No. 1 (2020): Scientia - Scholarly Journal
The editorial team of Scientia is proud to present you with its first Issue. Our scientific research journal is issued as a classified publication of the National Centre of Manuscripts, with the support of Tbilisi City Hall, and with the participation of Humanity Research Centre. The year of 2011 has been full of difficulties. That is why many exceptional circumstances have hindered the publication of the first Issue of the Journal. I hope that the next one will face less problems and the organisational challenges will be addressed successfully. All submitted manuscripts underwent a double-blind peer review process and received positive evolutions before publication. In some cases, we invited a third referee (when one of the two reviewers rejected the article) to evaluate the research article in order to meet the criteria required for publication. I would also like to say that Scientia is available in both printed and electronic forms - www.scientia.ge. The Journal has print and digital ISSN codes, ISSN 2667-9590 and e-ISSN 2667-9604, respectively. Moreover, to put it frankly, Scientia will be the first journal in the humanities (perhaps in other areas too) in Georgia in which each article has its own unique DOI. It is very important that a DOI is provided by Crossref, a major DOI registration agency. It is noteworthy that Scopus acknowledges the DOI granted only by Crossref. Furthermore, the Journal is bilingual and all articles are published in the Georgian and English languages boosting research internationalisation. First, I would like to convey my deepest gratitude to the National Centre of Manuscripts and its Director Mr. Zaza Abashidze for supporting the process of establishing a new periodical publication in Georgia.
