DOST International Publications Award

The DOST Intellectual Property Award - International Publication Award (DOST IPA-IPub)n is given annually to scientists and researchers of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) who were able to publish their research outputs in Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics or Scopus indexed journals in the last three (3) yearsb before the year of the nomination.

 

A. Criteria:

1. The researcher should be an employee of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) or its attached agencies or regional offices. Former employee/s of DOST should provide a certification that in the year of publication of the article he/she was on active service or the work was done before retirement or resignation from the DOST.

 

2. The article should indicate the author’s affiliation as “Department of Science and Technology” or “DOST”. Accepted format:

Sample: Department of Science and Technology, National Academy of Science and Technology, Bicutan, Taguig City

 

3. Accepted entries are the following:

 

4. Not eligible for the awards are the following:

B. Checklist of Requirements:

1. Duly filled-out nomination form with required signatures, which includes:

2. Copy of the research paper

3. Certificate of Employment (COE) issued in the year of the award. One COE per entry.

4. For researchers under the Career Incentive Program (CIP), S&T Fellows Program, and those designated as Associate or Assistant Scientists - endorsement letters from both their mother agency and their place of assignment.

5. For former employees - certification that he/she is on active service when the paper was published or the work was done before separation.

6. Screenshot of the journal from the website of Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics or Scopus.

7. Screenshot of the journal from the website of Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics or Scopus.

8. Bank details of the corresponding author for the transfer of cash incentives in case the entry is accepted.

 

C. Incentives:

1. Use of Journal Quartile or Impact Factor, whichever is higher, as the basis of the cash prize (refer to table below).

The Journal Quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) refer to a system that ranks journals according to their impact and influence within a particular field of research.

The Impact Factor (IF) is a metric used to evaluate the significance or influence of a journal in a specific field.

 

Journal Quartile	Impact Factor	Amount (maximum)
Q1	5.00 and above	P 100,000
Q2	2.00 to < 4.99	P 80,000
Q3	1.00 to < 1.99	P 70,000
Q4	0.50 to < 0.99	P 60,000
No Quartile	0.00 to < 0.49	P 40,000

 

If a paper qualifies under different categories for Journal Quartile and Impact Factor the financial award will be based on the category offering the higher monetary incentive.

 

For example:

2. Accepted Review Papers published in journals with a quartile ranking and impact factor will be given ₱20,000.

3. For papers with multiple authors, the cash incentive and additional cash incentive will be divided equally by the number of authors (local and foreign), but only those who are DOST-affiliated will be given the cash award.

4. The top ten (10) entries with the highest impact factors (at least 3) will receive a Special Citation without a cash incentive.

 

The deadline for submission of nominations is every last working day of June in the year of the award.

 

The screening and selection of awardees are conducted by the National Content Selection Advisory Board (NCSAB). All decisions rendered by the NCSAB are deemed final and irrevocable upon release.