Journal of Political Studies

ISSN / E-ISSN
1994-1080 type not stated  2308-8338 type not stated 
Country
Pakistan
Publisher
University of the Punjab, Lahore
Journal website
https://jps.pu.edu.pk/6 ↗
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Subject area & sub-category
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations
As listed in the hjrs 2021-22 V2 dataset. Subject wording is the source's own.

Current HEC Status

Category —
StatusPending Verification as of 31 Oct 2026
HEC periodHEC 2026-2701 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
VerificationUnverifiedNo source for today

Dataset incomplete or not yet confirmed as complete: we cannot say whether the journal was listed. This is not a derecognition. This is today's status only. It is not the status at the time an article was published: see the history below or check a publication date. What do categories W, X and Y mean?

Latest record on file: category Y (recognized) in the hjrs 2021-22 V2 dataset. It is shown for information and is not treated as this journal's current status until it is verified.

HEC Recognition History Each row comes from the recorded HEC dataset for that period

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HEC recognition history by dataset
PeriodValid datesCategoryStatusSourceVerification
hjrs 2021-22 V2 v1 01 Jul 2021 – 30 Jun 2022 Y
Recognized
Listed as Y in the HEC list for hjrs 2021-22 V2.
hjrs-2021-22 row 45143 Verified against source
last verified 16 Oct 2026
Source evidence for hjrs 2021-22 V2
Dataset
hjrs 2021-22 V2 (version 1)
Source document
hjrs-2021-22
Status stated by the source
recognized
Location in the document
page not recorded, row 45143
Last verified
16 Oct 2026
2022–23 v2 01 Jul 2022 – 30 Jun 2023 Y
Recognized
Listed as Y in the HEC list for 2022–23.
hjrs-2022-23 row 46932 Verified against source
last verified 16 Oct 2026
Source evidence for 2022–23
Dataset
2022–23 (version 2)
Source document
hjrs-2022-23
Status stated by the source
recognized
Location in the document
page not recorded, row 46932
Last verified
16 Oct 2026
2023–24 v1 01 Jul 2023 – 30 Sep 2024 —
Pending Verification
Some rows of the HEC list for this period are not yet matched to a journal, so absence cannot be proved. Pending verification.
— Unverified
2024–25 v1 01 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2026 —
Pending Verification
Some rows of the HEC list for this period are not yet matched to a journal, so absence cannot be proved. Pending verification.
— Unverified
HEC 2026-27 v1 01 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 —
Pending Verification
Dataset incomplete or not yet confirmed as complete: we cannot say whether the journal was listed. This is not a derecognition.
— Unverified
What do the status labels mean?
✓ Recognized– Not Listed✕ Derecognized⏸ Suspended◷ Pending Verification? Unknown

Indexing & Databases Source-specific, verified data only

Indexing status by database
DatabaseStatusCoverageHow verifiedVerified
Scopus Scopus: Not Verified — No verified data loaded yet —
Web of Science Web of Science: Not Verified — No verified data loaded yet —
DOAJ DOAJ: Not Verified — No verified data loaded yet —
OpenAlex OpenAlex: Not Verified — No verified data loaded yet —
Crossref Crossref: Not Verified — No verified data loaded yet —

“Not Verified” means we hold no verified record, not that the journal is absent. Indexing is never inferred from search-engine results.

Metrics & Parameters Original values as published, with their source
HEC parameters as printed in the verified source records
PeriodParameterValue (as printed)SubjectSourceVerified
hjrs 2021-22 V2 v1JPI 1 Social Scienceshjrs-2021-22 16 Oct 2026
2022–23 v2JPI 1 Social Scienceshjrs-2022-23 16 Oct 2026

Articles 100 on HJRS.com.pk, each linked to the original on the journal's website

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Data provenance
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