IMAQ Research and Publishing Group was established in 2016 as a very small student groups by Dr. Irfan-MAQsood (IMAQ) after graduating PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology with the support of likeminded fellows to focus on research support services and publishing instead of focusing on lab-based research work only.

The group was legally incorporated for the first time as IMAQ (Ideparvaran MAshreghQazal) Pvt Ltd, a company providing scholarly journal publishing consultancy and also the technical support to the research institutes to launch their scholarly journal or improved their already under publishing research journal.