Submitted publication must fulfill the following eligibility criteria:
- The applicant must have published his/her article/book/patent during employment/affiliation at Qatar University.
- The same scholarly work/publication cannot be submitted more than once.
- It should be indexed in one or more of the following databases: Web of science (WoS) or Science Citation Index (SCI)/SCI-Expended or Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) or Scopus database.
- A Book and "Article type" which is either "full paper", or "review" or "note" publications are considered for rewards. Publications under "Letters to the Editor", "Editorial", "Case-study report", Communicates, etc. are not qualified for rewards.
- The reward is given to all authors who published in journals with Impact of 1 and higher. In the case that more than one author contributed to the submitted publications, the reward will be distributed according to the below table:
| Co-author | - 60% for the first author and/or senior author
- 40% for the second author
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| Two co-authors | - 50% for the first author and/or senior author
- 30% for the second author
- 20% for the third author
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| Three co-authors | - 40% for the first author and/or senior author
- 30% for the second author
- 20% for the third author
- 10% for the fourth author
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| More than three co-authors | - 35% for the first author and/or senior author
- 25% for the second author
- 20% for the third author
- 20% is distributed among the other authors equally
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In case the scholarly work/publication is an outcome of graduate student work and or thesis/dissertation or undergraduate senior project, students will be part of the scholarly work reward. Generally, the "senior author" definition will be defined according to QU promotion policy guidelines.