Research Journals Management
The promotion of research is one of the core strategic goals of the ORIC along with improving the trends of research activities and transforming ideas into innovative products and services. ORIC is a platform that encourages multidisciplinary research and it works for managing and escalating the research activities.
To enhance research productivity and disseminate evidence based scientific knowledge, NUML is publishing research journals in eight disciplines.
All journals are using open journal system (OJS) for paper submission and review processes for the purpose of publications in the interest of transparency, efficiency and integrity.
What We Offer
• Guide journals' editors about annual accreditation process with HEC.
• Assistance about Open Journal System.
• Arrange workshops on Editorial Work Flow in OJS.
• Collaborate with CrossRef which is parent body for awarding DOIs for research journals.
• Seek and collaborate with major indexing and copyright agencies, e.g, IPO, EBSCO, CROSSREF, DOAJ, COPE, SCOPUS etc.
• Streamline journals’ policies; that include copyright, licensing, open access, plagiarism, peer review, ethical policy, privacy, subscription, publishing policy etc.
Achievements
• Six NUML journals, which have met the required criteria for inclusion in HEC, are recognized as HEC 'Y' category journals.
• Seven functional NUML journals are indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). DOAJ is the largest open access database and its indexing is important for inclusion in HEC.
• Two journals have applied in Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Awiting COPE's response.
• According to requirement of HEC, all journals are keeping their editorial workflow on OJS.
• Acquire Creative Commons Licence, which is essential for indexing in DOAJ and HEC.
Activities
• Higher Education Journal Recognition division annually calls applications for accreditation of journals. Manager journal publication assist editors in their application process to HEC.
• One day training to journals' editors explained OJS functionalities and editorial work flow processes.
NUML Journals' Prominent Indexes & Abstracting
| Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) | EBSCOHOST |
| ISLAMICUS (USA) | ALMANHAL (DUBAI) |
| AUSTRALIAN ISLAMIC LIBRARY | CABELL's INTERNATIONAL |
| ISLAMIC RESEARCH INDEX | PROQUEST |
| EBSCO | LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (USA) |
| ADVANCED SCIENCE INDEX | Open Access Journals Index |
| WORLD CAT | ASIAN RESEARCH INDEX |
| DRJI | SCIENTIFIC INDEXING SERVICES |
| EUROPUB | INDEX OF URDU JOURNALS |
| MLA | TEHQEEQAT |
| SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR | BASE |
| OpenAlex | ACADEMIC RESOURCE INDEX |
| CrossRef | ISSN |
• Uniform journal policies have been made regarding copyright, licensing, plagiarism, open access etc. All journals are licensed licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
• NUML journs are adhering the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access. Both, license and openaccess statesments are embedded on every published research article.
• For copyrights, NUML journals have applied in Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO).
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is an eminent indexing agency which keeps records of open access journals of the world. Moreover, indexing in DOAJ directs towards indexing in SCOPUS. By grace of Allah, SEVEN functional NUML journals have been indexed in DOAJ.
