Based on the directives of His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research to support local journals and regularly monitor them for the purpose of inclusion in international databases, Dr. Basim Khalil Nayel, the President of the University of Karbala, held a meeting with the heads and directors of scientific journals at the College of Computer Science and Information Technology in Al-Khwarizmi Hall. The meeting covered several topics:

1. Reviewing the mechanism and requirements for journals to enter the Scopus database.
2. Reviewing the status of the university’s scientific journals by presenting the number of published research articles and journal indexing.
3. Reviewing the progress rate of the journal editors towards entry into the Scopus database.
4. Enhancing the editorial boards of journals with new members to support their work.

At the end of the meeting, the university president emphasized the need for concerted efforts to support the university’s journals to enhance the scientific reality and keep pace with international universities.