This study aimed to explore the determinants of quality, quantity, impact, and excellence of the research produced by the most productive and the highly cited researchers of Pakistan. The study also presented the profile of these impactful and the most prolific researchers of Pakistan. 134 highly cited and the most productive researchers constitute a group of PERs (Pakistani elite researchers). This group of elite researchers produced one-fourth of the country’s scholarly research and received 40% citations’ share over the period of study, from 2009 to 2018. Based on its findings the study provided multiple policy recommendations for researchers, research institutes, policy-makers, the government of Pakistan, and the administrators of universities. The study recommended the researchers to collaborate internationally and publish their research in good quality and open access journals for greater visibility and impact. The study further recommended enhancing the academic-corporate collaboration for user insight-based research. The study found that Islamabad based academic institutions have employed almost half of the elite researchers while the rest half of these researchers are affiliated with the institutions of the rest of the whole country. The majority of the journals publishing scholarly output of Pakistani elite researchers are based in the USA and European countries. Only 12 (0.32%) journals belonged to Pakistan. Besides international collaboration, industry collaboration was in place for this group of elite researchers. The key determinants of research quantity/quality, impact, and excellence were publications published in 1st and 2nd journals quartiles, journals having impact factor/citescore, open access publications, and international collaborations.

本研究旨在探讨巴基斯坦最具生产力和被引用次数最多的研究人员所做研究的质量、数量、影响和卓越性的决定因素。该研究还介绍了这些有影响力和最多产的巴基斯坦研究人员的概况。134 位高被引和最高产的研究人员组成了 PER（巴基斯坦精英研究人员）群体。这群精英研究人员在 2009 年至 2018 年的研究期间产生了全国四分之一的学术研究，并获得了 40% 的引用份额。根据其研究结果，该研究为研究人员、研究机构、政策-制造商、巴基斯坦政府和大学管理人员。该研究建议研究人员进行国际合作，并在高质量和开放获取的期刊上发表他们的研究，以提高知名度和影响力。该研究进一步建议加强基于用户洞察力的研究的学术与企业合作。研究发现，伊斯兰堡的学术机构雇佣了近一半的精英研究人员，而其余一半的研究人员隶属于全国其他地区的机构。大多数发表巴基斯坦精英研究人员学术成果的期刊都位于美国和欧洲国家。只有 12 种（0.32%）期刊属于巴基斯坦。除了国际合作外，这群精英研究人员还进行了行业合作。研究数量/质量、影响、