The journal in which the paper is to be published are impact factored journals listed in Clarivate Analytics – InCites Journal Citation Report (JCR) databases (SCIE and SSCI). The Chinese Core Journal (A Guide to the Core Journals of China) published by Peking University Publisher will also be considered..
The applicant must be a UTAR staff and is the corresponding author of the paper. For cases wherein the UTAR staff is not the corresponding author, the financial support per publication shall be based on the amount of page charge shared equally among authors from other institutions (if any).
Proper designation of the author(s) at UTAR is included in the paper if allowed in the prescribed format by the publisher.
Provision of evidence of the impact factored journal concerned being listed in the latest JCR database at submission time.