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{{short description|Academic journal}}
{{Infobox journal
| title = Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences
| image =
| abbreviation = Pak. J. Life Soc. Sci.
| discipline = [[Life sciences]], [[social sciences]]
| editor = Masood Akhtar
| publisher = Elite Scientific Forum
| country = Pakistan
| history = 2003–present
| frequency = Biannually
| openaccess = [[Delayed open-access journal|Delayed]], after 1 year
| license =
| impact =
| impact-year =
| ISSN = 1727-4915
| eISSN = 2221-7630
| CODEN =
| JSTOR =
| LCCN = 2011313177
| OCLC = 750996336
| website = http://www.pjlss.edu.pk/
| link2 = http://www.pjlss.edu.pk/archive.htm
| link2-name = Online archives
}}
The '''''Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences''''' is a biannual [[peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]] covering [[life sciences]] and [[social sciences]] research. It was established in 2003 and is published by the Elite Scientific Forum, Pakistan. The [[editor-in-chief]] is Masood Akhtar ([[Bahauddin Zakariya University]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Editorial Board |work=Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences |url=http://www.pjlss.edu.pk/editorial_board.htm |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
==Reception==
A study conducted by Ikram-ul-Haq of [[King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences]] to "explore the progress of social science research carried out by Pakistan", which was based on the "data retrieved from the [[Scopus]] database" and was concluded in November 2020, suggested that the journal had been one of the most "preferred source of publications" on the subject in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Library Philosophy and Practice |date=November 2020 |pages=1–12 |publisher=University Libraries of the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] |title=Social Sciences Research in Pakistan; Bibliometric Analysis |author=Ikram-ul-Haq |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/4499/ |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
==Abstracting and indexing==
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
*[[Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts]]<ref name="MIAR">{{cite MIAR |title=Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences |issn=1727-4915 |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[CAB Abstracts]]<ref name="MIAR"/>
*[[EBSCO Information Services|EBSCO databases]]<ref name="MIAR"/>
*[[Scopus]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |work=Scopus Preview |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100211302 |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[The Zoological Record]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Web of Science Master Journal List |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.pjlss.edu.pk/}}
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