The barriers to meaningful research in Pakistan and the way forward

Author:

Afzal Anum,Saleem Huma,Iqbal Almas,Akram Asma

Abstract

Despite a mushrooming of a large number of universities in Pakistan during the past two decades, the country still stands at 45th position among the countries of the world regarding the meaningful research. In comparison, India stands on the comfortable 7th position. Over ninety medical journals are being published in Pakistan, but none of them has been able to attain ‘W’ category in the HJRS software being run by Higher Education Commission (HEC). It looks that millions of rupees spent in the name of research in the country are going down the drain. A large-scale effort is needed at the national level to start public-private partnership to promote meaningful and useful research, which helps the country to speed up its growth in every field and to shine at the international level. For its part, Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care has been trying, since its inception, to promote genuine research in the country. A prominent research scholar, Logan Danielson published a series of five papers on research in the journal. We have been instrumental in publishing nice research papers from across the world, especially from the Far East and Central Asian countries. But the ratio of Pakistani papers remains few and far between. This invited editorial is another endeavor to draw the attention of our academic elite to focus on the promotion of the research culture in the country on the war footing. It sheds some light on the barriers as well as the possible remedial measures. Our graduate and postgraduate institutions, universities, and HEC need to pay attention towards this very important aspect. Afzal A, Saleem H, Iqbal A, Akram A. The barriers to meaningful research in Pakistan and the way forward. Anaesth. pain intensive care 2024;28(3):405−407; DOI: 10.35975/apic.v28i3.2477 Received: April 18, 2024; Accepted: May 05, 2024

Publisher

Aga Khan University Hospital

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3