HEC Facilitates National Research Journals To Boost Publication Standards

Applications for the year 2023–2024’s accreditation of Pakistan-based research journals are being accepted by HEC Pakistan (July 1, 2023- June 30, 2024).

HEC Facilitates National Research Journals To Boost Publication Standards

Through financial assistance and capacity building to raise their academic and publication standards, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) supports national research journals published by registered entities. Applications for the year 2023–2024’s accreditation of Pakistan-based research journals are being accepted by HEC Pakistan (July 1, 2023- June 30, 2024).

These organisations include academic institutions that grant degrees (DAIs), public sector R&D organisations, and academic non-profit societies with a focus on research that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and/or Registrar of Societies only.

National research journals that meet HEC accreditation requirements are honoured yearly through an open call. For the aforementioned year, submissions from all Pakistan-based research journals that meet the minimal requirements are invited.

The organisations requesting accreditation must have a working website, a valid ISSN, a journal title, an editorial or advisory board made up of PhD holders in the relevant field (or FCPS/FRCSMCPS degrees for medical journals), and a strong record of research and publication.

A university/DAI, R&D organisation, private society, or NGO must be the journal’s owner. A minimum of five original research articles and at least two reviews of each article must have been published in each issue.

In the event that the educational institution or R&D public sector organisation is one that has been approved, the journal editor will provide a recommendation letter from the head of the institution.

The journals published by academic non-profit organisations with a research mandate will only be taken into consideration following registration with SECP and/or the Registrar of Societies.

The Australian Business Deans Committee (ABDC) or the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) have removed journals from their lists of those that will not be considered for accreditation.

Under the leadership of Atta-ur-Rahman, the Higher Education Commission was established in 2002 as a statutory body by the Pakistani government. Its primary responsibilities include funding, supervising, regulating, and accrediting the nation’s higher education institutions.