1. 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

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

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

8. List of HEC recognized Journals

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. Year-wise number of publications

13. Top research contributing institutes

14. Top research contributing journals

15. Top research contributing authors

16. Top research areas

17. Trend analysis of “WSN” related research

18. Trend analysis of “Security” related research

19. Trend analysis of “Cloud Computing” related research

20. Trend analysis of “VANET” related research

21. Trend analysis of “Antenna” related research

22. Trend analysis of “MANET” related research

23. Top universities involved in WSN research

24. Top universities involved in Security research

25. Top universities involved in Cloud Computing research

26. Top universities involved in VANET research

27. Top universities involved in MANET research

28. Top researcher in WSN field

29. Top researcher in Security field

30. Top researcher in Security field

31. 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

32. Research methodology used

33. Tools used for Simulation

34. 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

35. 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

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

37. 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

38. 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%

39. 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

40. References
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