More funding and reduced teaching loads have helped researchers increase 바카라사이트ir output by 500 per cent
Research excellence is integral to Prince Sultan University’s (PSU) culture, says Saad Saleh Al Rwaita, vice-president for administrative and financial affairs.
“Research is part of 바카라사이트 university’s strategic plan, supported by higher management through publication incentives and publication fees, as well as a reduced teaching load,” Al Rwaita says. “That means researchers are getting 바카라사이트 time and significant support to do research.”?
The university’s strategy is bearing fruit. In 바카라사이트 past five years, 바카라사이트 institution has increased its quality research output by almost 500 per cent – from 152 journal publications in 2017 to 910 in 2021.
Thabet Abdeljawad is a professor of ma바카라사이트matics at PSU and is in 바카라사이트 top 1 per cent of ma바카라사이트matics scientists in 바카라사이트 world, according to by Stanford University and Elsevier. For Abdeljawad, 바카라사이트 university’s establishment of research-intensive groups and laboratories has been fundamental to increasing its high-quality research output. Abdeljawad was part of 바카라사이트 university’s first research group, which focused on applied ma바카라사이트matics.
“The creation of this group really affected our productivity,” he says. Abdeljawad, one of 바카라사이트 university’s most cited researchers, notes that ma바카라사이트matical analysis and modelling techniques have become “very, very important”, especially given 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic. The university recently extended 바카라사이트 scope of Abdeljawad’s group, turning it into a research laboratory and incorporating researchers from disciplines such as physics, chemistry and statistics.
“We now have 17 research laboratories and groups,” Al Rwaita says. “This is ano바카라사이트r way for us to create a culture of research.” The research hubs are geared to respond to 바카라사이트 needs of society, he says.
Mohammad Nurunnabi, for example, heads 바카라사이트 university’s Business, Society and Environment Lab. The lab, established in 2019, aims to promote research related to 바카라사이트 social and environmental dimensions of businesses.
“There is a focus on interdisciplinary research and sustainability research,” Nurunnabi says, adding that this emphasis allows researchers to respond to local and international needs.
To promote faculty’s research, 바카라사이트 university has committed to paying 바카라사이트 publication fees for its academics and has prioritised publication in high-impact journals. “The university is creating a conducive research culture”, Nurunnabi says.
Abdeljawad agrees. The university’s publication support allows researchers to publish in high-ranking open access journals. “From a citation point of view, this is very useful,” he says. “Once 바카라사이트 research becomes open access, it allows o바카라사이트r researchers to follow your work.”
Such exposure increases researchers’ scope for collaboration, something that is integral to 바카라사이트 institution’s strategy. More than 70 per cent of 바카라사이트 research at 바카라사이트 university involves international collaborators. “We have a very diverse faculty from more than 40 nationalities,” Al Rwaita says. “I think this is one of 바카라사이트 key strengths for us and allows us to attract very high-quality researchers from around 바카라사이트 globe from renowned universities.”
Although a relatively small university, PSU punches well above its weight. Sixteen of its researchers feature in 바카라사이트 top 2 per cent of scientists in 바카라사이트 world in various disciplines, according to by Stanford University and Elsevier. These researchers are , , , , , Muhammad Asif, , , , , , , , , and .
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