Bahria Research Journals Policy

BUORIC-P10 – Publishing of Journals at BU

Policy Number

BUORIC-P10

Policy Title

Publishing of Journals at BU

Approval Authority

Higher Education Research Committee (HERC)

Status

ACTIVE

 

  1. Responsible Party:

1.1 Higher Education & Research Committee (HERC)

1.2 Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC)

 

  1. Purpose:

To develop standard operating procedures for the publication and recognition of journals published by Bahria University.

  1. Scope:

This policy is applicable on all the present and prospective journals published by Bahria University.

  1. Policy Statement:

The policy guidelines have been devised for the implementation of standard template along with the procedure of publication and recognition of journals published by Bahria University.

  1. Policy:

5.1 All the editors should comply with the rules and regulations devised for the publication of journals by the Higher Education Commission and other Statutory/Regulatory Bodies

5.2 All journals should have diverse Editorial Board

5.3 The credentials of the Board Members should be taken into consideration with respect to the area of concern.

5.4 Fifty percent of the Board Members should be from outside BU.

5.5 All the papers should be Peer Reviewed

5.6 The policy of blind review should be followed and mentioned clearly in the Call for Papers announcement

5.7 Peer Reviewed at least by two reviewers (including one international reviewer i.e. from industrially/academically advanced country in respective discipline)

5.8 For the purpose of getting indexed and acquire the higher category, each journal published by BU should be abstracted and indexed with the renowned international indexing agencies of the world (List available at http://beta.hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/QADivision/Pages/HECRecognizedJournals.aspx)

5.9 The editors of BU journals recognized by HEC should apply to HEC for acquiring annual financial grant for publishing.

5.10 Journals published by BU should have separate dedicated websites under the domain of the parent website of BU. The writing guidelines shall be developed, circulated and uploaded on the official website of each journal. A web link should be available In case the journals is located within an electronic database (e.g. Springer, EBSCO etc.

5.11 The research journal articles should be made available in the digital format either through its own website or through existing electronic databases  

5.12 All the research papers published by the faculty/researchers of BU will be rewarded as per the Cash Award Policy (Policy No. BUORIC-P01).

5.13 One Course will be reduced from Standard Course Load of the faculty member designated as the ‘Editor’ of the journal.

5.14 Honorarium of Rs. 2,000/- and up to USD 50 per article can be paid to local and foreign reviewers respectively from the funds generated by BU Journals through HEC or any other sources without any financial liability on BU.

5.15 Dynamic advertisement campaign should be launched for the promotion of research journals of BU.

  1. Procedure:

6.1 The application for the publication of new journal by the head of department/editor shall be submitted on the prescribed application form to the office of ORIC through respective Director Campus/Principal for initial scrutiny which will be processed further for the approval of the Competent Authority.

6.2 All the editors of the present and prospective research journals of BU will follow the guidelines and should keep in loop the Directorate of R&D/ORIC and Directorate of Quality Assurance in the official correspondence with HEC/PMDC/HEC or any other external organization.