Most faculty who get refused were short on the type of publication, not the number. Case reports, narrative reviews and scoping reviews do not count. This calculator applies the Gazette definition, covers MD/MS, DNB and DM/MCh, and tells you exactly where you stand.
Enter everything. The tool separates what the Gazette counts from what it does not.
Definition 2(1)(j) recognises only original papers, meta-analysis, systematic reviews and case series, published in journals indexed in Medline, PubMed Central, Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Embase, Scopus or DOAJ.
Three things catch people out. Case reports are not on the list, though a case series of three or more patients is. Narrative and scoping reviews are not on it either, only systematic reviews and meta-analyses. And the paper has to place you among the first three authors, published after you took up your current post.
DNB holders are covered too. Regulation 7 treats DNB as equivalent to MD/MS in a broad specialty and to DM/MCh in a super specialty, so long as the DNB followed training at a medical institution with an attached hospital or a hospital of 500 or more beds. Below that bed strength, a broad specialty DNB needs one extra year of senior residency before it counts for teaching. After that the publication requirement is exactly the same, because the regulations key off the post you hold, not the letters after your name.
If this tool says you are short, the gap is usually closable inside one promotion cycle. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses and original research and case series are the four types that count. Not sure whether a particular journal qualifies? The journal indexing checker settles that in a few seconds.
No. Definition 2(1)(j) of the 2025 regulations recognises only original papers, meta-analysis, systematic reviews and case series. A case report is not on that list. A case series of three or more patients is.
No. Neither appears in definition 2(1)(j). Only systematic reviews and meta-analyses count among review types.
Not on its own. The Gazette names Medline, PubMed Central, Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Embase, Scopus and DOAJ. PubMed is a search interface rather than one of the named indexes, so check which of the named indexes your journal actually sits in.
Yes. Publications must place you among the first three authors. A fourth-author paper does not count towards the requirement.
No. They must be published after your appointment to your current post. Papers from your Assistant Professor years do not carry over towards the Professor requirement.
Yes. Regulation 7 of the 2025 regulations makes DNB equivalent to MD/MS in a broad specialty and to DM/MCh in a super specialty, provided the DNB was awarded after training at a medical institution with an attached hospital, or at a hospital with 500 or more beds. Once equivalent, the promotion requirements are identical, because the tables key off the post you hold rather than your qualification.
Regulation 7(2) requires an additional one year of senior residency in a recognised medical institution in the relevant specialty before a broad specialty DNB from such a site counts as equivalent for teaching. The regulation specifies this remedy for broad specialty only, so if you hold a super specialty DNB from a smaller site, confirm your position with your institution.
Two, for every promotion covered by these regulations: Assistant to Associate Professor and Associate Professor to Professor, in both the MD/MS and DM/MCh tracks.
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