Focus and Scope
SOCIAL STUDIES publishes by Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta in collaboration with Association of Social Sciences Education Department (APRIPSI) for twice a year in March and September. SOCIAL STUDIES welcome and acknowledges original research papers about Social Sciences education written by researchers, academicians, proffessionals, and practitioners from all over the world. Journal scope focusses in research about Social Science education include: curriculum, social training and teaching, instructional media, and evaluation. The paper containing research on environmental education, moral education, cultural and local wisdom education also to be focus of this journal.
Section Policies
Articles
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
The submitted manuscript is first reviewed by an editor. It will be evaluated in the office, whether it is suitable for SOCIAL STUDIES focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similarity score by using Turnitin. The manuscript will be sent to at least two reviewers (single blind peer review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to editor. The suggested decision will be evaluated in an editorial board meeting based on the reviewer’s recommendation from among several possibilities: rejected, require major revision, need minor revision, or accepted. Afterward, the editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author.
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.