Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

• Sociology and anthropology
• Political science and governance
• Economics and social institutions
• Psychology and behavior
• Education and communication studies
• Human geography and history
• Social science theory and methods
• Comparative and interdisciplinary research
• Law, crime, and justice in social contexts
• Public policy and social change

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The journal uses double-anonymized peer-reviewed system for peer-review. The manuscript will be peer-reviewed by at least two independent external reviewers with relevant expertise.

 

Publication Frequency

Semiannually, published in March and September

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Indexing

Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
JournalTOCs
LOCKSS
PKP Open Archives Harvester
RePEc
Scilit
Sherpa/Romeo
WorldCat

 

Special Issue Proposals

To foster academic collaboration and advance scholarly research, we welcome special issue proposals from scholars, researchers, and academic or research institutions. Those interested in organizing a special issue are invited to submit their inquiries and proposals to the journal’s editorial office via email: ijssr@macrothink.org