HEC Journals Categorization | Lecture 1 (Part 2) by Dr. Muhammad Naveed

What are Scientific Journals & HEC Journal Categorization? W, X, Y & Z Category. HEC has developed a mechanism in which they have categorized all the national and international journals into 4 categories. The journals are classified into W, X, Y, and Z category. Following are details of each category. W Category Journals listed in Journal Citation Report (JCR) of ISI having an Impact Factor are categorized into W category. These are the most valued journals. X Category Experts groups certify that they are top, recognized journals in the subject of archival quality. Journals not having an Impact Factor but verified by HEC that they meet all HEC Journal Criteria and have paper reviewed by at least one expert from an Industrially/Academically advanced country in the respective discipline. Y Category Experts groups certify that they are top, recognized journals in the subject of archival quality. Journals not having an Impact Factor. They meet all HEC Journal Criteria except review of each paper by at least one expert from an Industrially/Academically advanced country in the respective discipline. Z Category Experts groups certify that they are good, recognized journals in the subject of archival quality. Journals not having an Impact Factor. They meet all HEC Journal Criteria except Review of each paper by at least one expert from an Industrially/Academically advanced country in the respective Discipline and not Abstracted/Indexed internationally by a recognized Agency. Utilization of Categories W Category: Acceptable for Tenure Track System X Category: Acceptable for BPS appointments/promotions, HEC Approved Supervisor and Publication of research of PhD work until 30th June 2016 . The Candidates enrolled in PhD after January 10, 2010 are required to publish their research paper in HEC recognized “W or X” category journals for award of PhD degree. Y Category: Acceptable for BPS appointments and Publication of research of PhD work until June 30th, 2016. The candidates enrolled in PhD before January 11, 2010 can publish the research paper in HEC Recognized “Y” category journal for award of PhD degree The International Social Science Journals included in Journal Citation Report (JCR) of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) would be considered as “W” category journals. Journals included in ISI Master List would be considered as “X” category journals. Journals abstracted/indexed by the agencies mentioned in the Ulrich Periodical Directory would be considered as “Y” category journals. The International Science Journals having an impact factor and are listed in Journal Citation Report (JCR: http://adminapps.isiknowledge.com/JCR...) of ISI (www.isiknowledge.com ) are considered as HEC Recognized Journals in “W” category. #JournalsList #HECJournals #RecongnizedJournals