading:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/hijacked-journals-siphon-millions-dollars-research
https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/menace-of-predatory-cloned-journals-more-rampant-in-post-pandemic-world-121102501031_1.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V84wplsF5c&t=81s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX7HIzGZDX4&t=66s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KAZpKP5D4E&t=1460s
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/amity-quality-journal-checker/id6446170415
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.amityuniversitygwalior

Employment

  • Bennett University DEAN
    2025 - Present
  • Amity University Director
    2023 - 2025
  • Amity University Deputy Dean Research (Publications & Citations)
    2021 - 2023
  • Amity University System Director
    2013 - 2023

Education

  • Panjab University Doctorate
    2007 - 2011

Projects & Funding

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Publications (29)