Publication Incentives Program

The Executive DirectorDepartment of Science and Technology

Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development

Los Baños, Laguna

Tel. Nos. (049) 536-0014; 536-1956; 536-5907; 536-2305; and 536-2383

Fax Nos. (049) 536-0016 and 536-7922E-mail: pcaarrd@pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph

Website: http://www.pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph DOST

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Application Requirements• Cover letter addressed to the Executive Director• Endorsement by Agency Head/Consortium Director or by the

Division Director for PCAARRD sta� • Duly accomplished application/information sheet

(downloadable from the PCAARRD website)• Copy of journal where article is published• Certi� cate or a� davit from Agency Head and co-authors

that the article has not been previously granted incentives for publication and will no longer be submitted for a similar incentives program

• Screenshot showing that the journal is included in the list of CHED-accredited journal or indexed in Scopus, and/or Thomson Reuters (Institute for Scienti� c Information [ISI])

• For co-author (corresponding author) submissions, a statement of the co-author’s contributions to the research paper duly a� rmed by the lead author

To motivate researchers to publish regularly quality research

articles

To promote knowledge sharing by increasing publication record of

the council and the network and facilitate application of

research results

ISSN 0116-7736PCAARRD Information Bulletin No. __/ 2018

The Publication Incentives Program promotes scienti� c productivity by motivating researchers, authors, and PCAARRD sta� to publish their research results in local refereed and/or international journals indexed by Thomson Reuters (ISI) or Scopus or accredited/recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), but are not classi� ed as predatory.

Cash incentive ranges from P25,000 to P80,000 depending on the quality of publication determined through its impact factor among other considerations.

Who can apply?• Principal researchers of on-going/completed PCAARRD- or

DOST-funded/coordinated programs;• PCAARRD or Accelerated Science and Technology Human

Resource Development Program scholars;• PCAARRD sta� ; and• Researchers from the National Agriculture, Aquatic, and

Natural Resources Research and Development Network

Selection CriteriaResearch results must be:

• Article should be aligned with PCAARRD’s Banner Programs or the Harmonized National R&D Agenda for the Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Sector as evidenced by a certi� cation from the technical research division concerned;

• Not previously granted incentives for publication (as certi� ed by the researcher’s head of o� ce); and

• Submitted to PCAARRD within six months from publication.

Program IncentivesQuali� ed applicants will receive cash incentives for having published articles, as follows:

Journala Cash Incentive (per article)

Local refereed journals accredited/recognized by CHED

P 25,000

TR-listed journal with impact factor (IF)= 0 < .5 or Scopus CiteScore = 0 < 35

P 60,000

SCIb-, SSCIc- IF > .5 but < 2.0000;or Scopus CiteScore = 0 < 35 but < 65

P 70,000

SCI-, SSCI- with ISI IF of > 2.0000or Scopus CiteScore = > 65

P 80,000

a Predatory journals not quali� edb SCI - science citation indexc SSCI - social sciences citation index