About the Journal

Journal of Social and Development Sciences (JSDS) is an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by AMH International. It publishes original, previously unpublished research, with a particular interest in work that contributes to the theoretical foundations of its field.

Focus and scope

JSDS exists to circulate knowledge among scholars, academics, professionals and practitioners by making it freely available worldwide. JSDS deals with the disciplines of social and development sciences, and publishes research that meaningfully contributes to the theoretical bases of contemporary developments in society.

Submissions are welcome in, but not limited to, the following areas:

  • Development studies and social policy
  • Sociology and social anthropology
  • Political science and governance
  • Population, migration and urban studies
  • Environment, sustainability and society
  • Public health and social welfare

Peer review process

Every submission is first screened in house by the editors for relevance, scope, quality and originality, including a similarity check. Manuscripts that pass this screening are sent to experienced external reviewers in the relevant field.

All manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review: reviewers are not told who the authors are, and authors are not told who reviewed their work. We aim to return a decision within 8 to 10 weeks of submission, and to publish accepted manuscripts within 12 to 14 weeks.

Before submitting, please read the author guidelines and our publication ethics.

Publication frequency

JSDS publishes four issues each year.

Open access policy

JSDS provides immediate open access to all of its content, on the principle that making research freely available supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search and link to the full text of any article, and may crawl it for indexing or pass it to software as data, for any lawful purpose.

Licensing

Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. Anyone may share and adapt the work, for any purpose including commercially, provided the original authors and source are credited.

Archiving

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archive among participating libraries, allowing those libraries to hold permanent copies of the journal for preservation and restoration.