Sultan Qaboos University, represented by the Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, signed two licensing agreements to make the content of the university’s academic theses and peer-reviewed scholarly journals available with Dar Almandumah, the leading company in Arabic databases specializing in Arabic electronic scholarly publishing.
On behalf of the university, the agreements were signed by Dr. Rahma bint Ibrahim Al-Mahrouqi, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, while Dr. Musaed bin Saleh Al-Tayyar, Deputy General Manager of Dar Almandumah, signed on behalf of the company.
The agreement aims to build bridges of partnership and cooperation between the two parties through the inclusion of Sultan Qaboos University’s academic theses (master’s and doctoral) and peer-reviewed scholarly journals in Dar Almandumah’s databases.
The agreement provides for the availability of academic theses and scholarly journals in full text within Dar Almandumah’s databases, while the university retains its intellectual property rights. Through this agreement, Sultan Qaboos University seeks to make its scholarly output available to researchers and scholars at both the local and Arab levels.
The university is regarded as one of the distinguished academic institutions in the field of scholarly publishing, and its publications enjoy strong trust and academic standing among researchers and scholars across the Arab world.
It is worth noting that the university publishes a significant number of academic theses at both the master’s and doctoral levels, in addition to peer-reviewed scholarly journals in many scientific and humanities disciplines, as well as research papers presented at the conferences and seminars organized by the university.