Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science Social Sciences

Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science Social Sciences is published by HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, together about 40.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences is an international, open-access scholarly journal established in 2011 as a specialized journal developed from the Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science, established in 2006. The Journal is dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary scholarship in the social sciences, education, law, public policy, linguistics, psychology, applied humanities, and related disciplines. The Journal publishes high-quality research that makes significant contributions to understanding contemporary social transformations, promoting human development, advancing educational innovation, enhancing governance and public policy, and addressing societal challenges arising from globalization, digital transformation, international integration, and sustainable development. In particular, the Journal encourages studies that integrate theoretical perspectives, empirical evidence, policy analysis, and interdisciplinary methodologies to generate knowledge with scholarly significance, practical relevance, and societal impact. The journal particularly welcomes manuscripts that provide new insights into Vietnam, ASEAN, Asia, and other transitional societies; develop innovative theoretical, methodological, or empirical approaches; or generate evidence with meaningful implications for education, law, public governance, community development, and social policy. Submitted manuscripts are expected to advance the state of the art within their respective fields while demonstrating the potential to generate meaningful impact on scholarly research, professional practice, education, and public policymaking. The Journal serves an international community of researchers, academics, educators, policymakers, public administrators, legal practitioners, social organizations, and professionals engaged in the social sciences, education, law, public policy, linguistics, psychology, and applied humanities.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 4, Germany 2, Netherlands 2, India 1, Canada 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

DOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Google Scholar, RePEcPublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.32Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

0.26Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.35OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

17 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 8 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Country or region

Viet Nam

Language

English

ISSN

2734-9357

Electronic ISSN

2734-9624

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ