Appeal/Complaint Process

The Editorial Board of Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society is committed to providing quality editorial services to its contributors and believes in building and maintaining trust and respect to all contributors, readers, and practitioners. Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society believes to improve its services by responding to appeals and rectifying its mistakes against:

a) Objection to publications causing harm to any party
b) Infringing ethical boundaries in any manner and
c) Rejection of research paper

Authors/readers can submit their appeal directly to the chief editor at editor@phs.com.pk. The appeal must provide detailed justification (harm, ethical issues, or response to editor/reviewer comments). The chief editor would look after the matter independently and forward it to some appropriate Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society editorial board member. Finally, the board member after going through whole the complaint/justification can recommend further review, acceptance of the appeal, or uphold the original decision (if any).