“BANBER OF YEREVAN UNIVERSITY”

“Yerevan University Bulletin” (Banber of Yerevan University). The four-month bulletin of social sciences has been published in Yerevan since 1967. The bulletin is included in the list of periodical scientific publications acceptable for the publication of the provisions of the main results of the doctoral dissertations defined by the RA Supreme Certifying Committee. It is the successor of the “Scientific Bulletin of the Armenian SSR State University” (1925-30), “The Works” (1934-36), “Scientific Works” (1939-61) and “Scientific Bulletin” (1962-66).
Authors, who represent YSU, other scientific and educational institutions of the Republic of Armenia, as well as foreign scientists from the Diaspora, publish their articles in this periodical. Up to January 1, 2010, the journal was issued three times a year (15 printing sheets).

Up now, the journal has been headed by 5 editors-in-chief up now:
• Edward Jrbashyan (1967-77),
• Harutyun Felekyan (1978-86),
• Edward Aghayan (1986-91),
• Hrachik Mirzoyan (1992-2019),

In 2010-2014 “Banber” continued to be published in the same periodicity but in six series, each of which had a steady label and 5 printing sheets. Those were: 1. “Armenian Studies”, 2. “Philology”, 3. “Jurisprudence”, 4. “Philosophy, Psychology”, 5. “Sociology, Economics”, 6. “International Relations, Political Science”.
Beginning with 2015, according to the requirements of the RA Book Chamber, the series of “Banber of Yerevan University has become separate journals with their international standard serial numbers:

“Banber of Yerevan University: Armenian Studies” – ISSN 1829-4588,
“Banber of Yerevan University: Philology” – ISSN 1829-457X,
“Banber of Yerevan University: Jurisprudence” – ISSN 1829-4561,
“Banber of Yerevan University: Philosophy, Psychology” – ISSN 1829-4553,
“Banber of Yerevan University: Sociology, Economics” – ISSN 1829-4545,
“Banber of Yerevan University: International Relations, Political Science” – ISSN 1829-4529.

Since January 2015, according to the decision of YSU Academic Council, “Banber of Yerevan University: Russian Philology” (ISSN 1829-4537) journal has been added to the above mentioned list of periodicals.
Since January 2020, by the decision of YSU Academic Council, “Banber of Yerevan University: Sociology, Economics” journal has been reorganized into two separate journals:

“Banber of Yerevan University: Sociology” – ISSN 2579-2938
“Banber of Yerevan University: Economics” – ISSN 2579-2946.
Since 2020, the publishing frequency of journals has also changed. The journals are published three times per year:
“Banber of Yerevan University: Philology”
“Banber of Yerevan University: Jurisprudence”
“Banber of Yerevan University: Philosophy, Psychology”
“Banber of Yerevan University: International Relations, Political Science”
“Banber of Yerevan University: Economics”
The following journals are published twice per year:
“Banber of Yerevan University: Armenian Studies”
“Banber of Yerevan University: Sociology”
“Banber of Yerevan University: Russian Philology”.

The following series have been published three times per year beginning with 2022:
“Banber of Yerevan University. Philology”
“Banber of Yerevan University. Jurisprudence”
“Banber of Yerevan University. Philosophy, Psychology”
“Banber of Yerevan University. International Relations, Political Science”
“Banber of Yerevan University. Economics”
Twice a year:
“Banber of Yerevan University. Russian Philology”
“Banber of Yerevan University. Sociology”
“Banber of Yerevan University. Political Science”

Each journal has its own editorial board under the general supervision of Levon Avetisyan – editor-in-chief.

The materials are published in Armenian, Russian and English. The published articles have summaries in the other two languages. Brief information about the authors is available in three languages.


Publication Ethics
“Banber of Yerevan University: the editorial staff of International Relations, Political Science” maintains the common ethical principles for publishing scientific materials, guided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Violation of copyright and ethical norms is not only unacceptable but also hinders the development of scientific knowledge undermining the authority of social sciences.

For the editorial board, it is important that the authors and reviewers of scientific materials are familiar with the corresponding requirements,
The editorial board makes impartial decisions exclusively based on the professional level and quality of the materials provided,
The editorial board organizes an internal review to ensure professionalism and avoid conflicts of interest between the parties. The reviewers cannot be the authors or co-authors of these works, as well as the scientific supervisors of the authors,
The editorial board is strictly against the violation of ethics of publishing scientific works, the most common of which are plagiarism, the presentation of previously published materials, misrepresentation of the results of others' scientific research or falsification of data. If these are available, the submissions are rejected,
The editorial board is under the obligation not to use the information contained therein and provide it to a third party, except for the reviewer,
Content changes and clarifications made in the text are agreed with the author. In case of disagreement with editorial interventions, the parties have the right to refuse the publication of the material or come to a mutual agreement,
The materials are confirmed and published exclusively for free,
The published materials may not be in line with the views of the founders, editors, and editorial boards. However, the editorial staff is responsible for the professional quality of the published materials.


Reviewing
Articles and information submitted to the editorial board are subject to registration and accounting if they are fully consistent with the content, thematic format, and requirements of the journal.
The articles and other materials registered and accounted in the Editorial office, do not receive any guarantee for the unconditional release. All materials are subject to review, with the intention to find out their relevance to the core criteria such as the relevance of the study, its purpose, and objectives, the novelty of the results, the applicability and originality, the adequacy of selected methodology, the accuracy of data, etc. On this basis, the editorial board has the right to accept the articles or other materials for publication, to send them for an additional review, to return them to the authors for editing, or reject them.
It is also possible that the editorial board reject to publish the articles and other materials if they are obviously incompatible with the content and subject orientation of the journal.
Registered and accounted articles may also be given for “anonymous” (“blind”) reviewing. The names of the reviewers remain secret, and the reviewers, in their turn, do not know the names of the authors.
The editorial board does not provide the author with the text of the review, but briefly informs about the conclusions of the decision and the reasons for rejection. In general, the decision-making process typically lasts about two months. Based on the findings of the review, the editorial board decides the material: 1) to publish; 2) to revise and publish; 3) to re-post for reviewing after radical transformation, and 4) to reject.
Selection of current publication materials is based on their thematic and content relevance, and editorial programs and priorities.

Note to the Authors

Each of the series of the periodical “Banber” has its editor. They are:

“Philology” – Levon Avetisyan, 060710218, ephbanber@ysu.am
“Jurisprudence” – Gevorg Danielyan, 060-71-02-56, gdanielyan@ysu.am
“Philosophy, Psychology”– Edward Harutyunyan, 060710632, anna_mkrtchyan@mail.ru
“Economics” – Karlen Khachatryan, 060710656, banber.econom@gmail.com
“International Relations, Political Science” – Gegham Petrosyan, gegam.petrosyan@ysu.am
“Russian Philology” – Levon Hakobyan, 060710585, levon_hakobyan@bk.ru
“Sociology” - Arthur Atanesyan, 060710074, atanesyan@ysu.am
“Political Science” - Ashot Alexanyan, ashalex@ysu.am

The technical requirements for the articles, published in “Banber”:
-The title of the article is put at the beginning of the article (in capital letters);
-The next line – the first and second names of the author (in capital letters), the academic degree and title, place of employment, position, phone number and e-mail are given at the end of the article (the phone number and e-mail are published with the author’s consent);
-Page margins should be as follows: top 25 mm, bottom 25 mm, right 25 mm, and left 20 mm;
-The Armenian font for the paper should be Sylfaen;
-The English font for the paper should be Times New Roman;
-The Russian font for the paper should be Times New Roman;
-The size of the font – 11;
-The spacing between the lines – 1.5;
-The width of charts, tables and images – up to 125 mm;
-The references should be provided as footnotes - in ascending order, the font – 10, the references include the author's name (bold), title, volume, the place of publication and date (in case of periodicals, the issue should also be mentioned).;
- The article can be submitted in Armenian, English or Russian along with abstracts in two other languages and up to 10 key words in three languages;
- The articles are being reviewed
-The articles may also be sent by e-mail: journals.ysu.am
-Rejected articles are not returned;
- The editorial staff can include the published articles in the Armenian and foreign electronic databases and Internet sites without any legal restrictions.
Please, establish contact with the editors responsible for each of the series for the publication of the articles.