واقع المجلات العلمية اليمنية و التحديات التي تواجهها ومتطلبات تطويرها

الملخص EN

This article aims to analyze the reality of Yemeni scientific journals, discovering the challenges they face and ways to overcome them.

it also aims to identify the requirements for their development.

the study employs the descriptive approach.

the study instrument was a questionnaire for collecting the data and information.

the study population comprises (58) journals, (21) of which are the sample, i.e.

(36%).

(12) journals are governmental, and (9) private.

after statistically analyzing the data, the study has come with a number of results, the most important of which are : Yemeni scientific journals have the features and characteristics of well-known scientific journals with varying proportions, ranging between (60-100%) in most of the instrument items.

Some of these journals fall short in terms of having partnerships and cooperation agreements with other journals, and lack of having impact factor.

(53%) of these journals have the average of publications, viz.

11 issues.

the average number of all the journals involved in this study was 5 research papers or more at a rate of 100%.

as for the nature of the content, most journals publish research and studies at a rate of more than 66%, by multinational researchers, Yemenis and non-Yemenis at a rate of more than (90%).

the peer-reviewers include multinational scholars at a rate of more than (60%).

more than half of the journals are published semi-annually, at a rate of more than (57%), (28%) quarterly, and (9%) annually.

as for specialization, more than (61%) of the journals are specialized in certain fields, and the rest are not specialized.

most of the journals, i.e.

more than (66%), depend on funding from the university administration, having (33%) of publication revenues, because these journals do not receive government or private funding.

the challenges facing journals and those in charge of running them are : cultural, legal, administrative, financial, technical and human.

as for the development requirements, these lie in strengthening the journal infrastructure, providing funding, setting guidelines and regulations, developing the capabilities of those in charge of running them, and establishing a digital/web platform for Yemeni scientific journals.

the journals should also encourage and include local, Arab and international publication of research papers that represent universities (physically and virtually).