About the Journal
Interdisciplinary Journal of Sociality Studies (IJSS) is an internationally referred double-blind peer-reviewed "open access" journal that encourages empirical, conceptual and theoretical opinions on social-related issues. IJSS provides a platform for academics, practitioners, and social development experts to publish their intellectual works. See "Focus and Scope".
Definition of Terms
- ERRCD Forum defines "Sociality Studies" as a socially informed discourse with a trace of socialisation and emancipatory tendencies involving human/non-human interactions and their relationships.
Hosting & Publishing Information
IJSS is hosted, archived and maintained by the University of the Free State Library and Information Services.
IJSS is published by ERRCD Forum. ERRCD Forum is based in South Africa and publishes open access academic and peer-reviewed journals in education, rural and community studies and social sciences. For more information, CONTACT US.
Publication Frequency
Prior to 2025, IJSS published one issue per year under a continuous publication model, where articles were made available online on an article-by-article basis immediately upon acceptance and finalisation. Starting in January 2025, IJSS has transitioned to publishing two issues annually while maintaining the continuous publication model. Articles finalised between January and June constitute Issue 1, while those finalised between July and December form Issue 2. This update ensures the rapid dissemination of research findings while providing a structured organisation of biannual issues.
Starting in 2024, the Journal welcomes special issues and encourages prospective special guest editors to submit their proposals. Interested individuals can find detailed guidelines and submission procedures in the Special Issue Policy.
Copyright and Licensing
IJSS is an open-access journal that provides immediate access to its published contents. Authors retain unrestricted copyright and publishing rights for all articles published from August 2023 onwards. The authors also grant the publisher permission to publish the articles and be recognised as the original and the first publisher. Articles published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), which permits commercial re-use (download, copy, redistribute, translate, remix, adapt, and build upon materials published, etc.) of open access articles, as long as the original author and source are properly attributed. The authors grant the publisher permission to apply a DOI to their articles and to archive them in databases and indexes such as DOAJ, SABINET, J-Gate, Scopus, EBSCO, ERIC, among others. Authors also grant other third-party users the right to use the article freely as long as its original authors and citation details are acknowledged without prior permission from the publisher or the author.
Note: All articles published prior to August 2023 are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Open Access Policy
IJSS provides immediate open access to readers and other users. This means that the readers and other users pay nothing to download, copy, read, print, distribute, link to the texts or use them for other lawful purposes. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access. However, an Article Processing Charge (APC) is required by the authors for the life maintenance of their articles.
Self-archiving Policy
IJSS permits and encourages authors to post items submitted to the journal on personal websites, institutional repositories, social networking sites, ResearchGate, and academia.edu, among others, both prior to and after publication while providing bibliographic details that credit, if applicable, its publication in this journal.
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