About Journal


  • Start of publication: 1992
  • Credit of the publication: Academic / Specialized
  • Type of articles to be published: Research, promotional
  • Format: Print and Online
  • Frequency: Quarterly
  • Coverage: Political science and international relations
  • Type of Journal: Academic / Specialized
  • Language: Persian; including English abstracts
  • Type of arbitration: Double Blind Peer Review; two reviewers
  • Review Time: 1 to 4 months approximately
  • Citation method: APA 7th edition (2020)
  • Contact E-mail: dp@ihu.ac.ir
  • Article Processing, Publishing and judging Charges: Free for review process and publication.
  • Type of License: CC BY
  • Type of Access: Open Access (OA) 

The Journal of Defense Policy is a scientific-research journal published by the Center for Security Studies and Research at Imam Hossein University (IHU). It is the first academic journal on defense policy to address a variety of security issues. According to the letter No. 44286/3 dated 19/05/2012, the Defense Policy Quarterly has received a scientific-research degree from the Commission of Scientific Publications of the country. Due to the vastness of the fields studied, this journal covers a wide range of audiences in the fields of defense and security and seeks to be a reliable source of interest for professors, students and researchers.Since the case study of countries and focusing on details that can be examined in the field of defense about them is one of the main goals of publishing this journal, knowing and cooperating with professors and researchers familiar with the surrounding defense environment and different countries.

The Journal of Defense Policy is a scientific-research publication published by the Center for Security Studies and Research at Imam Hossein University (IHU). It is the first academic quarterly on defense policy to address a variety of security issues. According to the letter No. 44286/3 dated 19/05/2012, the Defense Policy Quarterly has received a scientific-research degree from the Commission of Scientific Publications of the country. International Standard Number (Shapa): 5087-1025

Audience: The audience of this Journal consists of researchers, university faculty members, specialists in political science and international relations and related fields.

This Journalis indexed in the following databases:

Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC)

University Jihad Scientific Information Database

National Information Database

Noor specialized journals database


Open Access

All articles published in Defense Policy Journal are open access, and for all journal articles, all content is available free of charge to users or their institutions.

 

License

Scientific Journal of Defense Policy is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Licensees may copy, distribute, display and make derivative works only if they cite the original published article. 

 
Copyright 

The authors are the copyright holder in this journal and retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights. The author has complete control over the work.

Article Review and Processing (APC) and subscription fees

The Journal of Defense Policy is a free and open access journal, so no fees are charged to the author or authors.

The Journal of Defense Policy is an electronic journal and has no subscription fees for readers.

Advertising

Defense Policy Journal does not accept any advertisements on the website and journal articles.

Journal publisher

The Journal of Defense Policy is owned and published by the Imam Hussein University.

Supporting resources

It is the faculty and research institute of social and cultural sciences of Imam Hussein University.

Article archive policy

The archive of articles of the journal is stored in the National Library of Iran in addition to the website of the journal itself. 

Repository policy

Authors are allowed to post the accepted and published version of their article on their personal pages, such as Research Gate, LinkedIn, Academia, personal or organizational sites, etc. Because it can lead to constructive exchanges as well as earlier and more citations of published articles.

Discount policy

Since no fees are charged for sending, reviewing and printing articles, this journal does not have a discount policy on the cost of printing articles.