It’s another feather in the cap for the University of Punjab as NPG, a world-class publisher of high impact and medical information in print and online, founded in 1869, marks the University of Punjab as No. 1 in terms of research publications in the field of Natural Sciences among all the universities of Pakistan. It is paramount that PU is listed in the general category of the universities; while it leaves many science universities behind in terms of ranking, and the overall research output of PU scientists in the subjects of Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Earth and Environmental Sciences from January to December 2018 has almost reached its apex being more advanced and way higher than the other science universities of Pakistan, surpassing them all.
PU has secured a 7.21 score while COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, being on the 2nd number, has secured a 3.25 score according to the ranking list. On the other side, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, COMSATS University Islamabad, Quaid-e-Azam University, University of Education, University of Management and Technology, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, University of Peshawar, and National University of Sciences and Technology secured from 3rd to 10th positions respectively. Punjab University Academic Staff Association, on this landmark achievement, eulogized PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr. Niaz Ahmad and his team including Chairman PU Ranking Committee Prof Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Chairman Department of Mathematics Dr. Muhammad Sharif, and others.
A press statement quotes that, ASA President Prof Dr. Mumtaz Anwar Chaudhry and Secretary Javed Sami, and others proclaimed that this triumph is an outcome of the research-friendly policies of the current administration which had taken various initiatives to nurture research culture in the University of Punjab and had supported the teachers of the university. It merits a mention here that the NPG is part of Macmillan Publishers Limited, a global publishing group founded in the United Kingdom in 1843. It has headquarters in London and offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston, Tokyo, Paris, Munich, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Delhi, Mexico City, and Basingstoke. Moreover, it is dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific, and medical communities. Other publications of NPG include Nature research journals, Nature Reviews, Nature Clinical Practice, and a range of prestigious academic journals including society-owned publications. It also produces news content through news@nature.com and scientific career information through Naturejobs.
The writer is a staff member of The Asian Mirror.
