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The 10th Conference of the Arab Impact Factor, held under the theme "Scientific Publishing and the Knowledge Economy," concluded this evening at King Khalid University. The two-day event took place at the Exhibition and Conference Center on the university campus in Al-Fara'a.
The conference, which was a collaboration with the Association of Arab Universities, the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils, and the Arab Impact Factor Project, aimed to showcase the latest developments and issues related to scientific publishing. It also highlighted the central role of publishing in building a knowledge economy through several scientific tracks, including: developing the scientific publishing environment, scientific integrity and open publishing, digital transformation and publishing analytics, intellectual property and licensing, enhancing the economic value of scientific research, exploring future funding and partnerships, and academic promotion and incentive mechanisms.
The closing ceremony was attended by His Excellency the President of King Khalid University, Prof. Faleh bin Rajaallah Al-Solami; His Excellency the Secretary-General of the Association of Arab Universities, Prof. Amr Ezzat Salama; His Excellency the Secretary-General of the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils, Prof. Abdelmajeed bin Amara; and the Head of the Arab Impact Factor, Prof. Mahmoud Abdel-Aati, along with a number of leaders from academic and research institutions in Arab countries, as well as male and female researchers.
In detail, the Vice President for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at King Khalid University and head of the conference's organizing committee, Prof. Hamed bin Majdou Al-Qarni, announced the conference's recommendations during the closing session. These recommendations included:
Enacting national innovation strategies that integrate scientific research with entrepreneurship and link universities to sustainable development plans.
Strengthening academic promotion regulations and incentives to focus on innovative impact (patents, startups, practical solutions) rather than just publications.
Creating unified Arab indicators to measure innovation alongside traditional research metrics.
Adding entrepreneurship and design thinking courses to all university programs.
Establishing university business incubators and accelerators to invest in research ideas and transform them into economically viable products.
Founding technology transfer offices at every university to manage intellectual property and facilitate commercial licensing.
Launching industrial research partnership programs in strategic sectors (health, energy, agriculture, artificial intelligence).
Creating an Arab platform for open innovation to bring together researchers, students, and companies to address societal challenges.
Building Arab university alliances to develop joint, marketable products for regional and global markets.
Establishing university venture capital funds to finance research-based startups.
Adopting artificial intelligence and big data to accelerate research and innovation in universities.
Creating Arab digital platforms to market innovations and connect with investors globally.
Over the two-day event, the conference reviewed numerous experiences and ideas, featuring 8 discussion sessions and 16 scientific papers focused on scientific publishing.
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