Evidence of doubly OZI-suppressed decay $η_{c} \to ωφ$ in the radiative decay $J/ψ\to γη_{c}$

Using a sample of $(10087\pm44) \times 10^{6}$ $J/ψ$ events collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, the first evidence for the doubly OZI-suppressed decay $η_{c} \to ωφ$ is reported with a significance of 4.0$σ$. The branching fraction of $η_{c} \to ωφ$ is measured to be $\mathcal{B}(η_{c} \to ωφ) = (3.86 \pm 0.92 \pm 0.62) \times 10^{-5}$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This result provides valuable insights into the underlying mechanisms of charmonium decays, particularly for processes such as $η_{c} \to VV$ (where $V$ represents a vector meson).