Overcoming barriers to meaningful research in Pakistan: charting a path forward

Abstract

Research is the most unwanted, and orphaned part of every discipline in Pakistan. Pakistan Medical & Dental Commission, Higher Education Commission (HEC) or numerous medical universities in the country have been responsible for promoting research, but their responsibilities are finished after counting the number of published papers by any candidate for promotion. HEC has developed a software - called HJRS, but you visit this site and find a jumbled-up data which is four years old. Out of 58 listed Pakistani medical journals only 4 are in ‘W’ category. Many of the journals have been derecognized, but listed. Research related software like plagiarism check, reference actuality check, reference accuracy check, language etc. are hard to find by the average researcher. ‘Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care’ was started in 1997, with the objective to foster the culture of research in the members of the neglected specialty of anesthesia, and the journal engaged renowned research fellows to write on the research related topics and published. This invited editorial sheds some light on the barriers to research and the suggested measures to promote research in Pakistan. Keywords: HEC, Pakistan, Research, Research paper, Software Citation: Hussain SA. Overcoming barriers to meaningful research in Pakistan: charting a path forward. Anaesth. pain intensive care 2024;28(4):611−615; DOI: 10.35975/apic.v28i4.2497 Received: 22 June 2024; Accepted: July 05, 2024