AIMS AND SCOPE

Fundamental Armenology is the electronic journal of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences published through the sponsorship of Armenological Foundation established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
The journal includes articles, reviews and other materials (foreign authors about Armenia and Armenians, Armenian genocide etc.) dealing with essential problems of Armenian history, language, archaeology, ethnography, philosophy, law, etc.

ETHICAL GUIDELINES AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Fundamental Armenology follows the Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines for publications ethics and malpractice issues.

Author duties
Authors shall submit only original work, appropriately cite or quote the work of others and shall not violate any third party’s rights. Authors shall not submit manuscripts that are parallelly submitted to other journals.
Authors shall accurately represent authorship, including only those who made a significant contribution to the research and writing.
Authors shall present accurate and correct data, report reliable results.
Authors shall disclose potential conflicts of interest and any financial support received.
Authors shall notify the editor if significant errors in their published work are identified and cooperate in issuing retractions or corrections.

Editor duties
Editors are responsible for ensuring the integrity of the scholarly process, promoting ethical standards, and preventing malpractice.
Editors shall evaluate submissions solely on their academic merit, relevance, originality, irrespective of the author’s gender, ethnicity, nationality, or political beliefs.
Editors shall maintain confidentiality regarding all submissions, disclosing information only to those involved in the publishing process. Editors shall not disclose authors’ and reviewer’s data for each other.
Editors shall make decisions on publication based on the journal’s policies, peer review feedback, and legal requirements.

Reviewer duties
Reviewer shall treat manuscripts as confidential documents, not disclosing or discussing them outside the peer-review process.
Reviewer shall provide objective and constructive feedback without personal criticism or bias.
Reviewer shall complete the review within the agreed timeframe and notify the editor of any delays.
Reviewer shall inform the editor about any doubt concerning possible plagiarism, authorship, or data forgery.

Handling Misconduct
The Editorial board of the journal shall conduct a fair and transparent investigation when ethical concerns arise. In case of misconduct the Editorial team shall take actions, including rejection, retraction, or banning future submissions.

The journal shall ensure a transparent process for handling disputes, including allowing authors to appeal editorial decisions and addressing complaints promptly and in accordance with established procedures.

Plagiarism check
Plagiarism in all its forms is an unethical behavior and is unacceptable. The Editorial board shall make its best efforts to exclude plagiarism. All submissions shall undergo initial plagiarism screening.

PEER-REVIEW POLICY

All manuscripts submitted undergo an initial evaluation by the Editorial team. In case of not conforming to the requirements of the Journal, the Editor will either reject the manuscript or ask the author to make necessary amendments. The articles may be desk rejected for insufficient quality.
In case of passing initial evaluation, the manuscript will be sent for peer reviewing from 1 to 3 scholars in the respective fields.
The peer-review process is double-anonymized. All manuscripts are reviewed as quickly as possible, usually within 5-6 weeks.
Based on the advice of the reviewers the Editor in Chief adopts one of the following decisions: accept, minor revisions, major revisions, reject.
The Editor or members of the Editorial Board may occasionally submit their own manuscripts. In that case, the review process is organized by another member of the Editorial Board excluding the author from the process.

INDEXING & ABSTRACTING

Crossref
Pan-Armenian Digital Library
Internet Archive

OPEN ACCESS & LICENSE

Open access and publishing fees

The full content of the Journal is open access. There are no fees for submitting, processing and publishing.

COPYRIGHT

Materials in Fundamental Armenology are published under CC BY-NC licence.
This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.