About the Journal

Aims and Scope

Journal of Studies in Social Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes papers in all aspects of Social Sciences and Humanities, including but not limited to: Anthropology, Archaeology, Criminology, Economics, Education, History, Linguistics, Communication studies, Political science, International relations, Sociology, Human geography, Psychology, and elements of other fields as well, such as Law, Cultural studies, Environmental studies, and Social work.

Peer Review Process

The journal adopts double-blind review.

The corresponding submits the paper to the journal. The submitted paper is first assessed by the editorial office. The editorial office checks whether it is suitable with the Journal focus and scope, and an assessment of the minimum required quality of the paper for publication begins at this step. Then the paper will be checked by Turnitin to identify any plagiarism before being reviewed by two or more reviewers.

The handling editor sends invitations to appropriate reviewers based on expertise, the closeness of research interest, and consideration of conflict of interests. The reviewer does not know the author's identity, conversely, the author does not know the reviewer's identity.

Potential reviewers consider the invitation against their own expertise, conflict of interests, and availability, then decide to accept or decline. The reviews submit recommendations to accept, reject it, or a request for revision (major or minor) before it is reconsidered.

The handling editor consider all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ widely between two or more reviewers, the handling editor may invite an additional reviewer to obtain an extra opinion before making a decision. The editor sends a decision email to the author including any relevant reviewer comments. Reviewer comments is sent anonymously to the corresponding author to take the necessary actions and responses.

If accepted, the paper is sent to copy-editing. If the article is rejected or sent back to the author for either major or minor revision, the handling editor will include constructive comments from the reviewers to help the author improve the article. The author should make corrections and revise the paper per the reviewers' comments and instructions.

Publication Frequency

Continuous.

Open Access Policy

Journal of Studies in Social Sciences is an open access journal, published under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). All articles are published in fully open and free access and authors retain the copyright of their articles.

Copyright Notice

Authors should ensure that:

The manuscript submitted to the journal of studies in social sciences has not been previously published elsewhere and is not under consideration by any other journal simultaneously. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals is unethical and represents a breach of integrity.

Authors should also avoid redundant publications, meaning publishing substantially the same work in multiple articles or journals, as this can lead to misleading or duplicated information in the academic community.

By adhering to this criterion, authors demonstrate their commitment to upholding standards of originality, avoiding duplication, and preventing potential conflicts arising from redundant or simultaneous submissions. These practices promote the ethical dissemination of research findings and ensure credibility and quality in the field of social sciences.

The publishers of the journal do not accept for consideration and do not publish advertising articles.

Abstracting and Indexing

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