Jurnal ini didedikasikan untuk artikel orisinal yang diterbitkan dalam bahasa Inggris, Indonesia, dan Melayu. Mulai 2016 jurnal ini kembali dikelola dan diterbitkan oleh Pusat Kajian Humaniora FBS Universitas Negeri Padang sebagai jurnal internasional yang telah menerapkan sistem open access peer-reviewed journal. Kemudian jurnal ini dikelola dan diterbitkan oleh Lembaga Penelitian UNP hingga 2015.
HUMANUS: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu-ilmu Humaniora mulai diterbitkan tahun 1998 oleh Pusat Kajian Humaniora FPBS IKIP Padang. in March and October in printed and online version. This journal is published twice a year, i.e. Since 2016, this journal has become an international open access peer-reviewed online journal published by Pusat Kajian Humaniora of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang. Indonesia, Then, it was managed and published by Research Institute of UNP up to 2015. It began its publication in 1998 published by Pusat Kajian Humaniora (Center for Humanity Studies) FPBS IKIP Padang. Humanus accepts manuscript in English, Indonesian, and Malay. It is a peer-reviewed and open access journal of humanity studies, including linguistics, literature, philosophy, and cultural studies. Humanus: Jurnal ilmiah Ilmu-ilmu Humaniora( P-ISSN 1410-8062, E-ISSN 2528-3936) is an international journal devoted to the publication of original papers published by Center for Humanities Studies of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang.