The main purpose of the journal is to promote publications of research papers in the discipline of social sciences and humanities in Malaysia. However, high-quality academic paper from the South-east Asian countries and the Asian region will be considered.

MJSSH provides a forum for research institutes, graduate students and PhD candidates, academic and non-academic researchers and research teams to debate relevant issues across all field of social sciences and humanities, including:

- Social and Economic Development

- Social and Community Work

- Education

- Management

- Psychology dan Human Development

- Rural and Urban Development

- Youth Development

- Sociology and Antropology

- Politics and Governance

- Ethnic Relations

- Social Entrepreneurship

- Voluteerism

- Sociolinguistics

- Media Communications

- Language and Learning Communities

Beginning 2020, Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) publishes twelve issues annually (previously, the journal published quarterly).