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The Gulu University Journals

Two journals.One standard.


Science and the human record, published side by side from northern Uganda — open to read, open to publish, reviewed without exception.

One sphere described two ways A single globe. Its left half is drawn as a turning map graticule of meridians and parallels; its right half is drawn as a triangulated geodesic lattice. The two halves stand for the two journals. A point marks Gulu City, Uganda. Humanities Science Gulu City 2.8°N 32.3°E

The list

Two titles  ·  both open access  ·  both annual
GUJ‑STI

Gulu University Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation

Inaugural volume in preparation  ·  Call for papers open

A journal for research that has to work in the field, not only on the page. It publishes original science and engineering alongside the applied work that carries it into use — the trial that failed, the process that scaled, the technology that met a real constraint and had to be redesigned.

Northern Uganda is not short of problems worth solving. Agriculture under a shifting climate, water and sanitation, energy access, disease surveillance, post-harvest loss. The journal is built for the researchers already working on them, wherever they are based.

  • Engineering
  • Computer science
  • Agriculture
  • Food systems
  • Biotechnology
  • Energy
  • Environment & climate
  • Water & sanitation
  • Public health sciences
  • Veterinary science
  • Mathematics & statistics
  • Materials
  • and innovation that reaches practice
  • StatusAccepting submissions for Volume 1
  • FrequencyAnnual, with special issues
  • ReviewDouble anonymous, minimum two reviewers
  • AccessFree to read, free to publish
  • LicenceCC BY 4.0, authors retain copyright
  • IdentifiersDOI on publication, ORCID required
  • LanguageEnglish (UK)
Being established

The editorial board is being constituted and the ISSN application is in progress. Researchers willing to serve as editors or reviewers are invited to write to the Directorate.

GUJ‑HSS

Gulu University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Volume 1, January 2026  ·  ISSN 3106-4604 (pending)

Scholarship that reads across disciplinary boundaries. Work sitting between fields is not an awkward fit here — it is the point, because the questions that matter in this region rarely respect a single discipline.

The globe is the journal's standing interest, but continental and regional enquiry is equally welcome. Local research is not a smaller ambition; it is often the more difficult one.

  • Anthropology
  • Education
  • Political science
  • Economics
  • Philosophy
  • History
  • Literature
  • Psychology
  • Religion
  • Public health
  • Law
  • Development
  • Environment
  • and the ground between them
  • StatusVolume 1 published; Volume 2 open
  • ISSN3106-4604 (print, pending)
  • FrequencyAnnual, with guest-edited special issues
  • ReviewDouble anonymous, minimum two reviewers
  • AccessFree to read, free to publish
  • LicenceCC BY 4.0, authors retain copyright
  • LanguageEnglish (UK)

Editorial board

Who decides what these journals publish

Editor-in-Chief  ·  GUJ-HSS
Prof. John Peter Opio
Gulu University, Uganda
Associate Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Maria del Guadalupe Davidson
West Virginia University, USA
Head of Review Editors
Dr. Julaina A. Obika
Gulu University, Uganda
Head of Associate Editors
Dr. David Monk
Gulu University, Uganda

Editors  ·  GUJ-HSS

  • Prof. Workineh KelbessaAddis Ababa University, Ethiopia
  • Prof. Wilfred LajulGulu University, Uganda
  • Prof. Catherine Hoppers OdoraGulu University, Uganda
  • Prof. Simphiwe SesantiUniversity of the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Assoc. Prof. Grace AkelloGulu University, Uganda
  • Assoc. Prof. Charles OkumuGulu University, Uganda
  • Dr. David Ross OlanyaGulu University, Uganda

Advisory board

  • Prof. George Ladah OpenjuruGulu University, Uganda
  • Prof. Susan Reynolds WhyteUniversity of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Prof. Kenneth OmejeManifold Crown Research & Training Services, UK
  • Prof. Archangel Byaruhanga RukokoMakerere University, Uganda
  • Assoc. Prof. Adam BranchUniversity of Cambridge, UK
  • Assoc. Prof. Sverker FinnströmUppsala University, Sweden
GUJ-STI board in formation. The Directorate is appointing an Editor-in-Chief and section editors across the sciences. Expressions of interest are welcome.

For authors

One process, whichever journal you write for

Whichever journal you write for, the assessment is the same: screened for scope, read by at least two independent reviewers, decided by the editor with the reports in full.

  1. Screening
    Scope, completeness and similarity check. A decision to send out for review, or not, within five working days.
  2. Double-anonymous review
    At least two independent reviewers. Neither they nor you will know who the other is.
  3. Decision
    A reasoned letter from the handling editor with the reviewers' reports in full. First decision within 60 days.
  4. Revision
    Minor revisions in 30 days, major in 60, answered point by point.
  5. Publication
    Copyediting, typesetting and your approval of the proof. Online within 21 days of acceptance, with a DOI.

Online submission system — under development

Send a manuscript by email

Until it opens, the editorial office receives manuscripts directly. Your submission is screened, reviewed double-anonymously and decided in exactly the same way.

Attach your manuscript, an anonymised copy with author details removed, a cover letter, and ORCID identifiers for every author.

Every submission is acknowledged within five working days. You will be told your manuscript number in that reply — quote it in any correspondence, and it will carry over when the system goes live.

When the system opens Abstract capture, manuscript upload, reviewer status and decision letters all move online, in one place. Manuscripts sent by email before then transfer across — you will not need to submit again.

Log in

Account access is not yet live — the online system is still being built. Use the editorial contacts in the "For authors" section in the meantime.