Illustrating the weight of research and publishing articles in the ranking of universities focusing on our regional universities

1. 1st Erbil Polytechnic University Symposium on
The Role of Scientific Research and Publications in
University Rankings

2. 1st Erbil Polytechnic University Symposium

3. Common University Ranking Systems
2004

8. What about our universities??!!
In The world University Ranking?
In The Asia University Ranking?

10. • Thousands of M.Sc. and Ph.D.
No. of
Researchers
• More than 20 Universities
No. of
Universities
• More than 15 JournalsNo. of Journals
• More than 6 Centers except
Specialized Hospitals and
• Non-Govermental centers
No. of
Research
Centers

11.  Weak spending of government budget on research
sector.
 Absence of obvious policy for qualifying our universities
regarding researches and publications
 The absence of spirit of competition among the
researchers
 Unavailability of financial incentive for the researchers
 Absence of working as team group and cooperation
among different fields
 Isolation of our universities and lack of international
collaborations
 The universities didn’t take benefits from scholarship
program

13. Dr. Martin Paul Eve
Senior Lecturer in Literature,
Technology and Publishing.
Birkbeck, University of London.
•Peer reviewed, in a traditional pre-review model
•Open Access and free in monetary terms for authors and readers
•Preserved, safe and archived
•Reputable: run by consensus of leaders in a field

14. Social vs. Technical Requirements
• Technical needs:
Open Journal System (OJS)

15. Social vs. Technical Requirements
Social and skill Needs
• Editorial board
• Peer reviewers
• Copy editors
• Proofreaders

16. Most Important steps….
• Getting ISSN number
• Getting DOI numbers
Right, this is where it can get a bit complicated. DOI (Document
Object Identification/Identifier) numbers are part of a system
that ensures that articles are permanently active.
• Archiving in CLOCKSS
• CLOCKSS is the archival service that is used for journals.
CLOCKSS stands for Controlled Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff
Safe. The principle here is that your articles are stored on
multiple servers, spread across the globe.
• Indexing in Google Scholar by publisher