Journal profile
BTTN Journal
ISSN 2958-1214 · eISSN 2958-1222 · Balochistan Think Tank Network (BTTN) · Pakistan
BTTN Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 17 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BTTN Journal is published by Balochistan Think Tank Network (BTTN). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Relations and Foreign Policy, South Asian Studies and Conflicts and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 40% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BTTN Journal is a bi-annual double blind peer reviewed research journal that accepts high-quality and original research with value addition in accordance with the policy research guidelines of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. It is a purely research oriented policy journal published by Balochistan Think Tank Network (BTTN), at BUITEMS Quetta. BTTN Journal remains wider in scope and applicability to various domains of Social Sciences/Arts & Humanities. It helps provide wider research perspectives in an interdisciplinary approach that welcomes contributions, not limited to Pakistan affairs, but rather potentially covers the broader contours of International Relations, International Politics, Strategic Studies, Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, Energy & Development, Defense & Security Studies, Geo-strategy, Geo-politics, Emerging Technologies, Sociology of Development, and Provincial Issues of Balochistan. BTTN Journal helps provide research opportunities to researchers, scholars, policy makers, and analysts to contribute their research articles for consideration and publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Zafar KhanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences20.7%
- South Asian Studies and ConflictsSocial Sciences11%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering8.4%
- Defense, Military, and Policy StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Nuclear Issues and DefenseSocial Sciences6.5%
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastSocial Sciences5.8%
- Belt and Road InitiativeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Military Strategy and TechnologyEngineering3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, HEC Recognized, BTTN Journal in HJRSPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 68 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 16 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 9 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 7 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- research articleion and publication purposes: A typical research article for this journal should be between 6000 to 8000 words including abstract, footnotes, tables, captions, …main text ≤ 8,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright
CC BY license Model summary
All articles are permanently available online to the public without restrictions or subscription fees. All articles are free to be used, cited, and distributed on condition that appropriate acknowledgment is included. Authors are the copyright holders of their original contributions. The published article is simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License. “A CC license i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access; CC BY 4.0 Model summary
All articles are permanently available online to the public without restrictions or subscription fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
BTTN Journal is committed to rigorous and double blind peer-review
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening; max 19% similarity, max 4% from single source Model summary
BTTN Journal will undertake plagiarism test for each article submitted. Paper should not exceed more than 19% of similarity index and should not have more than 4% from the single source.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Balochistan Think Tank Network (BTTN)
- Country or region
- Pakistan
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2958-1214
- Electronic ISSN
- 2958-1222
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BTTN Journal
How long does peer review take at BTTN Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of BTTN Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Chicago. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index BTTN Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BTTN Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is BTTN Journal open access, and what is the APC?
BTTN Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .