About the Journal

Journal of Social Transformation and Regional Development (JSTARD) is an international, open access and peer reviewed journal which is published bi-yearly (June and December) by Institute for Social Transformation and Regional Development. The principle purpose of the journal is to publish scholarly work in the area of social transformation and regional development that is in the social sciences,  humanities,  natural sciences and regional development.  The research that is published should be original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental or theoretical work in all areas of social transformation and regional development. Contributions are welcome from all fields which have relevant and insightful comments to make about the social transformation and regional development.

The journal will accept papers in English and Bahasa Malaysia  languages.  JSTARD invites unpublished and plagiarism free articles  on following sub themes:

- Social Sciences

- Social Well Being Transformation

- Regional Disparity and Equality

- Education (STEAM and TVET)

- Governance and Leadership

- Human Development and Sustainability

- Language ande Media

- Hospitality and Tourism

- Business, Economics and Business Law

JOURNAL TITLE  
Journal of Social Transformation and Regional Development  

JOURNAL TITLE ABBREVIATION 
JSTARD 

e-ISSN 
2682-9142 

WEBSITE ADDRESS 
https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/JSTARD 

CORRESPONDING E-MAIL ADDRESS 
Email: jstard@uthm.edu.my 

LICENCING POLICY 
CC BY-NC 4.0 International 

PUBLISHING RIGHTS 
Author(s) give JSTARD the right to publish the article 
Designate Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Publishing as the original publisher 

TYPES OF ARTICLES 
Full Research Article 

PEER-REVIEW PROCESS 
Single-blind Peer-review process 

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE 
The journal will accept papers in English and Bahasa Malaysia languages. 

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE/FREQUENCY 
Two issues (June and December) in one volume per year  

PUBLICATION/ARTICLE PROCESSING FEE 
Free of costs 

JOURNAL INDEXING 
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Journal of Social Transformation and Regional Development is a great place to publish because... 

  • Publishes high-quality articles in Social Sciences, Social Well Being Transformation, Regional Disparity and Equality, Education (STEAM and TVET), Governance and Leadership, Human Development and Sustainability, Language and Media, Hospitality and Tourism and Business, Economics and Business Law 
  • Timeliness of publishing 
  • Free of costs 
  • Easy online submittal procedure 
  • Unbound pages 
  • Use of colour without restriction