About the Journal

Aim

Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities is an international, peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to advancing knowledge across social sciences, humanities, and interdisciplinary studies. The journal welcomes high-quality research that addresses contemporary social issues, human behaviour, cultural studies, education, policy, development, and applied societal research.

The Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities aims to provide an international platform for the dissemination of high-quality, impactful, and empirically grounded research that addresses contemporary social, cultural, educational, and human-centred issues. The journal seeks to:

  • Encourage interdisciplinary research that connects social sciences, humanities, and applied fields.

  • Promote evidence-based solutions for societal development, human behaviour, education, and cultural understanding.

  • Support global academic collaboration by offering a zero APC model to ensure equitable knowledge sharing.

  • Serve as a forum for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to exchange innovative ideas that contribute to social transformation.

Scope

Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities welcomes submissions from a broad range of disciplines within the social sciences and humanities, including but not limited to:

Social Sciences

  • Sociology and Social Work

  • Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

  • Economics, Development Studies, and Public Policy

  • Political Science and Governance

  • Education, Teaching, and Learning Sciences

  • Communication Studies and Media Studies

  • Human Geography and Urban Studies

  • Anthropology and Cultural Studies

  • Gender Studies and Social Inclusion

Humanities

  • Philosophy and Ethics

  • History and Archaeology

  • Linguistics, Languages, and Literature

  • Religion, Culture, and Society

  • Fine Arts, Performing Arts, and Visual Studies

  • Humanities-based Approaches to Technology and Society

Applied and Interdisciplinary Areas

  • Social Innovation and Community Development

  • Digital Society, E-Learning, and ICT in Social Sciences

  • Public Health, Mental Health, and Well-being (Non-clinical studies)

  • Sustainable Development and Human-Centred Design

  • Migration, Globalisation, and Societal Change

  • Conflict Resolution, Peace Studies, and Human Rights

  • Applied research that integrates social sciences with data analytics, AI, or modelling

Types of Contributions/Articles

  • Original Research Articles

  • Review and Survey Papers

  • Case Studies

  • Policy Analyses

  • Conceptual and Theoretical Papers

Journal history (Starting year of Journal):

The Journal of Applied Sciences and Modelling was launched in July 2025.

Publication Frequency:

2025: Since the Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities was launched in July 2025, it published only one issue in 2025 (July-December).

From 2026 onwards: The Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities will publish two issues per year.

 Issue 1: January- June.

Issue 2: July- December.

Format of Publication:

Online

Language of Publication:

English

Subject: 

Social Sciences and Humanities

Indexing & Abstracting:
Google Scholar
Research gate

Crossref (DOI: 10.71426/jassh.)

Peer-Review Process:
Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities strives to ensure that peer review is fair, unbiased, and timely. Decisions to accept or reject a manuscript for publication are based on the manuscript’s importance, originality, and clarity, and the study’s validity and its relevance to the remit of the journal.
Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities uses a wide range of sources to identify potential reviewers, including the editorial board, personal knowledge, author suggestions, and bibliographic databases. Reviewers’ evaluations play a major role in our decision as to whether to accept a manuscript for publication.

Journal Template:

The Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities will handle the typesetting of manuscripts upon acceptance at free of cost. Therefore, authors are not required to follow a specific template for submission and may submit their manuscripts in any Microsoft Word (.docx) format or in PDF format initially. 

Open Access statement:
Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities is an open access journal, which means all its content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author if they cite the source.

Copyright and Licensing Policy:
Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities operates under the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). This allows others to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the work, even commercially, as long as they credit the authors for the original creation. All authors publishing in the JMT Journal accept these as the terms of publication.

Privacy Statement:
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Plagiarism policy:
The submission to the Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities must not be plagiarized from other sources, and proper reference must be provided for all contents extracted from other sources. 

All the papers submitted to the Journal of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities must pass through an initial screening and will be checked through the Advanced Plagiarism Detection Software (Turnitin). Plagiarism report from the Turnitin software should be less than 20% and plagiarism from each reference should be less than 5%. Further, the authors must disclose the AI usage statement.
If required, the journal may ask the authors to submit the plagiarism report during the submission (optional).

Publication Charges:
Publication charge is zero for submission, withdraw and publication.