Distinguished Research Program (2025)
Distinguished Research Program
Program Description
This program aims to encourage faculty members to publish high-quality research in top-tier scientific journals (ISI) to increase faculty members’ publishing rates and improve the university's international rankings.
The expected outputs of the program
- A number of research papers published in ISI-indexed international journals with high impact.
- High rate of scientific publishing for faculty members.
- High citation rate for faculty members.
- Raise the university's ranking at the international level.
Program Standards and Regulations
- Research results must be submitted in the form of a Research Article and published in an ISI-indexed journal. The principal investigator of the project is required to submit one academic paper by the end of the project.
- The total project budget is paid to the researcher in two installments according to the following:
- The first payment: paid to the researcher after signing the contract to spend on research requirements, and its value is 14,000 Saudi riyals, except for the chapter in the book 10,000 Saudi riyals.
- The second payment: delivered to the researcher only if the research article meets the qualification criteria mentioned in the attached table based on the indexing of the research journal. It must be published in one of the ISI-indexed journals for the same year of publication, or a book or chapter. Additionally, the abstract page must be attached as it appears on the Web of Science page.
In addition to the first payment, a second payment is made according to the following table:
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Category
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Description
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Rewards & Support *
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Support Criteria
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1
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Publishing in Nature & Science
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Special support for research published in the highest-ranked journals
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- Financial reward up to 80,000 SAR
- Coverage of publication costs
- Official recognition from the university
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- The first author and corresponding author must be from the University
- Publication in
Nature & Science
(Link to approved journals)
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2
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Publishing in journals ranked in the Top 10%
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Journals ranked within the top 10% in Web of Science
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42,000 SAR
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- The journal must be within the top 10% according to JCR
- The first author and corresponding author must be from the University
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3
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Publishing in journals classified in the first quartile (Q1)
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Support for publishing in Q1 journals indexed in WOS
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35,000 SAR according
to the impact factor
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- Publication in a journal within Q1 according to JCR
- The first author and corresponding author must be from the University
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4
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Publishing in journals classified in the second quartile (Q2)
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Support for publishing in Q2 journals indexed in WOS
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28,000 SAR based on the impact factor
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- Publication in a journal within Q2 according to JCR
- The first author and corresponding author must be from the University
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5
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Support for books and chapters in peer-reviewed scientific books
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Support for researchers who author or contribute to scientific books or peer-reviewed chapters
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- Financial support up to 25,000 SAR per book and 10,000 SAR per chapter
- Coverage of printing or publishing costs
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- The book or chapter must be published by a reputable scientific publisher listed in international and local databases, such as Springer, Wiley, or Elsevier
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* The bonuses listed in this table include the first payment bonus.
