About the Journal

Formerly known as the Gading Business Management Journal, the Gading Journal for the Social Sciences (GJSS) is an open-access, refereed, peer-reviewed international journal published by UiTM Press, Universiti Teknologi MARA. 

Publication Information

  • Frequency: 2 per year - April (Issues 1) and October (Issue 2)
  • Publisher: UiTM Press, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
  • Format: Digital publication
  • Open Access Year: 2024

Submission and publication are currently free of charge for Volume 29 (Issue No. 2). Manuscripts submitted from 1/9/2026 (Volume 30, Issue No. 1) will be subject to an article processing charge (APC) of RM150 for each accepted manuscript. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process and adhere to the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The journal welcomes articles from all areas within the field of the Social Sciences.

Online submission (Call for Papers) is open throughout the year.

GJSS is currently indexed in:

  • MyCite (Malaysian Citation Index).
  • (IBSS) International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
  • ROAD (Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources)

Current Issue

Vol. 29 No. 2 (2026): Gading Journal for the Social Sciences
Published: 2026-07-20

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GADING Journal for Social Sciences (UiTM Pahang)
Formerly known as Gading Business Management Journal.

GADING Journal for the Social Sciences (GJSS) is a refereed, peer-reviewed international journal published by UiTM Press, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. The journal is Open Access and published biannually in April (No 1) and October (No 2). Submission and publication are currently free of charge for Volume 29 (Issue No. 2). Manuscripts submitted from 1/9/2026 (Volume 30, Issue No. 1) will be subject to an article processing charge (APC) of RM150 for each accepted manuscript. The focus of GJSS is on research articles from the field of the Social Sciences.  Submissions for GJSS will go through a double-blind peer review process. Online Submission (Call-for-Paper) is open throughout the year.