About the Journal

Focus and Scope

FAGOPYRUM is open to everyone who is interested in buckwheat and will cover all aspects of buckwheat research: genetics, cytology, breeding, agronomy, nutrition, utilization, biochemistry, ethnobotany and others. FAGOPYRUM will accept manuscripts in English only, which meet the scientific requirements set by the Editorial Board and which have not been published elsewhere. Announcements concerning the promotion of research on buckwheat (workshops, symposium and so on), bibliographies and other information related to buckwheat will also be published. 

Publication Frequency

The journal is published twice a year.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. All articles are made freely and permanently available on the journal’s website immediately upon publication, without any embargo period and without restrictions on access, use, or reuse, in accordance with the licence terms.

The journal does not charge authors any fees at any stage of the publishing process. Authors are not required to pay editorial fees or Article Processing Charges (APCs). The absence of APCs reflects the journal’s commitment to equitable, inclusive, and non-commercial scholarly publishing.

Fagopyrum has been published in open access since 2018 (i.e. volume 34) onwards.

To ensure long-term preservation and permanent accessibility of its digital content, the journal uses reliable archiving solutions. Digital copies of the journal are stored by the digital department of Slovenian national library NUK, dLib (Digital Library of Slovenia).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The license allows the use and sharing of the material, but without modifications and only for non-commercial purposes, provided that proper attribution is given and the same licensing terms are maintained. This does not apply to third-party materials published in the articles where such materials are separately identified or subject to different licensing terms.

Indexing

The journal is indexed by the following bibliographic databases, which enhances its international visibility and citation impact:

• Crossref
• CABI Digital Library
• Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA)

Peer Review Process 

Articles published in the journal undergo a peer review process, during which they are first reviewed by the editor-in-chief. If articles appear to be plagiarized, have been published elsewhere or are outside the scope of the journal, they may be rejected.

The articles are then sent to two peer reviewers for double-blind review, which minimizes the possibility of identifying either the author or the reviewer. For this purpose, the authors’ identifying information (name, institution) is removed from the manuscripts. Reviewers receive a digital version of the submission in which they directly enter their corrections and suggestions, which will facilitate revisions for the authors and support the editorial board in deciding on the suitability of the manuscript for publication. Reviewers should pay attention to whether the submission provides relevant content, is scientifically or professionally sound and falls within the journal’s thematic scope, complies with the journal’s publication guidelines, and follows the principles of open science.

Articles are rejected or accepted based on the editorial board’s and peer reviews' decison. The author is informed about a submission’s acceptance or rejection within approximately 1 to 3 months of its receipt. The editors are not required to explain the reasons for a submission’s rejection. The author is then given 15 days to revise the manuscript in accordance with the reviewers’ comments (with a possibility to request for a prolongation of this time). In the subsequent stage, the editor assesses whether the reviewers’ comments have been adequately addressed; the article is then technically edited and proceeds to layout.

The typology of the article is determined by the reviewers on the basis of the Document Typology of Documents/Works for Bibliography Management in COBISS.

Copyright Notice

The authors confirm that they are the sole authors of the articles submitted for publication. The authors guarantee that the work is their own original creation, has not been previously published, and does not infringe the copyright, related rights, or any other rights of third parties. The authors are responsible for the proper citation of all sources used and for obtaining permission to reproduce any third-party copyrighted material (e.g. images, tables, figures, or extensive quotations).

In case of claims by third parties or legal disputes arising from alleged infringements of third-party rights, authors commit their self to defend the interests of the publisher, and shall cover any potential costs.

The copyright of the work published in this publication remains with the authors. The author licenses SASA the right to publish, reproduce, and distribute the article in print and electronic form in various formats in the SASA journal, including publication in various archiving and indexing systems. The authors agree that, if the article is reused, SASA obtains attribution to the original publisher, and the article shall be made available to the public under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Any reuse or redistribution of the article must clearly acknowledge the authorship and the original publication in the SAZU journal. Users may access and use all journal archives and individual articles published therein under the terms of this license. This does not apply to third-party materials published in the articles where such materials are separately identified or subject to different licensing terms.

Journal History

Fagopyrum is a publication of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA), published by its class of Natural Sciences and is dedicated to buckwheat research. It is published twice a year. Each issue typically contains two to five scientific articles.

• Since 1981 to 1985 it was published as the Bulletin of International Buckwheat Research Association (IBRA).  
• Since 1986 it is registered in Slovenia as a scientific journal under auspices of IBRA (issues 7 and 9).
• Back volumes from 1990 to 1994 (issues 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) are available on the SASA's webpage.
• In 1995 was a gap in publishing.
• From 1998 to 2016 it was published in Japan (Shinshu University, Matsumoto, editor Toshiko Matano; Kyoto University, Kyoto, editor Ohmi Ohnishi; Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, editor Kiyokazu Ikeda).
• Since 2017 the owner and publisher is the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA).