under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Dr. Ghada Farouk, Vice President of Community Service and Environmental Development, Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ayman Saleh, Vice President of Graduate Studies and Research, Prof. Dr. Hanan Kamel, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts, the "Psychological Service" magazine, which is issued by the Community Service and Environmental Development Sector at the Faculty, under the supervision and editor-in-chief of Prof. Dr. Rasha Al-Didi, Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development, obtained the criteria for accrediting the Arab Impact Factor and ARCIF, which are compatible with international standards.
ARCIF is one of the initiatives of the "Marefa" database, which recently announced the results of its seventh report for journals for the year 2022 on Arab academic production.
The ARCIF impact factor is subject to the supervision and coordination of the Supervisory and Coordination Council, which consists of representatives of several Arab and international bodies.
This year, Arcif laboratories examined and studied more than (5100) titles of Arab scientific or research journals in various disciplines, and (1,000) scientific journals succeeded.
The general Arcif coefficient of the Journal of Psychological Service for the year 2022 was (4 3 0 1, 0), and the journal was classified in the specialty of psychology out of a total of 34 journals at the Arab level, knowing that the average of this year's Arcif coefficient in the specialty is (4 9 3, 0) .
It is worth noting that the magazine is included in the Arab Index of Reference Citations.