Publishing guides by country

What your country's rules ask of your papers, from the official documents, with the date we read each one.

• Publishing from the Philippines: what CMO 15 asks of your paper: What CHED Memorandum Order 15, s. 2019 asks of thesis-track master's and PhD students, page by page, and which tracks need no journal paper at all. Checked on 10 October 2026.
• Publishing from Kenya: what CUE asks of your papers: CUE's 2014 standards ask a PhD candidate for two papers accepted in refereed journals. The 2026 draft would add a paper for master's students. Checked on 10 October 2026.
• Publishing from Ghana: the KNUST publication rule: From 2025/2026 KNUST asks PhD candidates for a journal article plus a peer-reviewed conference paper, and MPhil students for one of the two. Checked on 10 October 2026.
• Publishing from Malaysia: university publication rules: Malaysian universities set their own publication rules. What Universiti Malaya and UKM ask of PhD and MPhil candidates, and which indexes they accept. Checked on 10 October 2026.
• Publishing from Indonesia: national rules, SINTA and promotion: Indonesia's national rules (Permendiktisaintek 39/2025) set no journal article as a condition for S2 or S3. What they ask instead, and what promotion needs. Checked on 10 October 2026.
• Publishing from Turkey: doçentlik points and PhD rules: How ÜAK scores articles for doçentlik (SCIE and SSCI by quartile, TR Dizin), the engineering minimums, and Ankara University's PhD rule. Checked on 10 October 2026.