Objectives

Asian Research Index aims

Free Access

To provide free access to high quality scientific literature at one platform.

Help Publishers

To help publishers make the publishing platform better and more accessible for scientific community.

Help Journals

To help journals serve authors in a better way by properly presenting their articles thus inviting more citations.

Availability of Literature

To make high quality Asian literature more visible at global level by increasing traffic to the journal site

Our Projects

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Journals Index

Comprehensive index of peer-reviewed online research journals and papers across diverse academic disciplines.

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Theses Index

Online repository indexing research theses and dissertations across religious studies, humanities, sciences, and technology.

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Indexation Process

SOPs

1. Only those journals which come under ARI's scope will be indexed

2. Journals having functional website and all previous issues upload on its website will be indexed

3. Journals which have valid ISSN will be indexed

4. Journals with clearly mentioned editorial board on the website will be indexed

5. Only those of the above journals will be indexed which fulfill our internal review criteria/process

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Submission

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Acknowledge

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Review

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Report

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Indexation

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Launch

About Us

Asian Research Index (ARI) is an online indexing service providing free access to open-accessed, peer-reviewed, high-quality online research journals. ARI is independent, whose funds are collected merely through donations of the Board Directors and other sponsors.
ARI is a joint venture of Life Sciences Society and Pakistan Society of Religions. Indexing of journals in ARI is free of cost including data availability online. Our current focus is to increase visibility of Asian Literature through our platform.

Our History

ARI was established in December 2019.

Indexation of Religious Studies journals was started in January 2020.

Indexation of theses started on August 14, 2020.

Indexed metadata of 70,000 theses on December 18, 2021.

Indexed metadata of 80,000 theses on August 15, 2022.

Indexed metadata of over 90,000 theses on February 18, 2023.

FAQs

Asian Research Index (ARI) is an online indexing service providing free access to open access, peer-reviewed, high-quality online research journals and academic theses.
No, new journal or thesis submissions are currently closed.