INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTING & COMPLIANCE

Transforming Pakistani Medical Journals into HEC-Recognized & Globally Indexed Publications

End-to-end regulatory guidance, legal setup, and indexing roadmaps for medical colleges, universities, professional medical societies, and private journals across Pakistan.

  • SECP Alignment: Single Member Private Limited corporate structuring for publishers

  • National Compliance: Higher Education Commission (HEC / HJRS) category upgrades

  • Global Identifiers: Official ISSN procurement & Crossref Digital Object Identifier (DOI) setup

  • International Indexing: DOAJ, Scopus, and Web of Science readiness audits

Scope of Compliance Services & Regulatory Boundarie

Establishing Ethical, Transparent, and Scientifically Sound Publishing Operations

Works We Do (Compliance & Indexing Services)

  • HEC / HJRS Category Upgrades: Auditing existing journal operations and building step-by-step roadmaps to elevate journals from unrecognised status to Y, X, and W categories.

  • SECP & Legal Setup: Providing complete legal frameworks, corporate structuring under SECP, and official publisher registration for academic journals.

  • ISSN & Crossref DOI Integration: Securing official Print/Online ISSNs from national centers and setting up automated Crossref memberships for active DOI generation.

  • DOAJ & Scopus Application Preparation: Structuring Open Journal Systems (OJS), establishing peer-review policies, and preparing technical metadata for international indexing.

Works We Don't Do (Regulatory Boundaries)

  • Bribery or Illegal Indexing Bypass: We do NOT promise illegal or shortcut approvals through HEC/HJRS without meeting their genuine scientific criteria.

  • Predatory Publishing Practices: We do NOT support or set up predatory "pay-to-publish" journals that skip double-blind peer review or lack scientific oversight.

  • Manipulated Citation Networks: We do NOT create fake citation rings, artificial self-citations, or rigged metrics to falsely boost journal impact factors.

  • Falsifying Editorial Boards: We do NOT add international scholars to editorial board lists without their explicit, documented written consent.

Our Step-by-Step Journal Elevation Process

Step 1: Institutional & Legal Audit

  • Legal Infrastructure & SECP Registration

    • Details: We evaluate your journal's legal entity status under the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), secure or verify your official Print and Online ISSNs, and configure your Crossref membership for persistent Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).

Step 2: Editorial & Peer-Review Policy Standardization

  • COPE & ICMJE Guidelines Alignment

    • Details: We draft and implement clear, transparent editorial workflows, ethical policies (plagiarism, double-blind peer review, conflict of interest, data sharing), and author guidelines that comply strictly with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and ICMJE standards.

Step 3: Open Journal Systems (OJS) & Technical Optimization

  • Metadata Structure & Digital Preservation

    • Details: Technical optimization of your journal website/OJS portal. We configure automated XML metadata generation, set up digital archival strategies (PKP PN, LOCKSS/CLOCKSS), and ensure your articles are fully machine-readable for search engine web crawlers.

Step 4: HEC & International Indexing Applications

  • HJRS Submission & DOAJ/Scopus Readiness

    • Details: Preparing formal application dossiers for HEC (Higher Education Commission) recognition. Once national benchmarks are achieved, we prepare and submit full compliance applications for inclusion in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Scopus, and Web of Science.

Frameworks & Governing Standards We Work Within

Ensuring Your Journal Meets Every Statutory Requirement

  • HEC (Higher Education Commission Pakistan): Full alignment with HEC Policy for Journal Recognition, ensuring your publication qualifies for university faculty promotion and postgraduate research credit.

  • SECP (Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan): Legal corporate alignment guaranteeing that your publishing company or journal entity operates under formal Pakistani corporate law.

  • DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): Implementation of open-access licensing (Creative Commons CC-BY), copyright retention protocols, and publishing transparency.

  • Crossref / DOI: Setting up automated, permanent metadata pipelines ensuring every article published receives a globally recognized DOI link.

  • ISSN National Centre: Direct administrative management for securing official International Standard Serial Numbers (Print & Electronic) for new and existing journals.

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