Negareh

Negareh is an open‑access scholarly journal, freely available to all readers, and published quarterly since 2005 by Shahed University in collaboration.

Adhering rigorously to publication ethics, Negareh follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Executive Regulations of the Law on the Prevention and Confrontation of Academic Misconduct. All submitted manuscripts undergo originality and similarity checks via reputable platforms, including iThenticate, TIK, and Samim‑e‑Noor, prior to meticulous evaluation by expert peer reviewers. The journal employs a double‑blind peer review process, ensuring that the identities of both authors and reviewers remain undisclosed throughout the review cycle.

Negareh Journal publishes original scholarly research articles in all fields related to Visual Arts, encompassing Ancient, Islamic, and Contemporary Iran. Articles are published in Persian, accompanied by extended abstracts in English.

The journal aims to provide an academic platform for the dissemination of the latest scientific and research achievements of Iranian art scholars and to promote the visibility of these outcomes both nationally and internationally.

After a rigorous peer-review and evaluation process, Negareh Journal publishes high-quality papers electronically with particular emphasis on the following areas:

• Contemporary Visual Arts of Iran
• Iranian craft and Applied Arts
• Iranian Pictorial Arts (Artworks, Artists and Schools, Techniques and Methods)
• Pictorial Arts in Iranian Folk and Indigenous Traditions
• Philosophy and Contemporary Theories of Art
• Visual Arts in the Islamic Period
• Evolution of Motifs, Ornamentation, and Colors from Ancient to Contemporary Iran
• Traditional Arts of Iran
• Islamic Wisdom and Art
• Historiography of Iranian Art and Its Written Sources

• Visual Arts: Their Elements and Characteristics

Since early 2021, Negareh has consistently been awarded Grade “A” by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology’s Commission for Academic Journals. The journal also holds an Impact Factor (IF) indexed in the Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring & Citation Institute (ISC), and is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Google Scholar. In 2020, at the 21st Festival for the Recognition of Top Researchers and Technologists of Iran, Negareh was selected by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology as the nation’s Top Journal in the fields of art and architecture.

Note: Authors are requested to prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the journal’s most recent Instructions for Authors.

In compliance with Regulation No. 40879 dated 14 May 2022 (24/02/1401 Solar Hijri) of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology’s Commission for Academic Journals, Negareh charges an article processing charge. The full text of all published articles remains freely accessible to the public.