Research & Development - University of Southern Punjab

Research is a significant and vital organ of contemporary academia. Institutes and Universities without productive research activity carry little weight-age. Research, undoubtedly plays a dominating role in ranking of Institutions globally as well as nationally. University of Southern Punjab has allocated a special funding for ORIC for promotion of research activities and research incentives for researchers on publishing quality papers.

USP on the basis quality publication has also introduced BEST RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR AWARD. It is given as a cash prize to first three best researchers at the end of every year.

Instructions For Author

The authors are requested to submit well-researched and original paper with a length of 5000 to 7000 words, including references. The paper must contain an Abstract with a length of 200-300 words, including Keywords.

First page of the article should contain title of the research paper, name of the author, designation, institution affiliation and contact details. All the articles must be composed in MS Word, however; Font should be Times New Roman. An article should be typed on A4 size paper in double space, on one side of the page. Font size for title headings for English Articles 16 Bold, and for sub-headings 14 Bold, however, font size for references is 10.

All citations should follow the Chicago Manual of Style and the detail of the style can be observed on “http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org”>http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org

Articles are required to be submitted by Email: [email protected] to the editor for the publication.

The articles are double blind peer reviewed by the experts before publication. However, the Editorial Board reserves the right to exclude the paper without showing cause for it. The decision of the Editorial Board will be considered exclusive for publication of the article.

The author has to submit article along with similarity report and he will be legally responsible for any objection in this regard.

The Editorial Board does not necessarily agree with the views of the authors, and cannot be held accountable for any statement, comment or information.

Research Projects

National Information Technology Board (NITB) Research Project
National Grossroots ICT Research Initiative Project

Criteria of Research Incentive/Best Researcher Award

Since HEC has already categorized the journals in W, X, and Y categories in different disciplines. A similar method is followed for Research Award to Best Researchers in USP. It is an international practice that the principal author/corresponding author is given importance over co-authors. It is noted that some paid journals publish substandard and plagiarized material. To Score out these issues, the following criteria will be followed in future:

For publication in W category Journal 4 marks will be given to the author if he/she is a first/corresponding author. Otherwise, the marks will be equally divided amongst all authors. For example, if the author is not a principal/corresponding author and the total number of authors is five then 4/5 marks will be given to each author.
For publication in X category journal (having impact factor or no impact factor), 2 marks will be given to the author if he/she is the first/corresponding author. Otherwise, the marks will be equally divided amongst the total number of authors. For example, if the author is not the first/corresponding author and the total number of authors is five then 2/5 marks will be given to each author.
For paper published in Y Category (international HEC recognized Journal) first/corresponding author will be given 1 mark. Otherwise, the marks will be equally divided amongst the total number of authors. For example, if the author is not the first/corresponding author and the total number of authors is five then 1/5 marks will be given to each author.
For papers published in Y category (local HEC recognized journal), 0.5 mark will be given to the first/corresponding author. Otherwise, the marks will be equally divided amongst the total number of authors. For example, if the author is not the first/corresponding author and the total number of authors is five then 0.5/5 marks will be given to each author.