About the Journal

The Journal is devoted to promoting rapid dissemination of original research papers in the relevant disciplines of particular importance. Southern Journal of Computer Science (SJCS) is firmly established as the leading source of primary communication for scientists investigating studies in different disciplines of Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). SJCS will be a peer-reviewed International Journal that will be bi-annually published by the University of Southern Punjab (USP), Multan (Pakistan). SJCS will be purely an academic Journal and will cover both applied and theoretical issues. Likely subscribers will be the universities, research institutions and individual researchers.

Aims of SJCS

The aim of the Southern Journal of Computer Science (SJCS) is to become a noticeable source of scholarly articles and research papers through the promotion of research publication. It aims to provide an opportunity for researchers and scholars publishing their original quality research in SJCS. The published article will always be open access at global level.

Objectives of SJCS

  1. To provide a platform for scholars sharing their research with researchers and scholars community,
  2. To make research papers and scholarly articles available free of cost to all researchers..
  3. To create avenues for the promotion of research across the world.
  4. To make research publications hassle-free to ensure sharing of knowledge in due time.

Scope of SJCS

SJCS is a broad-based, peer reviewed journal that publishes original research in all the disciplines of computer sciences including various inter-disciplinary aspects. The Journal welcomes submissions from a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Machine learning, Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Internet Computing and Data Mining, Computer and Communication Networks.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

There are no publication/processing charges for publication of research articles.

ISSN (O): 3105-9619

ISSN (P):  3105-9600

Peer Review Policy

All papers published in SJCS are peer-reviewed and copyedited. Initial screening for the suitability of the paper for publication will be carried out by the Advisory Editorial Board and subsequently the manuscript will be sent to the reviewers for blind reviewing. Each paper will be reviewed by two relevant eminent professionals. A time frame will be given to the reviewers. As a result of technical review process, a paper may be accepted without change, recommended for modification and further review or rejected. Reviewer comments will be communicated to the corresponding Author and will be required to address the comments in its true sense and spirit within the stipulated time period. Publication is contingent upon response by the author to the reviewer’s comments and queries.

Double-blind Peer Process

The journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not give away their identity. To help with this preparation please submit the Title Page containing the Authors details and Blinded Manuscript with no author details as 2 separate files.