Initiatives of the Arab Impact Factor and ways to improve the Quality and Efficiency of Egyptian and Arab periodicals: descriptive study A

this study aims to introduce the Arab Impact Factor, mention its importance and the most important justifications, and identify the most important Arab Impact Factor initiatives, which included three initiatives: the Arcif initiative for the Arab Impact Factor, And the initiative of the Union of Arab Universities, and the initiative of Scouting references in Arabic from the Web of Science base, in cooperation with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank, The study also aims to indicate the shortcomings and weaknesses in the Egyptian and Arab periodicals, and to identify the main points to improve the quality and efficiency of the Egyptian and Arab journals, by relying on the descriptive approach with its survey methods and case studies to analyze those initiatives that took place in Egypt and the Arab world.
The study concluded that university and academic institutions have an important role in the success of the Arab Impact Factor and in achieving its goals, and that the initiatives undertaken by Arcif and the Federation of Arab Universities are local and national Arab initiatives at the Arab level, while the Arabic Citation Scout initiative from The Web of Science database, in cooperation with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank, is a global Arab initiative, in order to make Arabic content available through a global database of citations available to all the public benefiting from the Web of Science database, and then a global Arab presence, which distinguishes this initiative from other initiatives that It took place in Egypt and the Arab world