Application for the UTAR RPS is open throughout the year and applicable for journal articles published within 1 year from the date the article was first published online with Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number only or the full volume of the article; whichever comes first.
Only applicable for UTAR staff. The staff shall be the corresponding author/first author of the journal article.
If UTAR student is the corresponding author and the first author of the article, the student’s main supervisor may apply for UTAR RPS.
The corresponding author/first author of the article must be affiliated with ‘Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)’ and the affiliation must be specified in the article.
Applicable for journal articles that are published in Clarivate Analytics – Journal Citation Report (JCR) database [Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)], China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database [Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), A Guide to the Core Journals of China (GCJC), Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI), The China Scientific and Technical Papers and Citation Database (CSTPCD) and The Humanities & Social Science Core Journals in China (HSSCJC)], and Taiwan Citation Index – Humanities and Social Sciences (TCI-HSS) database [Taiwan Humanities Citation Index (THCI) and Taiwan Social Sciences Citation Index (TSSCI)].
Provision of evidence of the impact factored journal concerned being listed in the JCR database (SCIE and SSCI) and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database (CSCD, GCJC, CSSCI, CSTPCD & HSSCJC), and TCI-HSS database (THCI & TSSCI). The award of the research funding for the article will be based on the impact factor listed in the latest JCR, CNKI or TCI-HSS database based on the date that the article was first published online with DOI number only or the full volume of the article; whichever comes first.
For an article in which the corresponding author and the first author are UTAR staff, only the UTAR corresponding author is eligible to claim the award.
For an article with multiple corresponding authors, only one UTAR corresponding author is eligible to claim the award.
UTAR author in a consortium paper (paper with authors from more than 10 international institutions and in the top 10% in their category) may apply for UTAR RPS award with a maximum amount of RM20,000 per paper. If there are more than one UTAR author in a consortium paper, only one author is eligible to apply.