Qubahan Journal of Social Science (QJSS) follows a structured, transparent, and academically independent publishing process.

1. Submission
Authors submit the manuscript and all required declarations through the journal's online submission system.

2. Technical screening
The Editorial Office checks completeness, formatting, metadata, declarations, and compliance with submission requirements.

3. Editorial screening
A qualified academic editor evaluates relevance to the journal's scope, originality, scholarly contribution, methodological or theoretical quality, ethical compliance, and research integrity.

4. Integrity screening
Manuscripts may be checked for plagiarism, duplicate publication, authorship concerns, citation manipulation, unethical research, or other integrity issues.

5. Editor assignment
Suitable manuscripts are assigned to an academic editor with relevant subject expertise.

6. Double-anonymous peer review
Eligible manuscripts are normally evaluated by at least two independent external reviewers.

7. Editorial decision
Possible decisions are Accept, Minor revision, Major revision, or Reject.

Reviewer recommendations are advisory. Final decisions are made by qualified academic editors.

8. Revision
Authors invited to revise must submit a revised manuscript and detailed point-by-point response.

9. Final acceptance
A manuscript is accepted only after scholarly, ethical, peer-review, and editorial requirements have been satisfactorily completed.

10. Production
Accepted manuscripts undergo copyediting, formatting, metadata verification, proofreading, and final production.

11. Publication
The approved article is published in the appropriate scheduled issue and becomes part of the permanent scholarly record.

Financial considerations and Article Processing Charges do not influence editorial decisions.