Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) is the only organization that maintains a national
database of productive scientists of Pakistan. These data organized by PCST, along with the numerical
scoring of scientists, are widely employed by R&D organizations and Universities/ Institutions for keen
assessment of potential candidates with respect to appointments and promotions. Moreover, these
data are also made available for medals, awards and nomination of prestigious scientific bodies on
request of MoST and other concerned agencies.
This document provides complete information on the productive scientists of Pakistan and is based on
a credible and transparent process, using a wide range of bibliometric parameters with ownership both
in the scientific community and the Government (details of individual parameters of profile of each
scientist shared openly at the PCST website and accessible to public before final publication).