The main objective of journal of Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities (MSSH) is to provide an intellectual platform for national and international researchers to discuss their most recent findings related to philosophical and methodological foundations of social sciences and humanities. By doing so, the Journal hopes to improve the status of the field in Iran and in the world and to find solutions to theoretical and practical problems the profession is faced with. Given the importance of the human sciences, research into the philosophical and methodological foundations of these sciences, as well as the critique and evaluation of them, along with efforts to extract Islamic foundations and perspectives in the field of human sciences, holds significant value and a high status. By methodology, we mean the paradigm of science, and we are not concerned with developing into the techniques of research methods. Rather, we seek to explore discussions that address the essence of the logic of research methods—where these methods come from and what kind of knowledge they produce. In fact, the human sciences, which explain the workings of the social world, derive their identity and strength from methodology as the determinant of the identity of a scientific paradigm and its empowering force. Methodology is the ground and framework for the production and reproduction of scientific knowledge. Since scientific knowledge is methodologically grounded, it is within methodology that logic, theory, and research method operate together. This perspective on methodology, distinct from research methods, is the area of interest for this journal. In this regard, the following objectives have been considered as a roadmap for MSSH. To serve this purpose, researchers are encouraged to submit their unpublished, original, full-length papers for potential publication in the journal which examines and scrutinizes the following topics:

• The relationship between philosophy, philosophy of human sciences, methodology and research method;
• The role of philosophy and methodology of human sciences in the quantitative and qualitative improvement of the human sciences;
• Comparative study of philosophy and methodology of human sciences vs. natural sciences;
• Study of the evolution of philosophy and methodology of human sciences;
• Comparative examination of quantitative and qualitative research methods;
• Philosophical analysis of concepts in the human sciences;
• The study of the philosophical and theological foundations of the production of religion-based and indigenous human sciences;
• Methodology of the production of religion-based and indigenous human sciences;
• Methodology of using religious texts in human sciences;
• Methodology of Muslim scholars in social studies;
• The deficiencies of the human sciences in the field of goals, foundations, methods and achievements;
• Philosophical and methodological assessment of studies in the field of human sciences;
• Philosophical and methodological assessment of macro-policies of Iran and other sample countries in the scientific, economic, political, social and cultural fields.

To let individual researchers and libraries have access to the most recent research findings in the field, the journal allows open-access to its articles.