Strategic thought (Online)

ISSN / E-ISSN

2788-4899 print 2789-7931 electronic

Country

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Publisher

National Defence University, Islamabad (NDU)

Journal website

not recorded

Subject area & sub-category

Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences › Social Sciences

As listed in the HEC 2026-27 dataset. Subject wording is the source's own.

Current HEC Status

Category Y

StatusRecognized as of 11 Oct 2026

HEC periodHEC 2026-2701 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027

VerificationVerified against sourceSource shown in the history below

Listed as Y in the HEC list for HEC 2026-27. 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?

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

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HEC recognition history by dataset
Period	Valid dates	Category	Status	Source	Verification
2023–24 v1	01 Jul 2023 – 30 Sep 2024	Y	Recognized Listed as Y in the HEC list for 2023–24.	HJRS 2023-24 page 6695, row 49110	Verified against source last verified 23 Sep 2026
Source evidence for 2023–24 Dataset 2023–24 (version 1) Source document HJRS 2023-24 Status stated by the source recognized Location in the document page 6695, row 49110 Last verified 23 Sep 2026
2024–25 v1	01 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2026	Y	Recognized Listed as Y in the HEC list for 2024–25.	List of national journals 2024-25 page 57, row 534	Verified against source last verified 23 Sep 2026
Source evidence for 2024–25 Dataset 2024–25 (version 1) Source document List of national journals 2024-25 Status stated by the source recognized Location in the document page 57, row 534 Last verified 23 Sep 2026
HEC 2026-27 v1	01 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027	Y	Recognized Listed as Y in the HEC list for HEC 2026-27.	HEC Recognized National Research Journals, V 4.0 page 21, row 209	Verified against source last verified 21 Sep 2026
Source evidence for HEC 2026-27 Dataset HEC 2026-27 (version 1) Source document HEC Recognized National Research Journals, V 4.0 Status stated by the source recognized Location in the document page 21, row 209 Last verified 21 Sep 2026

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
Database	Status	Coverage	How verified	Verified
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
Period	Parameter	Value (as printed)	Subject	Source	Verified
2023–24 v1	JPI	1	Social Sciences	HJRS 2023-24, page 6695	23 Sep 2026

Data provenance

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