M.Sc. Design Project     Trend Analysis and Assessment of Research in Telecommunication Sector in Pakistan     Presenter: Haroon Rasheed 2013-MS-TN-16 Supervisor : Dr. Ali Hammad Akbar Telecommunication Networks, Department of Electrical Engineering University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore

Motivation Dr. Ali Hammad Akbar’s idea Paper named as “MANET simulation studies: the incredible”

Abstract Research work in Pakistan need to be assessed for their practicality and productivity Collecting and analyzing research data for the last decade Categorizing the type of research in telecom and networks sectors Assessed them for research credibility Identified the current research trends in telecom and network Help to bridge the gap between industry and academia

Introduction Research journals published locally HEC has documented and categorized local journals of Pakistan collected last 10 years of research work in Pakistan more than 700 papers were downloaded around 300 relevant articles were filtered and selected for further processing Resulting Record has structured in a query enabled format Statistical analysis Highlight most active research areas Find most contributing academic institutes , authors

Methodology Collection of Data and research material Data Filtration and categorization Data Visualization and presentation

HEC criteria for journals related to Engineering and Technology The HEC Recognized journal shall have following characteristics Published regularly. Diverse editorial / advisory board Blind peer reviewer policy One reviewer from international advance country Abstracted / indexed internationally

HEC recognized local journals HEC categorized local journals into 4 categories. W category X category Y category Z category

List of HEC recognized Journals

Sr. No. Journal Name Institute Current Category Available Archive (Year) Number of issues 1 Pakistan Journal of Engineering & Applied Sciences UET, Lahore X 2007 to 2016 19 2 Journal of Engineering & Applied Sciences UET , Peshawar 2014, 2015, 2016 4 3 NED University Journal of Research NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi 2008 to 2016 26 NUST Journal of Engineering Sciences NUST, Islamabad 9 5 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND INFORMATION SECURITY Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat 2009 to 2016 24 6 Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology Mehran UET, Jamshoro 2010 to 2016 25 7 Journal of Faculty of Engineering and Technology University of the Punjab , Lahore Y 13 8 Technical Journal UET, Taxila 16 Journal of Space Technology Institute of Space Technology , Islamabad 2011 to 2016 10 Bahria University Journal of Information & Communication Technology Bahria University Karachi 11 Pakistan Journal of Engineering Technology & Science Institute of Business Management , Karachi Z 2011 to 2015 12 NFC-IEER Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research Institute of Engineering & Fertilizer Research , Faisalabad 2013 , 2014 , 2015 NICE Research Journal Newport Institute of Communication and Economics , Karachi 2014 and 2015 14 Journal of Applied & Emerging Sciences BUITEMS, Quetta 2004,2006,2011 to 2014 and 2016 15 New Horizon Journal IEEE Pakistan. 4 – Lawrence Road, Lahore 2007 to 2015 Journal of Information and communication Technology Institute of Business & Technology, Karachi Nil 17 Quaid-e-Awam University Research Journal of Engineering QUEST , Nawabshah 2006 to 2016

Database / Record Development Record / database developed Query enabled structure Title Author Year Institute Journal Macro Keyword Author Defined Keyword Methodology used

Trend Analysis we have categorized our research into a broader view including: Yearly number of publications Top research contributing institutes Top research contributing journals Top research contributing Authors

Year-wise number of publications

Top research contributing institutes

Top research contributing journals

Top research contributing authors

Top research areas

Trend analysis of “WSN” related research

Trend analysis of “Security” related research

Trend analysis of “Cloud Computing” related research

Trend analysis of “VANET” related research

Trend analysis of “Antenna” related research

Trend analysis of “MANET” related research

Top universities involved in WSN research

Top universities involved in Security research

Top universities involved in Cloud Computing research

Top universities involved in VANET research

Top universities involved in MANET research

Top researcher in WSN field

Top researcher in Security field

Top researcher in Security field

Assessment of Research work Help to improve the research quality Categorized research papers on the basis of research methodology Famous research methodologies Mathematical Modeling / Analysis, Theoretical Models, Hardware Implementation Simulation Quoted the word “simulation” Review papers Concerns about research

Research methodology used

Tools used for Simulation

Assessment of Local Journals Citation Google Scholar tool for citation counting Number of Total citation Self citation in which author cited his own previous research paper / article Percentage of Self citation In Pakistan , self citation is alarmingly high

Journals and their citations Sr. No. Journal Total Citation Self-citation Percentage 1 Pakistan Journal of Engineering & Applied Sciences 173 143 82.65 2 NED University Journal of Research 154 129 83.76 3 NUST Journal of Engineering Sciences 32 26 81.25 4 Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology 65 56 86.15 5 Bahria University Journal of Information & Communication Technology 44 36 81.81 6 Pakistan Journal of Engineering Technology & Science 30 21 70 7 NFC-IEER Journal of Engineering & Scientific Research 8 NICE Research Journal 33.33 9 New Horizon Journal 10 Quaid-e-Awam University Research Journal of Engineering 38 55.26

Limitation and constraints Lack of standard format Poorly archived Lack of standard naming convention Paid subscription Lack of standard for author defined keywords

Conclusion and Summary Number of publication increased every year MUET Jamshoro , UET Lahore and NUST are top institutes in research publications Mehran Journal is top of the list in number of publications Top research contributing authors are also from MUET Jamshoro Correlation shows that MUET’s authors published there research work within there own institute on large scale WSN , Security and Cloud computing are hot research areas Future trending research area is VANET and cloud computing MUET’s authors are working in WSN while UET Lahore researchers shows interest in security and cloud computing

Conclusion and Summary Researchers in each field are also highlighted 52% simulation based papers, 15 % of them with incomplete details Percentage of papers with incomplete detail, are much higher than international journals / publications Most commonly used simulation tools : MATLAB , NS2, OPNET and NS3 Tools used for WSN related simulations Self citation : 80%

Future work Develop a online database for public access Assessment of Technical conferences held in Pakistan Analyze research work of faculty of top Pakistani institutes Google Scholar profiles impact factor journals Trend analysis of HEC and ICT R&D Funded projects

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