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Global Anthropological Studies Review (GASR) published by Humanity Publications, a leading publishing house in Pakistan in research and analytics, that assists researchers in advancing research outcomes for societal benefit. To wipe out societal ills and to add the humanity by boosting up measures among the individuals of the global society. GASR intends to promote qualitative and quantitative researches and findings with the help of newly emerging tools and patterns utilized in experiments, observations, interviews, analysis and surveys by encircling all major segments of Social Sciences and Multi-disciplinary academic and research disciplines. GASR is a multi-disciplinary, quarterly, double-blind peer-reviewed research journal that encompasses major disciplines of social science, i.e. Government & Politics, Human & Society, Historical & Regional Studies and Education & Mass Studies in general, with a specific interest in the sub-disciplines detailed at www.gasrjournal.com/about/aims-and-scope

Objectives & Focus GASR promotes:

  1. Advancement of research in all sectors of Social Sciences and its allied subjects.
  2. High-quality publications in theoretical and empirical researches
  3. Networking of academicians, researchers and professionals encourage different genres in creative and research writing
  4. Enhancement of diversity, multiplicity and variation of the research on society in general

GASR covers multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary issues and problems of social sciences in its classical sense. Therefore, it welcomes articles covering social sciences, humanities and arts. Therefore, it encompasses most of the sub-disciplines of social science (but not limited to), i.e. Government & Politics, Human & Society, Historical & Regional Studies and Education & Mass Studies in general detailed at www.gasrjournal.com/about/aims-and-scope

GASR adheres to the highest value in research. It appreciates 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 clich, GASR has incorporated these values in the selection process and review.

According to the Humanity Publications Board of Governers recommendation, GASR was initially published on Biannual base-two issues per year, i.e. 2016 (Spring & Fall) and 2017 (Spring & Fall). But due to the on-and-on requests of the national academia, the aforementioned board revise its recommendation for 2018, and onwards, i.e. the frequency has been changed from biannual to quarterly-four issues per year, having the following breakup:

S.No

Number

Issue

Month

1

I

Winter

March

2

II

Spring

June

3

III

Summer

September

4

IV

Fall

December

GASR manages and evaluates all the research articles, papers and cases by "Double-Blind Peer Review" exclusively. GASR uses double-blind review, which means that the reviewer, editor and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, editor and vice versa throughout the review process.

GASR has a comprehensive process of evaluation as it follows double-blind peer review wherein after preliminary assessment (or Pre-Editorial Review) of an article by the Managing and Assistant Managing Editor(s), the same is reviewed by another internal Committee (known as an Editorial Review Committee) comprising the GASR Editor, Associate Editor(s)and Assistant Editor(s). However, selected members of the Advisory Board of GASR covering the subject area of the article are also consulted during the internal review process, and after recommendations of the Editorial Review Committee, the article goes through a cycle of final evaluation i.e. review by relevant National and International peer reviewers.