The Pertanika Journal of Quality of Life Studies (JQoLS) publishes original research and scholarly reviews related to quality of life, well-being, and the wider conditions that affect human, community, and societal life, with particular relevance to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 
JQoLS gives particular attention to Southeast Asian contexts, while also welcoming studies from other regions that offer clear international, comparative, theoretical, methodological, practical, or policy relevance.

The journal welcomes multidisciplinary submissions from the social sciences, humanities, health-related fields, education, environmental studies, economics, public policy, development studies, communication, technology, cultural studies, and related areas.
Submissions may use quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, conceptual, theoretical, review-based, or policy-oriented approaches. A manuscript does not need to adopt a specialised quality-of-life framework, but it should clearly explain why the topic matters for quality of life, well-being, life conditions, human experience, community life, policy, sustainability, or societal outcomes.

Authors are encouraged to consult the Research Areas page for a structured overview of the journal’s thematic coverage.

Indicative Topics

• conceptual, theoretical, and methodological approaches to quality of life and well-being;

• subjective well-being, life satisfaction, happiness, meaning, resilience, fulfilment, and flourishing;

• family, community, social relationships, belonging, trust, social support, and inclusion;

• living conditions, income, employment, education, housing, poverty, inequality, ageing, disability, and human development;

• urban and rural life, environmental quality, sustainability, climate change, housing, mobility, green spaces, and liveability;

• health, mental health, public health, care, ageing, disability, and health-related quality of life;

• digital well-being, media, communication, technology use, artificial intelligence, online learning, hybrid work, and changing forms of social life;

• governance, public policy, rights, welfare, public services, institutional trust, culture, values, religion, leisure, tourism, lifestyle, and everyday practices that contribute to life quality.

JQoLS welcomes studies at the individual, family, community, institutional, national, or international level. Comparative, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, and policy-relevant studies are particularly encouraged.

Manuscripts that are entirely technical, biomedical, laboratory-based, legal, financial, or discipline-specific may be considered outside the journal’s scope if they do not clearly explain their relevance to quality of life, well-being, social outcomes, sustainability, policy, or societal development.

Final decisions on suitability rest with the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team.