Aim and Scope

AIM of Journal

Journal of Social Sciences and Innovative Research(JSSIR) was introduced by Innovision Consultants, a research organization dedicated to analysing and evaluating significant national and international politico-strategic issues and developments affecting Pakistan. Innovision Consultants freely interacts with similar national and international fora and scholars to benefit from exchanging ideas and views through holding and participating in seminars, workshops and discussions. Innovision Consultants is a team of Highly Qualified Professionals to undertake high-quality research, collect statistically reliable data to be disseminated to a wide array of internal and external stakeholders, and engaged in policy formulation, program management, and research in Health, Education, Agriculture, and The journal encourages multidisciplinary academic and research interests. JSSIR is a multi-disciplinary, quarterly, double-blind peer-reviewed research journal that publishes works in all major disciplines and sub-disciplines of mass communication, i.e. Media and Communication Studies, Development Journalism, Television and Film, Advertising and Public Relations. Further details are available at http://gmssrj.co/index.php/main/Home.

 Mission & Vision

Whereas mass communications are pervasive and ubiquitous aspects of modern societies, JSSIR  fulfils the major responsibility of exploring and conveying developments in human societies to the interested audience. This academic journal accepts manuscripts about the micro and macro areas of research in this field, including all aspects of Journalism, Mass Media and Communications, Social Sciences, Humanities, Educational Sciences, Languages and Linguistics, Literature, Psychology, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, English, Anthropology, Political Sciences, International Relations, Sociology, Educational and Clinical Psychology, and Gender Studies. The journal also publishes new research on digital platforms, social media and related policy. The manuscripts that explore various broad aspects like history, development, innovations, trends and the influence of the media on a cross-section of the population are specifically promoted. JSSIR  is an open-access journal that envisions free access of readers to its well-researched articles. The journal peer-reviews the submitted manuscripts thoroughly.

JSSIR  aims to create a future where media development is based on an informed decision-making process. Therefore, the journal stimulates innovative developments in current academic and social perception through research as they stand disconnected from the actual application, and it offers sustainable solutions to the problems confronted by humanity. JSSIR  intends to spearhead the global advancement in research where theories connect with the application while maintaining the best features of theoretical and applied aspects. JSSIR  The journal aims to update research practices and their philosophical underpinning by publishing the best theories and applications in mass communication and social sciences.

Objectives & Focus

JSSIR  promotes:

  1. Advancement of research in all sectors of Media and Social Sciences as well.
  2. High-quality publications in theoretical and empirical research in the field of Social Sciences
  3. The networking of academicians, researchers, and professionals encourages different genres of creative and research writing.
  4. Enhancement of diversity, multiplicity, and variation of the research.
  5. Advanced research in communication studies through high-quality publications that focus on theoretical, empirical, applied, and analytical themes.
  6. Promotion of global collaborative and disseminative networks among academicians, communication scientists, media professionals, research scholars, and policymakers.

 

Scope of Journal

The Journal of Social Sciences and Innovative Research is a peer-reviewed, open-access, scholarly journal that provides a dedicated, interdisciplinary forum for international research on all aspects of communication, media and social sciences. The journal also publishes new research on digital platforms, social media and related policy. The journal actively encourages quantitative and qualitative approaches to media, communications and social sciences. The journal invites submission of papers under the following categories but not limited to: 

  • Media Studies
  • Psychology
  • International Relations
  • Political Science
  • Anthropology
  • Gender & Human Rights
  • Women’s Empowerment
  • English
  • Economics and Business.

Contributors should be familiar with the nature and scope of the journal. Familiarity with past issues of the journal is essential. Abstracts of the current and previous issues are available, both in hardcopy and on the journal’s website.

Values

JSSIR adheres to the highest values in research publications on media and communication. It gives the highest value to objectivity in the articles submitted for publication. Instead of assuming the values of objectivity, neutrality, originality, diversity of opinion, contribution to knowledge, the strength of argument, avoidance of fallacies, truth, and honesty as cliché, JSSIR rigorously incorporates these values in selecting and reviewing articles.