History

The idea for establishing the International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture (IJBMC) emerged in 2014 during academic discussions held within the framework of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) project “Globalization and Mental Health,” with the participation of Michael Wirsching, Farzad Goli, Carl Eduard Scheidt, and Hamid Afshar.

The journal was conceived as an international scholarly platform for psychosomatic, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and theoretical studies concerning the relationships among body, mind, culture, and health, with particular relevance to psychology and related fields.

This initiative led to the formation of an international editorial board and the launch of IJBMC. The first issue of the journal was published in 2014. Since then, the journal has continued to expand its scholarly reach and international visibility while remaining committed to rigorous peer review and ethical publishing standards.