Quest Journal of Management and Social Sciences (QJMSS) is a double-blind peer reviewed scholarly journal devoted to publishing high-quality papers using multidisciplinary approaches with a strong emphasis on emerging issues of business, economics, communication, management, finance, administration, English and social issues in half yearly basis. It was established in 2019 to accommodate qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods of research. It is not for profit and fully abides to UGC and QAA guidelines. Its main purpose is to disseminate ideas and research findings in various socio-economic development and managerial issues related to Nepal and other countries. It brings out scholarly research articles and other features. It intends to serve as an outlet with strong theoretical and empirical research for an intellectual forum for the communication of ideas among social scientists in Nepal and rest of the world.
QJMSS is published on the half yearly basis (January-June and July-December).
The editor/managing editors determine whether the received manuscript fits the journal’s focus, scope and general framework. Any manuscript out of the journal’s scope is rejected at the desk review. The manuscript which is good but not in the QJMSS framework is requested to be sent again under the Journal’s framework and guidelines. The decision that the manuscript does not fit is provided to the authors along with an explanation and (optionally) a recommendation on alternative publication options. The selected manuscripts that clear the screening are sent to at least two experts for peer review. At least one reviewer is from outside the members listed in the editorial board.
QJMSS uses the double-blind system for peer review. Both reviewers and authors’ identity remains anonymous. QJMSS provides recommendations to the journal editors as to whether the manuscript should be rejected or accepted (with or without revisions). QJMSS considers all the feedback from peer reviews and makes an informed decision to accept or reject the manuscript.
QJMSS provides automated mail to the corresponding author regarding acknowledgement of their paper. Then it takes 7 days for the initial decision (editorial decisions whether to send the paper for review). The peer review process lasts 21 days to 45 days depending upon the reviewers’ time schedules. Authors’ are provided maximum 15 days to resubmit their manuscript by incorporating all the comments provided by the reviewers. Then after, respective reviewers are provided with the modified manuscript for an average of 7 days for final decision. The average time for the article review is 3 months from submission to acceptance. All the accepted articles will first be published in print and then immediately goes to online publication.
QJMSS does NOT charge any article processing fees for the articles passed from the peer review. Hence, authors do not have to pay any kinds of publication charges for open access. All APC bears by Quest International college.
Financial and other resources are provided by Quest International College.
Subscription rates refer to the rate for a single print issue.
Nepal
Individual NRs 200
Instititional NRs 500
SAARC Countries
Individual US$ 10
Institutional US$ 20
Other Countries
Individual US$ 20
Institutional US$ 50
QJMSS is published by the Quest Research Management Cell, Quest International College, Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal which is affiliated to Pokhara University.
Publisher's Responsibilities
QJMSS provides mail to the corresponding author regarding acknowledgement of their paper within few days. Then, it takes 30 days for initial decision (editorial decisions whether to send the paper to review). The peer review process lasts 21 days to 45 days depending upon the reviewers’ time schedules. Authors are provided a maximum of 15 days to 21 days in order to resubmit their manuscript by incorporating all the comments provided by the reviewers. Then after, respective reviewers are provided the modified manuscript for an average of 15 days for final decision. The average time for the article is 3 to 6 months from submission to acceptance. All the accepted articles will first be published in online print and then immediately goes to the print.
Editor Responsibilities
The editor/managing editors determine whether the received manuscript fits the journal’s focus, scope and general framework. Any manuscript out of the journal’s scope is rejected at the time of desk review. The manuscript which is good but not in the QJMSS framework is requested to be sent again under the Journal’s framework and guidelines. The decision that the manuscript does not fit provides to the authors along with explanation why so and (optional) recommendation on alternative publication options. The selected manuscripts that clear the screening are sent to at least two experts for peer review. At least one reviewer is from outside the members listed in from the editorial board.
Reviewer's Responsibilities
QJMSS uses double-blind system for peer review. Both reviewers and authors’ identity remain anonymous. QJMSS provides recommendation to the journal editors as to whether the manuscript should be rejected or accepted (with or without revisions). QJMSS considers all the feedback from peer reviews and makes an informed decision to accept or reject the manuscript.
Author's Responsibilities
Interested authors are required to submit their papers with the maximum length of 10000 words. However, there is not any word bar for the quality papers. The papers submitted to QJMSS should not have been published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The editorial board reserves the complete right about accepting or rejecting the received articles. The opinion expressed in the articles are those of authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of editors or publishers. The copyright of the accepted articles is reserved jointly - by the authors and Quest International College, Pokhara University. No part of the article published in this journal should be reproduced except provided by the law currently in force without the written consent of the QJMSS editorial board.
It is assumed that manuscripts, which are submitted to the QJMSS, are not submitted before, partly or wholly elsewhere in any print or electronic media. Manuscripts are the original writing of authors. In the manuscripts, there should not be any forms of plagiarized texts such as published or unpublished sources. Ethically, others’ copyright should be respected. Illegal, unauthorized, and unethical contents should be avoided in the paper. All ideas contained in the paper fall under the sole responsibilities of the authors. The QJMSS and the Editorial Team will not be held responsible for any compensation claims.
Please note that the QJMSS uses Similarity Check software to screen papers for unoriginal material. By submitting your paper to QJMSS, you are agreeing to any necessary originality or plagiarism checks, as your paper may have to undergo during the peer review and production processes. In case of a duplicate submission, fabricated data, breach of participants' confidentiality, improper award or denial of authorship, and plagiarised texts, we warn the author(s) for misconduct and rejection. If it is serious, we will consider that deliberate and, thus bar the author for submitting any (including original) article to QJMSS for future. If the issue is much serious QJMSS seeks legal support for appropriate legal action.
Copyright Policy
Article submitted to the QJMSS should not have been published before in their current or substantially similar form or be under consideration for publication any other journals. Authors submitted article for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty. For case of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers and contribution become the legal copyright of the publication unless otherwise agreed. The personal use of the journal is acceptable. However, for republishing and any commercial purpose the permission from the journal is mandatory. Submission of a paper to the QJMSS will be taken to imply that it presents original unpublished work, not under consideration elsewhere and not contain any copyright issues. A copyright agreement form will be sent to the corresponding author of accepted manuscript. This publishing agreement should be completed and returned to the editorial office. Then only the accepted manuscript goes to the publication process.
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