Reimbursement of publication fee (Article processing charge / APC) for research articles will be done as under:

1. Reimbursement policy is applicable only over the articles routed through ORIC within 2 months of the date of publication.
2. Eligibility for reimbursement application includes articles published in journals recognized by PM&DC or HEC or articles published in indexed journals on Medline/PubMed/PubMed Central/Index Medicus/Scopus or listed in Web of science (JCR enlisted Journals with impact or WoS Master Journal List including Emerging Source Citation Index (ESCI).
3. The fee reimbursement will be calculated by dividing the publication fee by the total number of authors, and reimbursement will only be for the calculated share of the authors affiliated with CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, NUMS.
4. The amount reimbursed will be up to a maximum of RS.50,000/- (Fifty thousand rupees) per affiliated author and up to a maximum of Rs.100,000/- (One hundred thousand rupees) per article if the number of affiliated authors is two or more.
5. Fee shall be reimbursed on production of invoice, payment receipt, published paper and verification of the Director L-ORIC.
6. Only faculty members from various schools and departments of CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry can claim reimbursement for their published research articles
7. Application for reimbursement must be received by the ORIC office within 4 weeks of the date of publication. Late applications will not be entertained.