This is great victory, we wanted our journal to be widely accepted on international platform — Edita Gzoyan

The International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies has been officially indexed in Scopus, one of the world’s most prestigious academic databases.

A statement released by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute notes that this is a major achievement not only for the museum but also for the entire field of Armenian Genocide studies.

Alpha News spoke with Edita Gzoyan, director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, on this matter. She noted that the museum had long awaited this recognition and shared details about the application process for Scopus indexing.

“We fought for this victory for a long time. The idea came to us very early, and we wanted our journal to be widely accepted and visible on an international platform. This is a great victory for the development of Armenian genocide studies and for genocide studies as an independent discipline. Before we indexed our magazine, we had come a very long way. We started working in 2019. There were technical requirements that had to be met before applying for indexing. Our journal, founded in 2014, published one article per year, which was not enough to apply to Scopus. We increased the number to two volumes per year, changed the editorial staff, and added scientists from other international institutions, which was an important factor. We also created a separate website for our journal, which again became an important prerequisite for applying to Scopus. All articles underwent a review process. After meeting the technical requirements, we submitted our application to Scopus in November 2024, and our journal was indexed. They sent us a letter in which the two experts who reviewed our journal noted that we had published extremely important, highly valuable articles,” said Edita Gzoyan.