Qubahan Political Journal (QPJ) welcomes original, rigorous, and internationally relevant research within the journal's Aims and Scope.

Manuscripts must be original, written in clear academic English, and not under consideration by another journal.

Manuscript preparation

Authors should provide:

• Title

• Abstract

• Keywords

• Main manuscript text

• Tables and figures where applicable

• Complete references

• Funding statement

• Conflict-of-interest statement

• Author-contribution statement

• Data-availability statement where applicable

• Ethics and informed-consent statements where applicable

• Generative artificial intelligence disclosure where applicable

Double-anonymous review

QPJ uses a double-anonymous peer-review process.

Authors should submit:

Title page

• Full author names

• Affiliations

• Countries

• Email addresses

• ORCID identifiers where available

• Corresponding-author details

Anonymized manuscript

• No author names

• No affiliations

• No email addresses

• No identifying acknowledgements

Recommended manuscript structure

Original research articles should normally include:

1. Introduction

2. Literature review or theoretical framework

3. Methodology

4. Results or findings

5. Discussion

6. Conclusion

7. Limitations

8. Declarations

9. References

Discipline-appropriate structures are also accepted.

Research ethics

Research involving human participants must report appropriate ethics approval where required.

Authors should provide:

• Ethics committee or Institutional Review Board name

• Approval/reference number where applicable

• Informed consent statement where applicable

• Consent for publication for identifiable material where applicable

Authorship

All listed authors must have made a substantial scholarly contribution, approved the final manuscript, and accepted responsibility for the work.

Guest, honorary, gift, purchased, and ghost authorship are prohibited.

Originality and integrity

QPJ does not accept:

• Plagiarism

• Fabricated or falsified data

• Duplicate publication

• Inappropriate image or data manipulation

• Citation manipulation

• Undisclosed conflicts of interest

• Misleading authorship

Similarity-detection software may be used. Similarity percentages are assessed contextually and do not alone determine plagiarism.

References

References must be accurate, relevant, and consistent.

QPJ accepts APA or IEEE style, depending on the discipline. Authors must use one style consistently throughout the manuscript.

DOIs should be included where available.

Tables and figures

Tables and figures must:

• Be numbered consecutively

• Be cited in the text

• Include clear captions

• Identify sources where applicable

• Have appropriate permissions for copyrighted material

Data availability

Research articles should include a Data availability statement explaining whether supporting data are publicly available, available on request, or restricted for ethical, legal, confidentiality, or other legitimate reasons.

Generative artificial intelligence

AI systems cannot be listed as authors.

Substantive use of generative AI must be disclosed.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, references, confidentiality, copyright compliance, and integrity of all submitted content.

Peer review and revision

Manuscripts passing editorial screening are normally reviewed by at least two independent external reviewers.

Editorial decisions may be:

• Accept

• Minor revision

• Major revision

• Reject

Authors invited to revise must submit a revised manuscript and a detailed point-by-point response to reviewer and editor comments.

Final responsibility

Authors are responsible for the originality, accuracy, ethical compliance, authorship, citations, permissions, declarations, and integrity of their manuscripts.

Submission to QPJ confirms that all authors have read and agreed to comply with the journal's editorial and publication policies.