The Impact and Reference Citations Factor for Arab Scientific Journals (ARCIF), one of the initiatives of the “Maarifa” database for scientific production and content, launched the eighth annual report for journals for the year 2023. The Middle East Research Journal succeeded under the patronage of Prof. Ghada Farouk, Vice President of the University for Community Affairs and Environmental Development and Acting President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Hatem Al-Abd, Director of the Center, in achieving ARCIF accreditation standards that are compatible with international standards, which number (32) standards.

The overall ARCIF factor for the journal for the year 2023 was (0.1839), and the journal was classified in the field of (social sciences) out of the total number of journals (141) at the Arab level within the category (Q3), which is the middle category. (Arts and Humanities) out of the total number of journals (251) at the Arab level is allocated under category (Q2), which is the high middle category.

These successes are in addition to the magazine’s successes in more than four years of international accreditation; The journal is accredited by the Arab Index for Reference Citations (ARCI), which is compatible with the French Clarivate database. Therefore, the magazine enjoys the confidence of Egyptian and Arab researchers, and this explains the great demand for publication in its issues.

In response to the increasing demand for it and to fulfill its academic and scientific role, the magazine is published on a monthly basis.