Important Notice: Temporary Suspension Of Support Application Submissions. We Kindly Request That You Refrain From Mentioning The CCIS Research Center In Your Scientific Endeavors During This Period. 

Research articles published and indexed within Web of Science (ISI) databases are considered for DSR support if the following publication criteria are met:

1. A sole acknowledgement to the concerned Research Center within KSU is clearly included.

“This research project was supported by a grant from the “Research Center of College of Computer and Information Sciences”, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University.”

2. Similarity index shall not reach 25%
3. The periodical shall not fall within the least 10% as per Average journal impact factor percentile.
4. Except for Q1 periodicals
   1. The maximum number of externally affiliated authors shall not exceed twice as much the number of KSU-affiliated co-authors.
   2. No more than two publications are published in the same periodical within the same year.
5. If the corresponding author is affiliated to KSU, her/his affiliation and official KSU email address must solely be used.
6. The applying co-author shall not have a research group (shall not be a PI?)
7. The research article must be available on the web of science with all
   1. Date of publication
   2. Volume number
   3. Page numbers
8. Publications in Hijacked periodicals are not supported.
9. Only research articles are considered for support.
10. Review articles are only considered for support if:
    1. The article is published in a periodical falling within Q1
    2. The applicant shall be the first or corresponding author
11. Only current financial year publications are considered