NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities is published by National University of Sciences and Technology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gender, Education, and Development Issues, Global trade and economics and Economic Growth and Productivity, together about 21.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (NJSSH) is a double-blind peer-reviewed and refereed journal published by the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. The main objective of NJSSH is to provide a scholarly platform for the national and international scholars. It aims to promote interdisciplinary studies in social sciences and humanities and become the leading journal in the field. The scope of NJSSH is inclusive: it encourages multi and inter-disciplinary work as well as new and experimental forms of research, replication studies, and negative findings. All submissions are evaluated based on their academic and methodological validity and robustness of research. As an open-access journal, all articles will be immediately available. NJSSH follows Creative Commons licenses. NJSSH is currently a bi-annual journal and is published in both print and online versions. NJSSH publishes original papers with sound and conceptual frameworks, analytical and simulation models, case studies, empirical research, technical notes, commentaries/perspectives, and book reviews. Special issues devoted to important topics in social sciences and humanities will occasionally be published. NJSSH Creative Commons Licensing: Articles published in NUST Journal Social Sciences and Humanities (NJSSH) will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) All submissions to NJSSH are reviewed using the general criteria of quality, creativity, originality, accuracy, and contribution to the field. There are several categories of articles to allow for a full range of constructive dialogue: Review Articles Review articles by experts on controversies and new developments in the fields of social sciences and humanities. Reviewed by three outside reviewers with the criteria weighted toward quality of the exposition and importance of the issue. Maximum 5000 words. Case Studies Case studies if they provide or document new fundamental knowledge in the fields of social sciences and humanities. Reviewed by three outside reviewers with the criteria weighted toward quality of the exposition and importance of the issue. Maximum 5000 words. CommentaryEssays discussing critical issues are reviewed by three outside reviewers with the criteria weighted toward quality of the exposition and importance of th

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Editor-in-chief Wajiha HaqPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

DOAJLetPub

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

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Impact

h-index

6OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

2OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.19OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

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 36 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 36 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01

Peer review

Editorial 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.

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

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Publisher

National University of Sciences and Technology

Country or region

Pakistan

Language

English

ISSN

2520-503X

Electronic ISSN

2523-0026

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• 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