The Journal of Social Studies Research
Last updated ISSN 0885-985X
The Journal of Social Studies Research is published by Elsevier BV in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,400.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of Social Studies Research concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences
- Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Digital Storytelling and Education
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Values and Moral Education
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0885-985X, 2352-2798 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,400 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 844 |
| Publishing since | 1977 |
| Journal website | www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-journal-of-social- |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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