Journal Insights
Asian Review of Social Sciencesis a half-yearly, double blind peer-reviewed, gold open access journal promoting the dissemination of original research and technological implementation experiences in the areas of Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Systems.
Frequency: Half-Yearly (Published four issues in the year 2018, including two special issues) (Published three issues in the year 2019)
Established: ARSS was established in 2012.
Language: English.
Open Access: Gold Open Access publishing model.
Peer Review: Double-blind peer-review process, normally involving at least two independent external reviewers.
Article Types: Original Research Articles, Review Articles, and Case Studies.
Licence: Articles published in ARSS are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Current Publisher: Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Coimbatore, India.
Journal History: The Asian Review of Social Sciences (ARSS) was established in 2012 and was published by The Research Publication until 2023. Since 2024, the journal has been published by the Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI), The Bharath Social and Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Coimbatore, India.
Abstracting, Indexing and Discovery
ARSS reports coverage or discoverability through J-Gate, Google Scholar, EBSCO Information Services, Engineering Source, Library and Information Science Source, One Belt One Road Reference Source, Scilit, Crossref, Library of Congress, WorldCat, and Scite. ARSS lists only abstracting, indexing, and discovery services for which current coverage or discoverability has been verified and updates this information when coverage changes.
- INR 3,000 for authors based in India.
- USD 50 for authors based outside India.
- No manuscript submission fee.
- The APC is requested only after editorial acceptance following peer review.
- Payment, waiver or discount status does not influence editorial assessment, peer review, acceptance, or publication decisions.
Editorial Performance Metrics
ARSS maintains editorial performance statistics based on its journal records. The journal’s acceptance rates for recent years are as follows:
- 2025: 14%
- 2024: 21%
- 2023: 36%
- 2022: 33%
- 2021: 42%
The journal reports approximately 70 days to the first editorial decision and 196 days from submission to acceptance. These figures represent historical editorial performance and may vary depending on the subject area, reviewer availability, revisions required, and individual manuscript circumstances.
Citation Metrics
ARSS monitors its scholarly visibility and citation performance through publicly available academic indexing and discovery services. The journal currently reports a Google Scholar h-index of 14 and an i10-index of 20.
Citation metrics are derived from third-party sources and may change as databases update their records and citation coverage.
