Numismatic Research Magazine

About us
The first issue of the Numismatic Research journal was published in 1978 and it was edited under Constanţa Ştirbu’s supervision until 1995, and from 1996 until nowadays Dr. Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu is editor-in-chief. The initial purpose of the publication was to scholarly showcase the impressive collection of the newly established Numismatic Cabinet operating within the National History Museum of Romania, but the quality of the papers submitted for publication, the conspicuous interest manifested by specialists from all over the country and abroad, and the existence of only a few specialized periodicals at that time, all contributed to the remarkable success gained by the Numismatic Research journal.
Right from our editorial debut, there were important sections dedicated to the auxiliary sciences of history such as medalistics, sigillography, phaleristics, genealogy, metrology etc. Locally, even nowadays there is a lack of specialized publications for these research fields, being rather hard for scholars to publish and promote their work outside the special sections provided by Numismatic Research.
Although there has been a timespan when the Numismatic Research journal was published intermittently, for the last 12 years the rhythm is constant, and the Numismatic Cabinet of the National History Museum of Romania takes great care to respect and thus ensure the annual publication of the journal.

Scope and aims
The Numismatic Research journal aims to publish research papers focused on a particular array of fields related to history, such as numismatics, phaleristics, sigillography, genealogy, metrology etc., in order to contribute to the diversification, enhancement and especially the augmentation of the historical perspective on any chronological level. In this endeavor, the editorial board aims to create an assenting space (on-line and on-print, with an ever-growing exposure), so that material history, with its own object of study and its specific methodology, can be pursued at the highest level.
Another aim pursued by the editorial board is to promote the auxiliary sciences that constitute the core of the publication's interest. Seen as the research topic of a small group, rather marginally engaged in the construction of a macro narrative of history, these disciplines are still isolated, to the detriment of both specialists and humanities research. In this context, the journal wants to bring the numismatists (and not only) closer to a wider audience and to provide free access to the highest quality studies.
The objectives set annually by the editorial board through the publication of the Numismatic Research journal are structured on three operating levels:
- Promoting specialists and disseminating their studies: the journal provides a publishing framework curated by experts for specialists and scholars to disseminate the results of their research.
- Supporting collaboration between numismatists and specialists in other auxiliary disciplines of history: the journal aims to disseminate these studies as widely as possible, so that through them it can contribute to the configuration of a multidisciplinary research and ultimately to a better understanding of history and material history.
- Making available high quality papers to a wider audience: bringing to the fore museum and private collections as well as fresh numismatic or monetary related finds, in order to build a bridge between patrimonial heritage, specialists and the culture-enjoying society.

Free access policy
The Numismatic Research journal does not charge any fee at all for publishing the submitted and accepted papers. The whole process of submission, manuscript analysis by the editorial board, peer-review by specialists and, finally, printed and online publication is completely free.
Public access to the entire archive of Numismatic Research journal is also completely free. You can download individual papers as well as entire issues, both of them in PDF format. For neither of these two options are there charged any fees.
There is no need for a site account neither for submitting articles and papers, nor for downloading them.
Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate the materials published in Numismatic Research through personal accounts on academic platforms.