About the Journal
INTRODUCTION
The IIUM Journal of Human Sciences is a peer-reviewed biannual (February and July Issues, from 2019 onwards) journal dedicated to publishing high-quality scientific articles. It is aimed at academics and researchers who seek to disseminate their research findings and discover knowledge in the areas of behavioural sciences or human sciences. It is also an avenue for postgraduate researchers to publish their research works, hence contributing to the development of human science disciplines and their applications.
Authors are invited to submit their articles, book review reports on conferences and seminars, and abstracts from Master’s and Doctoral theses related to the area of human sciences in English. Each journal article will be subjected to a review process involving first reading by the IJOHS editorial team, followed by two reviewers in the field, a language assessor, and a proofreader.
OBJECTIVES OF IJOHS
IJOHS aims to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge on issues related to the study of human sciences. It provides a publication avenue for academics and postgraduate researchers in the human science disciplines: Anthropology, Communication, Language and Literature, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
AREA OF COVERAGE
The scope of IJOHS covers both Western scientific approaches and Islamic perspectives on studying human sciences in the disciplines of Anthropology, Communication, Language and Literature, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. The Journal is also interested in publishing comparative approaches and diversified themes in the disciplines. The article must be submitted in English.
Peer Review Process: All submissions will be subjected to a double-blinded peer-review process (neither authors nor reviewers know each other's names or affiliations), except for those under the category of 'Letter to Editor'. The Editorial team will review the latter.
Each submission will go through this process:
- Technical, content, and plagiarism screening (only articles with a similarity index of less than 25% will proceed with the peer-review process).
- Double-blind review
- Revision by the author if required
- Editor screening/decision
- Acceptance and publication
PUBLISHER
IIUM Press
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
This is an open-access journal, meaning that all content is freely available to the user or his/her institution without charge. 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 the publisher's or the author's prior permission.
COPYRIGHT ACCESS
The IIUM Journal of Human Sciences (IJOHS) follows the Open Access policy.
All articles published with open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy, and distribute.
SUBMISSION PROCESS
The completed manuscripts must be submitted in bulk to the IMJM Journal Manager at imjm@iium.edu.my.
PROCESSING AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES
The allocated fee of RM300 (or USD100) covers any related processing and administrative costs, such as reviewing, copyediting, managing, etc., related to the publication of each manuscript.
Authors will be charged upon acceptance of the article for publication.
The payment can be made to the bank account:
Name: UIAM Operating Account
Bank: Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad
Account No: 1407-000000-4716
Swift Code: BMMBMYKL
Branch: International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Gombak, Selangor
Remark: IJOHS (write Author's name)
Please send us the proof of payment and upload it to the "Discussion Section" at the "Copyediting Stage".
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
The requester must complete reviewing and proofreading. Evidence of the reviewing process, proofreading, and language editing must be provided along with the submission.
Review Criteria:
Manuscripts will be evaluated based on originality, significance, methodology, and clarity.
Reviewer Selection:
Reviewers will be selected based on their expertise in the relevant field. Authors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Conflict of Interest:
Authors must disclose any financial or personal conflicts of interest related to the research.
Plagiarism:
Submissions must be original and not under consideration elsewhere. The journal uses plagiarism detection tools to ensure originality; the similarity index must be less than 30%.
INDEX:
Google Scholar; MyJournal, MyCite (in progress)
ETHICAL STATEMENT:
The manuscript must represent the original work by the author(s). Any copyright should cover none of the material; if copyrighted material exceeds approximately 100 words from a journal article or approximately 500 words from a book, the author has to obtain written permission for its use.
Further, this work should not infringe the intellectual property rights or secrecy laws of any person, organisation, government, public, or private agency, nor should it contain any defamatory matter.
IIUM Press is not responsible for verifying copyright permissions provided by the author. Any breach of copyright laws will result in retraction of the published manuscript and reporting to relevant authorities in the authors' institutions.
PRIVACY STATEMENT:
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal. They will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For any queries or additional information, please get in touch with the IJOHS:
Email: shukran@iium.edu.my OR rohaiza@iium.edu.my
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in articles and creative pieces published in this Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors, the editorial board or the publisher.
