ILMA Citation Reward Program Form (CRP)



ILMA University encourages that the research articles produced & published by either its faculty members in national or international indexed research journals or published in ILMA University’s published Journals by faculty or external authors should be cited by authors in their latest or ongoing research work which is only possible if the published articles are of high quality. ... The Citation Reward Program (CRP) of ILMA University aims at measuring the impact or "quality" of an article by counting the number of times other authors mention it in their work by rewarding the authors of those articles in collaboration with national and multinational institutions.

Who are eligible to apply in ILMA CRP?
• All authors who have published research papers in HEC recognized/Scopus Indexed/Web of Science Indexed Journals with their affiliation in the name of ILMA University/Institute of Business & Technology;
• All authors who have published research papers in ILMA University published journal namely IBT Journal of Business Studies (IBT-JBS);
• All authors who have published research papers in ILMA University published journal namely Journal of Information & Communication Technology (JICT); • All authors who have published research papers in ILMA University published journal namely Journal of Media & Communication (JMC).

How to do Citation Analysis?
Although, there is no single citation analysis tool that collects all publications and their cited references, the H-Index is one specific method utilizing citation analysis to determine an individual’s impact. Further, you can also use Scopus, Web of Science or Google Scholar Citation Account to find out no of citations per article.

Citation in predatory journals shall not be counted in the reward program.
Your submission shall be subject to approval by the Board of Advance Studies & Research. Please submit separate form for each article.