Major rise in research publication rate

Pakistan has witnessed an impressive 50% increase in the number of research publications in the past two years, from 3,939 to 6,200 in the higher education sector, reports The Nation.

This has been the second biggest increase worldwide. Scimago, the world's leading research database, forecast that if this research trend from Pakistan continues, by 2018 the country will have moved ahead 26 notches in world ranking, from 43 to 27, and for the first time will pass Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand. Today, Pakistan is publishing more research papers per capita than India.

The number of PhD faculty at public universities has also increased by almost 50%, from 4,203 to 6,067 in just the past two years alone. This is the result of the Higher Education Commission PhD scholars that have started returning and joining universities. These scholars are being selected for studies at leading universities of the academically advanced countries through a well-defined open, transparent and merit-based mechanism.
Full report on The Nation site