About the Journal
The NOUN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (NIJPSIR) is a semi-annual peer-reviewed and research oriented scholarly journal of the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja. The Editorial Board hereby calls for scholarly, empirical and theoretical based original articles for the Vol.1, No.3, July, 2025 Edition of the Journal (which will be online and offline) in the underlisted areas of academic interest:
- Politics
- Leadership and Governance
- Political Theory and Political Philosophy
- Political Economy and Development Studies
- Comparative Politics
- Public Policy and Public Administration
- International Relations
- Security and Strategic Studies
- Migration and Global Studies
- Political Sociology
- Political History
- Defence and War Studies
- Democratic and Electoral Studies
- Political Methodology
- Political Communication
- Political Ecology and Local Government Studies
- Public Law
- Gender and Development

Why Choose NIJPSIR

Indexed
Increase visibility, availability, and readership of your work on internet which attracts good citations.

Widely Cited
Open access means that your work will always be freely available to the world from our Web site.

Peer-Reviewed
All articles are evaluated using criteria including the excellence, novelty and significance of the research or ideas.

Great Team
We promote strong working relationship

Error Free Documents
You are provided with the steps you should take to ensure that your documents are error-free and ready to submit.

Research Assistance and Guidance
We use the internet, surveys, legal documents, and other published research to help the person they are assisting collect information.
How to Submit Your Paper
Submission
Submit Your Paper
Peer-Review
Your paper will be sent for double-blinded peer review
Notification
You will be notified of the review result
Formalities
If your paper is accepted, you will need to complete the formalities