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Problems of Oriental Philosophy

An international scholarly journal dedicated to the philosophical problems of the East, published in Azerbaijani and Russian since 1996.

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Overview

Şərq Fəlsəfəsi Problemləri (Problems of Oriental Philosophy) is an international scholarly journal dedicated to the philosophical problems of the Eastern region. It has been published since 1996 in two languages, Russian and Azerbaijani. The journal was founded by the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) and the Institute of Philosophy and Law of ANAS, as well as its editorial board. The name and idea of the journal belong to Doctor of Philosophical Sciences Zümrüd Quluzadə, who also serves as its editor-in-chief. The executive secretary and head of its websites is Rahil Nəcəfov, Doctor of Philosophy. The journal publishes articles with abstracts in six languages: Turkish, Arabic, Persian, German, French, and English. Its editorial board includes many famous scholars from Algeria, Iran, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and other countries, such as Dr. Cavad Heyət, Professor Dr. Süleyman Hayri Bolay, Professor İlham Məmmədzadə, Dr. Necati Öner, Dr. Ariz Gözəlov, Dr. Zaim Xanşelavi, Dr. Thierry Zarcone, Dr. Deni Qril, Solmaz Rzaquluzadə, Professor Rəfiqə Əzimova, Professor Mübahat Türker Küyel, Professor Kenan Gürsoy, Professor Könül Bünyadzadə, and others. Since Azerbaijan gained independence, "Şərq Fəlsəfəsi Problemləri" has been one of the longest-running scientific journals in the humanities. It is the first international scientific-theoretical journal dedicated to philosophy under this name, content, and structure, aimed at the study, teaching, and promotion of the peoples of the Islamic region as an integral part of world philosophy. The journal pays special attention to current and controversial issues of the theory and history of philosophy, and primarily to the study, teaching, and promotion of the philosophy of the Eastern and Islamic region in the context of world philosophy. Since 1996, it has been distributed in the scientific community of the Republic and sent by the ANAS Scientific Library to famous libraries of the East and West. The journal has two official websites: www.orientalphilosophy.org and www.joph.org. Additionally, an internet forum titled "Scientific evaluation of the place and role of the history of philosophy of the Islamic cultural region in the history of world philosophy" operates on Facebook. The websites contain scientific articles on Islamic regional philosophical concepts, various problems of the history of regional philosophy, and issues of teaching the history of regional philosophy in the context of world philosophy, as well as books dedicated to these problems. Currently, the main official website of the journal, www.orientalphilosophy.com, has been operating since November 2010. Its information base includes full texts of previous issues in Azerbaijani and Russian, tables of contents of issues since 1996, summaries of articles in six languages, electronic copies of some books and articles on problems of Islamic regional philosophy, methodological problems of studying global, regional, and ethno-national philosophy histories, and electronic versions of presentations at a number of international scientific-theoretical conferences and seminars held on the initiative of the journal, including materials from the international scientific-theoretical seminar and conference "Philosophy of Unity and Modern Science," "Philosophy of Unity and Lutfi Zadeh's Concepts," organized by the Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Institute of Philosophy and Law of ANAS, as well as the international scientific-theoretical seminar and conference dedicated to the problems of studying and teaching the philosophy of the Islamic region in the context of world philosophy, held with the support of UNESCO. The materials of both conferences have received over 550,000 views from more than 70 countries. The relevance and interesting scientific facts of the materials increase the number of visitors.

History

Şərq Fəlsəfəsi Problemləri (Problems of Oriental Philosophy) was established in 1996 as an international scholarly journal dedicated to the philosophical problems of the Eastern region. It was founded by the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) and the Institute of Philosophy and Law of ANAS, along with its editorial board. The name and idea of the journal belong to Doctor of Philosophical Sciences Zümrüd Quluzadə, who has served as its editor-in-chief. The journal has been published in two languages, Russian and Azerbaijani, since its inception. Since Azerbaijan gained independence, the journal has been one of the longest-running scientific journals in the humanities. It is the first international scientific-theoretical journal dedicated to philosophy under this name, content, and structure, aimed at the study, teaching, and promotion of the peoples of the Islamic region as an integral part of world philosophy. The journal pays special attention to current and controversial issues of the theory and history of philosophy, and primarily to the study, teaching, and promotion of the philosophy of the Eastern and Islamic region in the context of world philosophy. Since 1996, it has been distributed in the scientific community of the Republic and sent by the ANAS Scientific Library to famous libraries of the East and West. The journal's main official website, www.orientalphilosophy.com, has been operating since November 2010. Its information base includes full texts of previous issues in Azerbaijani and Russian, tables of contents of issues since 1996, summaries of articles in six languages, electronic copies of some books and articles on problems of Islamic regional philosophy, methodological problems of studying global, regional, and ethno-national philosophy histories, and electronic versions of presentations at a number of international scientific-theoretical conferences and seminars held on the initiative of the journal. These include materials from the international scientific-theoretical seminar and conference "Philosophy of Unity and Modern Science," "Philosophy of Unity and Lutfi Zadeh's Concepts," organized by the Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Institute of Philosophy and Law of ANAS, as well as the international scientific-theoretical seminar and conference dedicated to the problems of studying and teaching the philosophy of the Islamic region in the context of world philosophy, held with the support of UNESCO. The materials of both conferences have received over 550,000 views from more than 70 countries. The journal's scientific activity has attracted attention in the international scientific space. It is indexed by many international scientific journal indexing centers (OAJİ – Open Academic Journals Index, CyteFactor – International Academic Journals Index, İSAM – Islamic Research Center Journal Scanning Index, İSİS – International Publishing Center of Academic Journals). In addition, as the only journal from Azerbaijan, it has been registered by the Thomson Reuters Social Science Citation Index database and taken under control by this high institution. The journal is also included in the list of journals recommended for publication by doctoral students and dissertators by the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It is published once a year by Teknur Publishing House with the agreement of ANAS and sent to famous libraries around the world.

  • 2010

    Main official website www.orientalphilosophy.com launched in November.

  • 1996

    Journal founded by ANAS and the Institute of Philosophy and Law of ANAS; first issue published in Russian and Azerbaijani.

Products and positioning

International scientific-theoretical journal dedicated to the philosophical problems of the East, particularly the Islamic cultural region, as part of world philosophy.

  • Journal issues (annual)

    Published once a year by Teknur Publishing House with the agreement of ANAS.

  • Online archive

    Full texts of previous issues in Azerbaijani and Russian, tables of contents since 1996, and article summaries in six languages.

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