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Vision

Excellence in the fields of scientific research, consulting, laboratories, training, and building a knowledge society, and contributing to achieving sustainable development by producing original, innovative, and distinguished scientific research that serves society and keeps pace with global challenges.

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The Scientific Research Center seeks to conduct distinguished scientific research, provide a supportive research environment for research achievements, provide scientific and technical consultations, conduct tests, and train and qualify human cadres to meet community needs in accordance with local and international standards.

Objectives

The Scientific Research Center aims to achieve the following:

Enhancing the quality of scientific research by supporting innovative, distinguished research projects in various scientific fields.
Encouraging scientific publication in prestigious scientific journals that meet the criteria for inclusion in international databases such as Clarivate and Scopus, and increasing the rate of citations of research.
Supporting researchers by providing funding, advanced infrastructure, and training programs.
Strengthening the university’s position as a center for intellectual research and innovation, and enriching knowledge in various fields of applied, technological, and engineering research and studies.
Achieving partnerships with the industrial sector to develop applicable research solutions and provide scientific consultations to beneficiaries.
Contributing to sustainable development through research that addresses environmental, economic, and social issues.

values

Creativity and Innovation: Encouraging research and development to find solutions to scientific and technological problems, enhancing faculty members’ sense of responsibility and belonging, and stimulating creativity in scientific research.
Quality: The Center strives to achieve quality scientific research in line with international standards.
Social Responsibility: Scientific research is a means of developing society and enriching knowledge.
Academic Freedom: Supporting and encouraging researchers and promoting freedom of research thought.
Transparency and clarity in regulations, instructions, mechanisms, and decisions, and a commitment to accuracy, objectivity, and honesty when publishing research results.
Commitment to the principles of academic integrity and ethical behavior in all aspects of the publishing process.
Academic and Institutional Excellence: The Scientific Research Center is committed to promoting research excellence and scientific impact.

The Center's strategic objectives

International publishing

Al Maaref University for Applied Sciences has made international publishing a top priority in its strategic plan. It has allocated a special budget for international publishing, despite its recent establishment and the difficult circumstances and challenges facing the country. The importance of publishing in international journals lies in its ability to fund scientific research projects and is one of the most important criteria upon which university rankings are based. Evaluation is based on the quantity and quality of scientific research published in international journals.

Types of Research Outputs
Research Papers: Research publications—including research articles, conference papers, books, book chapters, and scientific reports—represent the primary output of research activities conducted at the Scientific Research Center.
Patents and Intellectual Property: Patents and intellectual property rights resulting from research activities represent valuable assets that contribute to innovation, knowledge transfer, and economic development.
Citations and Intellectual Property Measurement: Citations, intellectual property measures, and impact factor indicators provide quantitative measures of the impact of research within the scientific community.