About the Journal

Folia Orientalia (FO or FOr) is an international peer-reviewed journal published annually by the Commission of Oriental Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Kraków Branch). It is dedicated to the study of the languages, literatures, histories, religions, archaeology and cultures of Asia and Africa. Founded in 1959, it is one of the longest-established scholarly journals in the field.

The journal publishes original research in linguistics, philology, literature, history, religious studies, archaeology and related disciplines on Asia and Africa. While maintaining a broad interdisciplinary profile, the journal has developed particular strengths in Semitic Studies, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Iranian Studies, Turkic Studies, Caucasian Studies, South Asian Studies and African Studies.

The journal welcomes original research articles, review articles and book reviews in English, French and German. All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process.

Folia Orientalia is published in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence, making published research freely accessible to readers worldwide.

  • Founded: 1959
  • Published by: Commission of Oriental Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (Kraków Branch)
  • Frequency: Annual
  • Languages: English, French, German
  • Peer Review: Double-blind
  • Open Access: CC BY 4.0
  • Article Processing Charges: None
  • Editors-in-Chief: Maciej Klimiuk (Freie Universität Berlin; Heidelberg University, Germany), Arkadiusz Płonka (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

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Vol. 62 (2025): Folia Orientalia
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