High Impact Paper Award
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Awards
- President Highly Cited Researcher Award
- Distinguished Professor Award
- Applied Research Award
- Research Excellence Award
- Early Career Research Award
- High Impact Paper Award
- Highly Cited Paper Award
- Postdoctoral Excellence Award
High Impact Paper Award
Last Update on: 12 August 2024
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- Purpose
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- Implementation, Compliance, and Reporting\
- Document Amendment Information\
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of these guidelines is to support the administration of the High Impact Paper Award (the award).
2. SCOPE
- These guidelines apply to the High Impact Paper based on the impact of papers published in a Nature-index journal or the top 2% of journals published by Clarivate. .
- These guidelines apply to all KFUPM faculty and researchers.
3. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS
| 1. Definitions | |
|---|---|
| Principal Author | Principal author, also known as lead author (corresponding), is the one who made most of contributions in conducting the research investigation, and writing and editing the manuscript |
| 2. Acronyms | |
|---|---|
| CHPE | Committee for Honors and Public Events |
| DR | Deanship of Research |
| JIF | Journal Impact Factor |
| KFUPM | King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals |
| VPRI | Vice President of Research and Innovation |
4. OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the award are to:
- recognize KFUPM faculty members and researchers who have generated a high-impact paper published in a top-quality journal;
- encourage KFUPM faculty members and researchers to target their papers for publication in top-quality journals in their respective field.
5. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
All KFUPM faculty members and researchers are eligible for the award where:
- their paper was published while the applicant was affiliated with KFUPM, and the affiliation appears on the publication;
- their paper has at least 50% authors from KFUPM;
- the corresponding author is from KFUPM;
- their paper was published in a Nature-index journal (https://www.natureindex.com) or in the top 2% of journals (JIF Percentile is above 98%) published by Clarivate (https://mjl.clarivate.com/).
- their paper has major contribution to UN SDG (https://blog.scopus.com/posts/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs-on-scopus).
- their paper has an international co-author;
6. APPLICATIONS
Applications are not required.
7. SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS
- Awards will be made based on the impact of papers published in a Nature-index journal or the top 2% of journals published by Clarivate.
- DR will monitor publication impact, determine award recipients and make awards throughout the academic year.
- DR will inform award recipients.
8. AWARD BENEFITS
9. IMPLEMENTATION, COMPLIANCE, AND REPORTING
- DR is responsible for monitoring the implementation of these guidelines using the following performance indicators:
- the number of awards allocated, annually;
- the number of issues reported in relation to the awards scheme.
- Dean of Research is responsible for ensuring compliance with these guidelines.
- Non-compliance with these guidelines shall be immediately reported to VPRI.
10. DOCUMENT AMENDMENT INFORMATION
| Version # | Amendment Date | Amendment Description |
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| 1 | Month, date, year |
Application
Applications are not required