University of El Oued

 Chairman of the National Committee for the  Visibility Upgrade and Classification of Higher Education Institutions and Scientific Research Institution  on a visit to El Oued University

On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Echahid  Hamma Lakhdar University welcomed Mr. Herik Hakim, head of the National Committee for Visibility Up grade and Classification of Higher Education and  Scientific Research Institutions, accompanied by a member of the committee Professor Mohamed Radwan Kafi.

This visit came within the framework of the field visits program drawn up by the National Committee in order to accompany the local committee for Visibility Up grade and Classification of El Oued University, as well as the various sub-committees of the faculties, and to see closely the involvement of El Oued University in the international classifications of QS and THE.

a session was held at 09 am in the Faculty of Economic, Commercial and Management Sciences, chaired by Prof. Boubaker Mansour, Vice Rector  in charge of  scientific research , commissioned by the Rector of the University, Prof. Farhati Omar, and attended by Prof. Bashir Mannai, Vice Rector in charge of  pedagogy , And the deans of Faculties  and their deputies for post-graduation, the director of the House of Entrepreneurship, the sub-director of activities at the university, and members of the local committee and sub-committees for visibility upgrade and classification of El Oued University.

In his important intervention on the role of the National Committee and the various international classifications that higher education institutions intend to participate in, Mr. Herik Hakim, Chairman of the National Committee, referred to the  ways that mprove the university’s visibility and improve its classification at the international level, and the great work that the committee must do in accompanying the university entities to reach the desired objectives. At the end of the session, the head of the National Committee answered  various questions, then the session concluded in the hope of re-establishing communication on issues related to the functions of the National Committee.

Mr. Hreik Hakim, Sub-Director of Media and Scientific and Technical Indicators at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, held a meeting at 14:00 pm on the same day, it  included the heads of the scientific journals of El Oued University. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Boubaker Mansour, the Vice Rctor in charge of scientific research  , as chairman of the Publications Council at the university, and was attended by all heads of abstraction for scientific journals.

In his speech, Mr. Herik Hakim focused on the global classifications of scientific journals in international databases, in particular the SCOPUS and ERIH PLUS databases, where he referred to the various standards and conditions under which international databases operate, how to improve the classification of scientific journals and what are the procedures that must be taken in order to be positioned in the databases. data. At the end of the meeting, the room was opened to present the editors-in-chief’s concerns and inquiries, which were answered by Mr. Hreik Hakim.