The Journal of Research in Social Sciences (JRSS)offers an intellectual platform to academic researchers, social scientists, teachers and research scholars for publishing and disseminating their original scholarly works. To this end, JRSS accepts research papers on meritorious and competitive basis, and benefits from the intellectual input of subject specialists across Pakistan and from advanced countries. It is published in print as well as online formats. 

The journal encourages scholarly research in social science, fields of sociology, history, political science, international relations, psychology, anthropology, mass media, public policy and governance. Additionally, the journal welcomes contributions from interdisciplinary fields particularly those aspects which intersect with social sciences, such as Information Technology, Engineering, Management, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence etc along with other emerging domains which can have implications for understanding human societies and behaviours. The purpose of including the interdisciplinary domain is to bridge the gap between traditional spheres of social sciences and upcoming trends of social sciences for a better understanding of complex local and international phenomena The journal is constantly striving to achieve excellence by promoting quality research. The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan promoted the journal to ‘CATEGORY, Y’ in 2016 in honor of its efforts and research contribution.