Asian Journal of Population Sciences publishes original articles in all areas of population sciences. The journal covers a wide range of articles on population dynamics interrelated with social, economic, environmental and developmental themes that can have impact on public policy. The journal welcomes manuscripts not only from within South Asia but also among the scholars from the global arena so that the journal could be the platform for global demographic debate.
AJPS is published annually but occasionally has special issues.
AJPS provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
The articles in the Asian Journal of Population Sciences are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence. This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
Very limited copies of the journal will be printed for distribution among the authors, reviewers, libraries as well as the research institutions. However, the interested individuals as well as institutions can request a copy, which will be provided free of cost as per the availability of the issue requested.
Each manuscript is evaluated by two independent (blind) reviewers who are experts in the relevant field and are not members of the journal’s editorial team or affiliated with the authors’ institutions. Reviewers are selected based on their academic expertise, publication record, and absence of conflicts of interest.
In cases where the two reviewers provide conflicting recommendations, the manuscript may be sent to a third independent (blind) reviewer or assessed by the handling editor for a final recommendation.
The Editorial Board may make minor editorial and formatting corrections to accepted manuscripts for clarity, consistency, and style. Any substantive changes to the content of the manuscript will be made only with the approval of the author(s)
All manuscripts submitted to special issues are subject to the same editorial standards and double-blind peer review process as regular issues. The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board maintain full oversight of the editorial process and final publication decisions.
Authors retain copyright of their published work. By submitting and publishing in this journal, authors grant the journal the right of first publication. Articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY NC SA 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are properly credited.
All submitted manuscripts are screened using iThenticate software available on the campus for plagiarism and similarity detection before peer review.
The journal does not charge any article processing charges (APCs), submission fees, or publication fees.
The journal was formerly known as the Demographic Forum for one issue published in 2013.
The publication of the journal is supported by the institution (Prithvi Narayan Campus).
The Asian Journal of Population Sciences is published by the Department of Population Studies, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal.
Established in 2007 and hosted by Ubiquity.
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