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Authors submit manuscripts to the Asian Review of Social Sciences (ARSS) through the journal’s online submission system. Before starting a submission, authors should review the ARSS Aims and Scope, Author Guidelines, Publication Ethics & Publication Malpractice Statement, Peer Review Process and the relevant author and publication policies.

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1. Before You Submit

  • Confirm that the manuscript falls within the ARSS Aims and Scope.
  • Confirm that the work is original and is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
  • Ensure that all listed authors have approved the manuscript and agreed to its submission.
  • Disclose relevant prior publications, preprints, conference abstracts, datasets or closely related manuscripts when they could affect the assessment of originality or overlap.
  • Prepare all required ethical, funding, conflict-of-interest, data-availability and authorship declarations, together with any Generative AI disclosure that applies to the work.

2. Files and Information to Prepare

  • A Microsoft Word manuscript prepared according to the ARSS Author Guidelines.
  • Title-page information including the manuscript title, author names, affiliations and corresponding-author contact details.
  • An anonymised manuscript file where required for the double-blind peer-review process.
  • An abstract and 3-8 keywords.
  • Tables and figures with clear titles or captions and citations in the manuscript text.
  • Supplementary material, where applicable.
  • Complete references in APA style, including DOI information where available.
  • Required declarations and any supporting ethical-approval or registration information, where applicable.

3. Submission Process

  1. Log in to ARSS or register for an account and begin a new submission.
  2. Enter the required manuscript metadata and author information accurately.
  3. Upload the manuscript and all required supplementary files.
  4. Complete the submission checklist and required declarations.
  5. Review the submission carefully and submit it for editorial assessment.

4. After Submission

The editorial office conducts an administrative and initial editorial check. A submission may be returned for completion or clarification, declined at the editorial stage, or sent for external double-blind peer review when suitable. Manuscripts selected for external review are normally evaluated by independent reviewers with relevant expertise. Authors should also be familiar with the journal’s Publication Ethics and Post-Publication and Accountability Policy.

5. Submission Fees and APC

ARSS does not charge a manuscript submission fee. The Article Processing Charge, where applicable, is requested only after editorial acceptance following peer review. Current fee amounts, waiver and discount eligibility, refund conditions and the journal’s statement on editorial independence are provided on the Article Processing Charges & Waivers page. Authors should rely on the current live fee page before making any payment.

Following acceptance, the author(s) or another lawful copyright holder must complete the ARSS Copyright Form. The published Version of Record is made available as Gold Open Access under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Full details on ownership, reuse, repository rights and licensing are provided in the Copyright & Licensing Policy and Open Access Policy.

7. Editorial Office

For submission-related questions, authors may use the ARSS Contact page or email editorial@crijournals.org. The journal is published by the Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI).

Important Submission Notice

Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee external peer review, acceptance or publication. Authors should rely on the current ARSS website for submission requirements, fees and policies and should not make payment before receiving an official acceptance communication and APC request from the journal.