Journals’ selection process

ARCIF’s selection process is based on the following criteria which conform to basic international standards, with certain modifications that match Arab conditions, characteristics and culture:

1- Journal Publishing Standards

1- The standards of international agreements & customs for editing (to view):

2- Basic technical & scientific standards (to view):

3- Date of issue (to view):

2- Editorial Content

If the candidate journals are selected by ARCIF, the editorial content will be reviewed and studied according to the following considerations:

1- To be specialized in (to view):

2-Preliminary evaluation of content (to view):

3- Arab Regional and/ or International Diversity

1- Journal targets on its researches topics the Arab Community (to view):

2- Diversity in the contributors to the journal (to view):

4- Citation Analysis

The analysis of citations/reference citations plays an important role in determining the impact of journals in the surrounding scientific and research environment. The main elements covered by this analysis are as follows:

1- Policies in Citation Analysis (to view):

2- Analysis of Self-Citation Rates (to view):

3- Analyzing citations & the range of disciplines (to view):

4- Time range for citation analysis (to view):

5- Changes in the adoption of Journal (to view):

6- Issues related to the analysis of citations for the Arabic articles (to view):