Journal profile

NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry

ISSN 2222-5706 · eISSN 2789-4665 · National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad · Pakistan

NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025.

Impact factor—No published value

CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartile—No CiteScore rank

Review timeabout 18 weeksCommunity average

APCCharged, amount not publishedFully open access

Acceptance—No reports yet

Articles per year102025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry is published by National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics and Literature: history, themes, analysis, together about 43.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Aims and Objectives NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry is an HEC recognized biannual peer-reviewed journal which strictly follows double blind peer review process and shows zero tolerance for work which is not original. At the same time, it encourages and welcomes such novelty, originality, and motivational contribution that can set new trends and establish new norms. The journal aims to be a trend setter in multidisciplinary research fields. We believe in facilitation, quality, and striving for excellence. Scope Committed to promoting academic excellence and integrity, NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry provides a platform for original and unpublished scholarly work broadly related to arts and humanities. However, it prioritizes publishing stimulating and innovative research papers that critically engage with the domains of Language, Literature, Linguistics, and Education.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Editor-in-chief Arshad MahmoodPublisher website

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities21.6%
Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities11.8%
Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities9.8%
South Asian Studies and DiasporaArts and Humanities7.2%
Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities6.5%
Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.6%
Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities2.6%

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

ProQuest, ProQuest Academic Research Library, EbscohostPublisher 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: 2OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
i10-index: 0OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
2-year mean citedness: 0.24OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
Share of gold OA articles: 0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 80 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	5	5	8
2025	10	10	7
2024	10	10	7
2023	10	10	7
2022	18	18	4
2021	19	19	2

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 18 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported): about 24 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01
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

Fully open accessDOAJ

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

Source	APC	Fee waiver	License	Observed
DOAJ	PKR 20,000	Yes	CC BY-NC	2026-11-01
OpenAlex	PKR 20,000	—	—	2026-11-01
LetPub	PKR 20,000	Yes	—	2026-11-01
Publisher website	Yes, amount not published	—	—	2026-11-01

Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)

Submission fee: RS. 1,000

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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines

Abstract: 250–300 words
Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words
Reference style: APA
First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Cover letter: Required

Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text

Article types accepted2, with length limits

research articleResearch Article, Proof/ Payment Receipt of initial submission fee Rs. 1000/-Length not stated
research paperritten and single-spaced. The length of research paper/articles should be 5000-8000 words including title, abstract, main text, figures and tables exmain text ≤ 8,000 words

Publisher website

Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Plagiarism, Preprints

Authorship

Author bios required. Model summary

The authors should attach short professional biographies covering their full names, qualifications, current designations, and institutional affiliation(s), area(s) of interest, and email address(es).