Afarand Scholarly Publishing Institute (Formerly known and worked as its registered name Danesh Afarand Zistagen Company-DAZCo) has begun its activity since Winter 2003. This private institute is governed by some faculties and has a general director, Hamed Bastin (PhD of Logics and Scientific Methodology), with more than 18 years of experience in managing scholarly journals. ASPI was registered in Turkey in 2018.