Journal Policies

Sponsorship/Source of Funding

Lahore School of Behavioural Sciences,

The University of Lahore, Lahore-Pakistan.

1-km Defence Road, Lahore, Pakistan

Publication Fee

  • Publication fee is not charged.

Review and Publication Policy

AJISB follows the guidelines set by HEC Pakistan; the manuscript review process strictly adheres to a double-masked policy. Here is how it works:

  1. Upon submission, the manuscript undergoes initial scrutiny by the editorial committee.
  2. After the editorial committee approves the manuscript's quality, it is sent to at least two consulting editors for external review.
  3. The final stage involves proofreading by the editorial board.
  4. It is essential to be aware that if the editorial board is not satisfied with the corrections and changes made by the Author (s), the manuscript may either be scheduled for publication in the next issue or, in some cases, denied publication altogether.

Acknowledgment

Upon receipt, the submitted manuscript is acknowledged within seven business days.

Initial manuscript assessment

The Editors initially evaluate all manuscripts. Rejecters are deemed insufficiently original, have major scientific faults, poor grammar, or fall outside the Journal's scope. Candidates who meet the minimum criteria undergo an assessment by at least two specialists for review.

Type of Peer Review

This Journal uses a double-blind review process, ensuring referee anonymity. Two reviewers get the manuscript (paper without author names and affiliations). The process of review can only last for two months.

How long does the review process take?

  • The manuscript is usually assessed within six to eight weeks.
  • If the referee reports a conflict or is delayed, an expert opinion will be sought.
  • Reviewers can seek multiple manuscript revisions.
  • The Author will receive a final report with the decision to accept or reject the submission and any reviewer's recommendations.
  • National and international consultant editors' comments greatly influence manuscript acceptance. If a manuscript violates Journal standards, the Editor–in–chief can reject it.

Editorial Policy

The Journal offers a peer-reviewed platform for postgraduate students, scholars, teachers, and researchers in all disciplines of social sciences. Therefore, editorial policies covering peer review, authorship, and publishing ethics, including declarations of interest, conflicts of interest, human and animal rights, article processing charges, informed consent, and plagiarism, will be applied.

Plagiarism Policy

Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC) requires all submitted articles to have a similarity index or plagiarism level below 19%. Therefore, authors must submit a similarity index report. Click here for HEC Policy:

https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/Documents/Plagiarism/Plagiarism%20Policy.pdf.

Copy Right Policy/License Policy

Authors provide broad publishing and distribution rights to the Department of Lahore School of Behavioural Sciences (LSBS), The University of Lahore, Lahore-Pakistan, including publishing on AJISB online platforms, in exchange for copyright for the article. Authors must transfer the article copyright under the Creative Commons license. “CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International Noncommercial-Share Alike” The Journal can disseminate this material on numerous platforms without copyright violations and for non-commercial purposes. The authors grant the LSBS perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free access to this article for publication and distribution in print and electronic media per the conditions of the Creative Commons license.

Open Access Policy

AJISB is an open-access journal that allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to entire articles for legal purposes under the Creative Commons license "Non-Commercial-Share Alike.“CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International”.

(APC) POLICY

All AJISB articles are free to access. The author/corresponding author will receive one print copy.

ASCs (Article submission charges) POLICY

  • There are no article submission fees now. Articles will undergo desk and internal review. Additional international peer review will be conducted for free for chosen articles.