Association among Number of Papers and Engagement in Additional Duties of Faculty Members with Research Output in University of Malakand

Abstract

A portion or the entirety of a researcher's scientific work is assessed and graded based on the publications and citations they obtain from prestigious journals. It is anticipated that a paper's scientific quality would increase as its scientific influence or number of citations increases. The present study aims to assess the factors affecting faculty members’ research output which is measure by number of citations. The data are collected from 30 senior faculty members from University of Malakand. Stratified random sampling method is used for identification of faculty member for data collection. The academic faculties are considered as strata.  A structure questionnaire is formatted and distributed among faculty members. The data is presented by tables. Multiple regression model is used to identify the significant factors associated with faculty research performance. The number of papers and engagement in additional duties are significant factors associated to number of citation of papers. The faculty member should increase the number of papers and avoid additional duties to increase the number of citation of papers.