It can vary from country to country and department to department, but mostly it is considered that a Ph.D. degree holder without publications is not eligible for Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and full professor for University posts.
Proof
As proof I am sharing with you, the “List of Provisionally Eligible/Ineligible candidates for the Post of Associate Professor (BS-20) of Statistics in a Government University in Pakistan”.
| Sr. no. | Name | Father Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Dr. Nasrullah Khan | Muhammad Akhtar | Eligible |
| 2 | Dr. Tahir Abbas | Abdul Aziz | Eligible |
| 3 | Dr. Habib Nawaz Khan | Rasha Din | Ineligible in terms of publications |
| 4 | Dr. Muhammad Shahzad | Abdul Ghafoor | Ineligible in terms of experience |
| Chaudhry |