FJWU organises workshop on ‘Publication in Impact Factor’

Rawalpindi : Department of Behavioral Sciences of Fatima Jinnah Women University in alliance with University of Sheffield, United Kingdom and ORIC (FJWU) as collaborating agent has organised workshop on ‘Publication in Impact Factor.’

Resource person of the workshop was Dr. Parveen Ali, Lecturer & Program Lead Nursing Studies School of Health Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK.

Dr. Parveen Ali, said that the importance of impact of publications is the biggest current topic within scholarly publication not only for researcher but also for the others to get benefit from it. People struggle to understand various questions but still many queries, which are not answer and usually have limited help to address them. This workshop is an effort to address different forms of writing, why write for publication and how to start writing process, how to choose the right journal, identify appropriate writing strategies for successful writing, understanding peer review process and developing a writing plan for self. It demands that publishers make difficult decisions, the answers to which are not always obvious. This special workshop will helpful for attendees to improve their ability of writing research proposal and to explore the ramifications of publication impacts.

Dr. Aneela Maqsood (workshop organiser and Head of Department of Behavioral Sciences) in her closing remarks thanked to collaborating organisations for arranging this workshop for faculty development and presented university memento to Dr. Parveen Ali as a token of appreciation.