| Title | History and Culture |
| Publisher | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad |
| Print ISSN | 2228-706X |
| Online ISSN | 2538-4341 |
| Journal languages | Persian with English abstract |
| Type of articles |
Reaserch article -Promotional article Review article - Viewpoint (Book review) |
| Publication Period | Semiannual |
| Type of review | Double blind peer review |
| Citation System |
Chicago |
| License | International License (CC BY 4.0) |
| Indexing in | GoogleScholar, ISC |
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Social Networks
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LinkedIn, Academia |
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System Similarity Finder
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Samimnoor - iThenticate |
| Phone |
+98(51)3880-3863 |
| Email |
jhistory@um.ac.ir |
History
The journal was founded in the winter of A.S. 1347/A.D. 1969, by the late Dr. Maḥmūd Rāmyār. The first issue was published in celebration of the “Centennial Memorial of Ḥakīm Sabzivārī”, and went by the title: “Nashrīyi-yi Dānishkadi-yi ʿUlūm-i Maʿqūl va Manqūl-i Mashhad”. The journal was founded following Rāmyār’s repositioning from the Rules and Regulations Office of the National Consultative Assembly, to the newly-established ministry of “Science and Higher Education”. He was then appointed as the vice president in administrative and financial matters at the University of Mashhad, soon after taking the role of provost in the faculty of Theoretical and Traditional studies as well. During the three or four years of his work as provost, Dr. Rāmyār made significant contributions to the faculty, including the foundation of this journal. However, this is not to undermine the help of other faculty members in motivating Dr. Rāmyār in this path. Dr. Muḥammad Vāʿiẓ Zādih also put in considerable effort for the publication of the first issues of the journal.
From the outset, the journal was enthusiastically welcomed by the scholars and intellectuals. The late Dr. Aḥmad Ārām mentions in a letter to Dr. Rāmyār after the publication of the first issue: “the journal takes precedence over much of the work published at the University of Mashhad, and this is of course thanks to your great efforts” (Ārām, 255). Professor Sayyid ʿAbdulkarīm Amīrī Fīrūzkūhī, Prof. Sayyid Muḥammad ʿAlī Rużātī, Prof. Riżā Ustādī Tihrānī, and other colleagues have also accompanied the journal with their critical comments and reviews.
The second issue of the journal was published after a three-year interval in the spring of A.S. 1351/ A.D. 1972, this time titled as “Nashrīyi-yi Dānishkadi-yi Ilāhīyāt va Maʿārif-i Islāmī”. The journal was thereafter published regularly as a quarterly until the Spring of A.S. 1358/A.D. 1979, reaching its 28th issue. Dr. Muḥammad Vāʿiẓ Zādih was the Editor-in-Chief of the journal from its earliest days until A.S. 1353/A.D. 1974. Following him, the late Dr. Ghulamriżā Nāfilī assumed the role. Dr. Rāmyār joined the University of Edinburgh in the September of A.S. 1352/A.D. 1973 and was replaced by Dr. ʿAlī Akbar Shahābī. Thereafter the journal underwent some modifications in terms of IfA, so that the articles related to each field were published conjointly and in their specific section. At this point, a section titled “Shi’ite Studies” was added to the journal. Shahābī encouraged scholars to undertake studies in this field, he himself publishing articles on the topic as well.
Following the Islamic Revolution in A.S. 1358/ A.D. 1979 and after the transformation of political systems in Iran, the journal’s publication came to a halt. A halt continuing for the next 15 years, until the year A.S. 1373/A.D. 1995. In A.S. 1372/A.D. 1993, the late Dr. Sayyid Mahdī Șāni’ī (then Dean of faculty) made a successful attempt to resume the journal’s publication, resulting in the announcement of the 29th issue in A.S. 1373/A.D. 1993, directed by Dr. Ghulamriżā Nāfilī. Unfortunately, Dr. Nāfilī suffered a heart condition before the publication of the 30th issue and passed away a few months later. Dr. Maḥmūd Yazdī Muṭlaq, known as “Fāżil” was then appointed as the chief director in-charge of the journal. In A.S. 1376/A.D. 1997, the “Committee for the Evaluation of Academic Journals” (affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology) awarded the journal with a scientific-research ranking.
In an effort to make the journal an expert venue in recent years, it was authorized (by the chief director of research at MSRT, according to letter no. 3/4442, dated A.S. 1387.06.06/ A. D. 2008.08.27) to take on four special scopes, with two issues published each year in each field of expertise. Consequently, four special titles are being published since 1387/07/01.
Open Access Policy
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Copyright
- Copyright on any open access article in the Journal of History and Culture, published by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad is retained by the author(s).
- Authors grant Ferdowsi University of Mashhad a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
- Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details, and publisher are identified.
The journal is fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0).
Digital Preservation Policies
Website Archive:
All journal articles are archived according to the following two methods: All articles are available and accessible online in PDF format. We also secure backups of all articles on the computer servers at the journal office. In case of website malfunction and loss of online data, materials will be re-uploaded on the website within 24-36 hours.
Abstracting and Indexing
The main information and abstracts of published articles are indexed on several indexing services. In addition to main information, PDF versions of all articles are archived on ISC (Islamic World Science and Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute), and the Iranian Portal of Scientific Journals.
Personal Archive
Authors can archive their work on their personal computer or institutional repositories as soon as their article is published on the journal’s website.
Privacy Statement
Names and email addresses collected by the website are exclusively used for the journal’s academic purposes. This information is not available to the third parties and will not be shared with any other individual or organization.
Similarity Check
All submitted manuscripts are checked for plagiarism before sending out for review. Persian manuscripts are checked by the Samīm Nūr and Hamyāb services, while iThenticate is used for English abstracts. Where significant overlap with previous research is detected (without proper citation), articles are given outright rejection.
Discount Policy for the Publication of Articles
The Journal of History and Culture does not adopt any discount policy for submitted articles under any name or title, or under any circumstances.
Publication Fee
In accordance with the regulations issued by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, the journal does not charge any fee for the screening of articles. Once an article is reviewed and accepted, authors should pay the following editing and publishing charges:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad as the publisher of the journal, supports it for each published issue by paying a defined budget according to its published annual rank in Portal of Scientific Journals of Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. The allocated budget includes those pertaining to setup and maintenance of the publication infrastructure, routine operation of the Journal, processing of manuscripts through peer-reviews, editing, publishing, maintaining the scholarly record, and archiving.
The other financial source of this journal is fees paid by authors whose articles have been accepted for publishing. Revenue sources do not influence on editorial decision making.
This Journal does not accept any advertising.
There are no direct marketing activities in this journal.