A. INCENTIVES RULES
For the year of 2023-2025, the incentives amount per Quartile remains as it
is.
To further encourage the local collaboration of two or more PSU authors, the full
incentive’s
amount will be given. However, in the case of external collaboration where only
ONE PSU
author has contributed to the published work, a percentage of the incentive’s
amount will be
given as illustrated below:
Local PSU Collaborations:
The full incentive's amount will be given and distributed only among PSU
authors.
External Collaborations:
In case of external collaboration where only ONE PSU author has
contributed to
the published paper, a percentage is given as follows:
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100% of the incentive’s amount will be given, if PSU author is listed as
the
first
author and the total number of authors is strictly less than FIVE
authors.
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70% of the incentive’s amount will be given, if PSU author is listed as
the
first author
and the total number of authors is FIVE authors or more.
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35% of the incentive’s amount will be given, if the PSU author is not
listed
as the
first author and the total number of authors is strictly less than FIVE
authors.
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20% of the incentive’s amount will be given, if the PSU author is not
listed
as the
first author and the total number of authors is FIVE authors or more.
The incentives scale for ISI and SCOPUS for 2023-2025 are as follows:
Ranking/Qs |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
ISI |
7000 |
6000 |
3000 |
2000 |
SCOPUS |
6000 |
5000 |
2000 |
1000 |
2000 SAR incentives are added for the top 1% journals
(ISI Impact
Factor is higher than or equal to 30) and 1000 SAR for the top
10% (ISI
Imapact Factor higher than or equal to 10)
(list available on the RIC website)
|
The ceiling of incentives is 55,000 SAR per faculty
member |
Furthermore, the incentive amounts of Scopus-only publications will be subject to
a rate
based on the H-Index of the journal as illustrated in this table.
H-Index |
% of Incentives* |
0-10 |
79% |
11-20 |
82% |
21-30 |
86% |
31-40 |
90% |
41-49 |
95% |
50 and above |
100% |
The H-Index of the journals can be found on Scimago
Journal & Country Rank
* If the journal is indexed in ISI, then it will be counted as 100%.
Extra incentives on Pure Research Labs publications
To encourage publications produced within the PSU research labs, we allocate 50%
extra amount
to be added to the deserved incentives based on current bylaws for any
publication being
produced by the members of a research lab. The maximum incentive amount received
by any PSU
author does not exceed 4,500 SAR, regardless of the number of authors.
A publication is considered as being produced by a research lab, if it satisfies
all the
three conditions as the following:*
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It has at least two researchers affiliated with the research lab, or PSU
faculty members.
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An author of the research lab/PSU is the first author.
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It has a maximum of one co-author outside PSU.
*Latest update: 20 January 2025. Updates will be applied starting with batch 2025-01
Order of the new incentives’ rules:
The order of applying the above-mentioned rules for the deserved incentives
amount are as follows:
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Add the top 1%, 10% ISI Impact Factor extra incentives, if applicable.
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Apply the pure research lab paper extra incentive if applicable.
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Apply the rate of deserved incentives based on the H-Index of the
journal.
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Apply the distribution of the incentive’s amount among PSU authors.
All these calculations are automated for any publications.
B. PUBLICATION FEES RULES
Regarding the payment of publication fees, the University strives to process all
the requests
as soon as possible. We would like to attract the attention of the faculty
members that for
the refund of publication fees in 2023-2025, it is important to respect the
following
guidelines:
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Starting from 2023, each paper must cite at least 3-4 relevant PSU
research
papers, not
including authors’ self-citation to improve the citation records of
Prince
Sultan
University. Click here to see how you can look for
relevant papers
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Publications Fees are granted for publications with at least 40% of PSU
authors.
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The publication fees will be fully paid for papers ranked in all QS
ranking
whether in
ISI or SCOPUS except SCOPUS Q4.
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The publication fees in the invoice must be the same as the publication
fees
declared by
the open-access journal on its website. In case article processing
charges
are hidden,
the refund will not be approved, even if an invoice is shown.
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The refund will be made to the PSU author, who paid the publication fees.
If
the receipt
of the publication fee is not at the name of a PSU author, the refund
will
not be
approved. In case of a major need for the fees to be paid by another
author,
you must
contact RIC in advance with the reason for prior approval.
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The publication fee invoice must be issued by the same journal/publisher
where the
article is accepted. Third-party payments of publication fees are not
allowed and will
not be refunded.
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PSU can secure the publication fees per paper up to 9000 SAR and any
extra
amount above
that will not be considered.
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For payment in other currencies, it is necessary to add the bank
statement
that shows
the exact amount withdrawn from the account in Saudi Riyal.
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The publication fees of extra pages are supported for the top 10%
journals
and IEEE
Transactions. The maximum publication fee ceiling shall not be exceeded.
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We would like to encourage faculty members to consider highly reputed
publishers and
journals to help to promote the quality and impact of the research at
PSU.
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The ceiling of publication fees is 50,000 SAR per
faculty
member.
After reaching the ceiling of 50,000 SAR, it is possible to extend it to 60,000
SAR if
satisfies one of the following:
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If the faculty member secures the funding of two publication fees from a
collaborator,
we give him/her a matching of one extra publication fee paid by PSU.
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If the faculty member publishes three papers in closed-access journals
with
no
publication fees, we give him/her a matching of one extra publication
fee
paid by PSU.
Regarding the rule of the requirement of citing 3-4 relevant publications in
each paper ,his
rule aims at increasing the exposure of PSU research work and increasing the
total number of
PSU citations . It is important to note:
-
The rule will be applied on papers submitted on or after Jan 04 ,
2023.
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The rule mentioned citing RELEVANT papers . If no PSU publication is
related
to the
paper to be submitted , the PSU authors do not need to cite the PSU
papers.
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We urge faculty members to cooperate in raising PSU citations and impact.
Regarding the 40 % of PSU faculty members required to be eligible for publication
fees , the
following applies:
-
The rule will be applied on papers submitted on or after Jan 04 ,
2023.
-
In the case of three authors only , it is allowed to have one PSU author
involved and
receive the publication fees as an exception.
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While we keep encouraging collaboration , we urge faculty members to
increase the ratio
of PURE PSU PUBLICATIONS according to the criteria set by RIC.
C. PSU ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PSU acknowledgement is part of recognizing the efforts made by PSU in funding the
research
either with fees, incentives or seed grants.
Please find the suggested statements for
different
cases of publications at RIC website.
It is required to make an acknowledgment to PSU in any publication to be eligible
for
incentives and fees.
D. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
It is important to respect the ethical considerations of publications. For more
information,
refere to research ethics at RIC website
E. FEES AND INCENTIVES ELIGIBILITY
Admin staff can apply for fees and incentives at maximum 30% of the ceilings of
faculty
members.
All other rules approved in 2022 remain the same for 2023-2025, unless otherwise
specified.
How to search and know PSU relevant papers to be cited. Here are some ways
to do
so:
-
RIC-PSU Journals Publications Table
Where
you can
filter the results by college name or by publication title/partial
keywords from the
search box at top of each column.
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Scopus
search for PSU Publications It shows all Scopus-indexed PSU
publications and
can be filtered based on subjects as well.
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Asking PSU Colleagues/College Dean if anyone has already written
about
the subject
you are about to write, even in a very tiny manner such as a small
paragraph in
their published research papers.