Asian Social Studies and Applied Research (ASSAR)

ASAR Council is a research based organization. It has been working for creating and nurturing talents Pakistan and all over the world since its inception. It is working in the fields of Social Studies and applied education and has attained a significant place in the world for its praiseworthy activities. In addition to research activities, Council provides a good quality platform for researchers in social and applied areas throughout the world. It plays an important role in the field of research by funding research projects and publishing the research papers, and indexing journals.

Social Sciences Studies	Business Studies	Communication Studies
Criminology	Demography	Development studies
Economics	Education	Geography
History	Industrial Relations	Law
Linguistics	Media Studies	Political Science
Psychology	Public Administration	Sociology
Legal Management	Paralegal Studies	International Studies
Library Science	Information Science	Commerce
Religious Studies	Applied Business Studies	Anthropology
Medical, All Fields	Entomology	Engineering, All Fields
Pharmacology	Oncology	Civil Engineering
Applied Biology	Evolution Studies	Robotics
Biochemistry	Fisheries	Construction
Biological Sciences	Food & Food Technology	Civil Engineering
Biophysics	Genetics	Mechanical Engineering
Material Sciences	Genomics	Nuclear Engineering
Cell Biology	Geology	Transportation
Dentistry	Agricultural Sciences	Signal Transduction
Endocrinology	Marine Sciences	Communication & IT
Surgery and Medicines	Marine Technology	Space Science
Microbiology	Nanotechnology	Information Technology (IT)
Neuroscience	Solid State Technology	Computer Sciences
Hematology	Oceanography	Software Studies
Developmental Biology	Environment  Sciences	Mathematics & Statistics
Infectious Diseases	Population Biology	Logistics Studies
Medicine Studies	Energy Science	Energy Science
Physics	Petroleum & Gas	Technology Advancement
Immunology	Veterinary Science	Infrastructure
Medical Technology	Textile Industry & Fabrics	Project Management
Zoology	Ecology	Hardware Studies

Asian Social Studies and Applied Research (ASSAR) is an Open Access journal in field of social studies. The Journal is licensed under Creative Commons Attributions 4.0 International (CC By 4.0). Kindly make sure that you have gone through our “Author Guidelines” before submitting your article(s)/manuscript(s). It is important to note here that you will have to name the file of your manuscript with the last name of the first author. All the manuscripts which are to be sent to ASSAR should be attached in e-mails. After having received your manuscript, we will send you a manuscript number within two working days which should be used for future correspondence with ASSAR. Asain Social studies and Applied Research (ASSAR) only accept manuscripts that are submitted via e-mail attachments. Please mention New Manuscript submission in subject area.

ASSAR publish in mid of the following quarters

Quarter I (January-March)

Quarter II (April-June)

Quarter III (July-September)

Quarter IV (October-December)

All the correspondence and submissions are managed via editor.assar@gmail.com and editor.assar@asarconcil.com

 

 

 

Publication Ethics and Ethical and Malpractice Statement

ASAR Council is committed to maintaining a high academic standard of the journal. The publisher is non-political (i.e., only scholarly) and absolutely unbiased to any political party or ideology (religious, national, ideological), and completely research-based. Thus we commit to maintain a high ethical standard and be absolutely impartial to anyone.

We expect similar standards from the editors and reviewers. Honesty, originality and fair dealing on the part of authors, and fairness, objectivity and confidentiality on the part of editors and reviewers are among the critical values that enable us to achieve the journal aim. The publisher respects the codes of conduct and international standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and available free of charge on its website (http://publicationethics.org/). Any behaviour against publication ethics when proven will be treated as publication malpractice and beyond doubt is unacceptable.

Authors of ASAR Council must confirm the following:

Submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s).

Only unpublished manuscripts should be submitted.

It is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently.

Any conflict of interest must be clearly stated.

Acknowledge the sources of data used in the development of the manuscript.

All errors discovered in the manuscript after submission must be swiftly communicated to the Editor.

Reviewers of ASAR Council must confirm the following:

That all manuscripts are reviewed in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of author(s).

That any observed conflict of interest during the review process must be communicated to the Editor.

That all information pertaining to the manuscript is kept confidential

That any information that may be the reason for the rejection of publication of a manuscript must be communicated to the Editor.

Editors of ASAR COuncil must confirm the following:

That all manuscripts are evaluated in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of authors.

That information pertaining manuscripts are kept confidential.

That any observed conflict of interest pertaining manuscripts must be disclosed.

The Editorial Board takes responsibility for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts based on the reviewer’s evaluation of the manuscript, policies of the journal editorial board and legal restrain acting against plagiarism, libel and copyright infringement.

Independence:

Editor have the responsibility for acceptance or rejection of manuscripts rests with the Editors. Doing so normally entails advice from Reviewers; however, manuscripts that Editors deem clearly inappropriate may be rejected without such review.

Unbiased:

Editors have the duty to judge manuscripts only on their scholarly merits. Editors should operate without personal or ideological favoritism or malice.

Conflict of Interest:

Editors should avoid any practice that gives rise to a conflict of interest or the reasonable appearance of one.

Confidentiality:

Editors and their editorial staff including student workers shall not disclose information about a manuscript to anyone other than Reviewers and Authors.

Review Quality:

Normally, three Reviewers should be invited to comment on a manuscript, but a minimum of two Reviewers is acceptable. Authors may request that certain Reviewers not be used, but this decision should be left to Editor's discretion.

Timeliness:

Editors should take steps to ensure the timely review of all manuscripts and respond promptly to inquiries from Authors about the status of a review.

Decision Quality:

Editors should write high-quality editorial letters that integrate reviewer comments and offer additional suggestions to the Author. Editors should not send a decision letter, without explanation, attached to a set of reviewer comments.

Accuracy:

An Editor presented with convincing evidence by a Reviewer that the substance or conclusion of an unpublished manuscript is erroneous should promptly inform the Author. If similar evidence is presented for a published manuscript, the Editor should ensure prompt publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note, as appropriate.

Authority:

The Editor-in-Chief should respect the Journal's constituents (readers, Authors, Reviewers, Editors, editorial staff and publisher), and work to ensure the honesty and integrity of the Journal's contents and continuous improvement in journal quality.

Author(s) whose manuscript(s) are accepted for publication in Asian Social Studies and Applied Research (ASSAR) are required to pay article publication fee. Journal Charge publication fee due to various cost involved, i.e Paper Review Cost, Paper Indexing Cost, Paper Editing & English Proofreading Cost,  and Online article maintenance cost. ASSAR charge publication fee of USD $ 320.

 

The Publication Fee Transfer Details can be asked through email at editor.assar@gmail.com and editorassar@asarcouncil.com. Journal only charge fee for accepted papers after blind review process. Before review reports and acceptance, no payments are acceptable. Kindly note that ability to pay the publication fee does not necessarily guarantee that the paper will be accepted for publication in ASSAR because we, at ASSAR, believe that quality comes first. 

You should contact the editor of the journal when your article is accepted for publication in the journal and in return he will send you the payment details. Preferred mode of Payment is to pay via Western Union or through bank. The International authors who want to pay through bank will pay US $ 30 extra (Out Side Pakistan Only) as a middle bank transfer charges. Please note that journal does not have any refund policy.

Please note that an official letter of acceptance with author names and article title will be provided only upon the receipt of your publication fee. We regret to inform you that we are unable to produce official acceptance letters prior to the receipt of your payment. Thank you for your understanding.