Journals’ selection process
in Arab Citation & Impact Factor (Arcif)
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):