About the Journal

The Bulgarian Numismatic Journal (BulgNJ, ISSN 2815-4827) is an open access peer-reviewed edition. It is the first journal of its kind for numismatics in Bulgaria and the neighbouring region, offering exclusive online content to its authors and readers. The initiative for its creation goes back to December 2019, when on a meeting of the editorial team the general vision and mission of the journal were established: to popularize the numismatic research on Southeastern Europe, providing to Bulgarian and international experts a freely accessible online platform, in accordance with high quality scientific and publication standards.

Aims and Scope

The journal is aiming to advance the numismatic research focused on the region of the Balkan Peninsula and Southeastern Europe, where Bulgarian lands build the natural geographic core. Since the underlying historicle political or economic processes include much broader geographical range, all related studies are highly welcome.

The addressed topics involve the whole diversity of the numismatic spectrum: coin minting and circulation, economy, trade, finances, traditional and new methodologies in numismatic studies, archaeometric studies on coins, digital numismatics, cultural heritage preservation, coin forgeries, etc.

The chronological scope is naturally set on the time after the invention of the coins – from Antiquity and the Middle Ages up to the modern era, although all knowledge about diverse forms of trade and exchange from the prehistory onwards are also to be considered.

The language of publication in BulgNJ is Bulgarian or English. The journal is aimed to provide bilingual standards, where all publications should have a summary in English. 

Open Access Policy

BulgNJ runs on Open Journal Systems (OJS) – an open-source journal management and publishing software, freely provided by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) under the GNU General Public License.

In accordance with the general processes of democratization of knowledge and following the principles of Linked Open Data, the journal policy is to enhance the visibility, offering easy access to the scientific research.

BulgNJ does not charge any registration, submission or publication fees for papers and other materials.

Archiving Policy

BulgNJ ensures long-term preservation of its content through the Public Knowledge Project’s PKP Preservation Network (PN) and regular backups of the OJS platform.

Repository Policy

Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit all versions of their article (preprint, accepted manuscript, and published version) in institutional or disciplinary repositories, personal websites, or academic networks at any time, without embargo, provided that full citation to the original publication in The Bulgarian Numismatic Journal (BulgNJ) is included.

Copyright notice

All authors hold the copyright on their articles. The content of the site and its metadata are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

Readers are encouraged to read, download, print, share and distribute the published articles free of charge. 

Submission and publication of manuscripts

BulgNJ is published annually in two volumes, in May and November respectively. The submission deadline for the first volume is 28th of February (May issue), and 31st of August (November issue).

Peer Review Policy

All received manuscripts in BulgNJ initially undergo an approval process by the Editorial team whether they conform to the journal policy.

All approved manuscripts are submitted to double-blind peer-review process by two reviewers. 

Screening for plagiarism

The Editorial team follows the established antiplagiarism policy. If plagiarism is suspected before, during or after review, the editorial board will investigate in accordance with COPE guidelines and will reject the material in case of confirmed positive results for plagiarism.

Digital Identifiers

All authors should provide their ORCID identifier, parallel to the institutional affiliation. More information for the purposes and advantages of using ORCID (abbreviation standing for Open Researcher and Contributor ID) can be found on the web page of the platform https://orcid.org/.

Creating an ORCID is free of charge and available to all researchers (for registering, follow the link https://orcid.org/register).