About the Journal

Afaq Research Horizons

Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Afaq Research Horizons (ARH) is a peer-reviewed, open-access electronic scientific journal published by the Nahda Association for Local Development Support. The journal aims to publish original research and studies in the fields of social sciences and humanities, with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary approaches and interactions across scholarly disciplines.

Journal Vision

Advancing scientific knowledge, fostering interdisciplinary research collaboration, and supporting academic and critical innovation.

Journal Aims & Scope

  • Publishing original research articles, theoretical frameworks, and empirical studies.
  • Providing in-depth scholarly reviews and specialized research reports.
  • Addressing contemporary societal issues through critical and comparative methodologies.
  • Fostering constructive dialogue between the humanities and social sciences, bridging the gap with community practices.

Editorial & Peer Review Standards

Peer Review System: Rigorous Double-Blind Peer Review process to ensure the highest standards of academic excellence and integrity.

Publishing Ethics: Strict adherence to international academic standards and publication ethics (in compliance with COPE guidelines).

Open Access & Archiving Policy

Afaq Research Horizons (ARH) is a Fully Open Access journal. All published articles are made freely, instantly, and permanently available online to readers and institutions worldwide with No Embargo period immediately upon publication.

Users and readers are entitled to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose without financial, legal, or technical barriers, and without prior permission from the publisher or the author. All published works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Long-Term Digital Preservation: The journal implements a robust digital preservation policy. All published articles, issues, and metadata are securely and permanently archived via the Zenodo international repository to ensure uninterrupted long-term open access.

We welcome original research contributions from scholars and researchers across all related disciplines.