Sindh University’s “Pakistan Journal of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry” being published by the Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry included in X category by HEC

Sindh University’s “Pakistan Journal of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry” being published by the Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry has been included in X category by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Islamabad.

The said journal has been promoted from Y to X category journals as a result of publishing the best articles of the well-known scholars hailing from developed countries and non-compromising on quality.

In this regard, the director of Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry and senior editor of the journal Professor Dr. Tufail Hussain Shirazi said that only deserving research papers were published in the Pakistan Journal of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, while no compromise had ever been made to include research articles which were not falling in merit.

He said that 70pc of the articles were published by researchers hailing from different developed countries and 30pc of the articles sent by researchers from different Universities of Pakistan on merit in the semestrial research journal.

“No article of any scholar of my center is published in the journal”, he said and added that the aim was only to meet HEC criteria and not to give undue favor to anyone.

He said that the HEC officials had highly appreciated his journal and said that it undoubtedly published original research work, hence he said it had been promoted from Y to X category.

It may be noted that the ISSN number of the journal is 1996-918x and 2221-5255. On the other hand, the Vice-Chancellor Professor (Meritorious) Dr. Muhammad Siddique Kalhoro has congratulated the Director Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry Dr. Tufail Hussain Shirazi and the entire Editorial Board on the promotion of the journal in the X category.

He hoped that Dr. Shirazi’s hard work would soon add the journal to the W category.