About Journal

 

Key-title in original characters

فقه و اصول
Title Proper
 Fiqh va uṣūl
ParallelTitle
Journal of Fiqh and Usul
Publisher Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Print ISSN 2008-9139
Online ISSN 2538-3892
Journal languages Persian with English abstract
Type of article Reaserch article
Publication Period Quarterly
Type of review Double blind peer review
License International License (CC BY 4.0)
Indexing in GoogleScholar, ISC
Social Networks
LinkedIn, Academia
System Similarity Finder
Samimnoor-iThenticate
Publishing cost 6/000/000 IRR
Phone
+98(51)3880-3863
Email
jfiqh@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 and Manqūl-i Mashhad”. From the outset, the journal was enthusiastically welcomed by the scholars and intellectuals. The second issue of the journal was published after a three-year interandl in the spring of A.S. 1351/ A.D. 1972, this time titled as “Nashrīyi-yi Dānishkadi-yi Ilāhīyāt and 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. 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. 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 Eandluation 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.

  1. Journal of  Fiqh and Uṣūl
  2. Journal of ʿUlūm-i Qur̓ān va ḥadīs̠
  3. Journal of Falsafih and Kalām
  4. Journal of Tārīkh and Farhang

This journal was published under the title “Islamic Studies Journal of the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies” from the Fall and Winter issue of 2008 to the Spring issue of 2016. After that, the title “Islamic Studies” was removed from the journal’s name, and it has since been published under the title “Journal of Fiqh and Usul”(Former Islamic studies). Currently, the phrase "former Islamic studies" has been removed.

The  Journal of Fiqh and Usul was published quarterly  from 2008 until the end of 2011. After that, based on the decision of the editor-in-chief and the editorial board, the journal has been published as a quarterly journal.

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal from the beginning of publication which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution since 2008. 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 aandilable to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Copyright

- Copyright on any open access article in the Journal of Fiqh and Usul, 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.

Licensing

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 Preserandtion Policies

Website Archive

All journal articles are archived according to the following two methods:

1.All articles are aandilable 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.

2. Moreover, every published issue of the journal is sent to the following databases. Therefore, the content can be accessed at any time even in the absence of website operation. 

Internet Archive

Iran Scientific Journals System

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 aandilable to the third parties and will not be shared with any other individual or organization.

 

Discount Policy for the Publication of Articles

The journal of Fiqh and uṣūl does not adopt any discount policy for submitted articles under any name or title, or under any circumstances.

 

Article Processing charge

In accordance with the first paragraph of Article Three, and the second paragraph of Article Four of the regulations issued by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology regarding publication fees in open-access journals (issued A.H. 23.1.1400/ A. D. 12.4.2021), Fiqh and ʾUṣūl does not charge any fee upon submission starting from A. H. 1.9.1400/ A. D. 22.11.2021. For manuscripts that are accepted after review, authors should pay 6/000/000 IRR upon receiving their acceptance letter.

 

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.

Other revenue

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.

Advertising

This Journal does not accept any advertising.

Direct marketing

There are no direct marketing activities in this journal.