The Development of Humanities and Social Sciences (DHSS) is a fully open-access online journal that publishes research from across—and between—all areas of the humanities, behavioral, and social sciences. All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process.
Our scope is inclusive and is open to theoretical, methodological, quantitative and qualitative scholarship that makes a contribution to the literature. We particularly welcome research that speaks to emerging areas of thinking, agenda-setting issues, or grand societal challenge—irrespective of the field of study.
We encourage the submission of interdisciplinary perspectives where there is a clear relevance to the advancement of the humanities, or behavioural or social sciences. This includes research arising in, or informed by, the physical, life, clinical and environmental sciences, for instance: medical humanities, digital humanities, environmental sociology, and complex network studies.
Scholarship that reflects on, or seeks to inform, policymaking of all types, is also welcomed.
Disciplines covered in the journal include:
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Notes: *cultural, social and linguistic but not biological; **in the context of areas such as education, law, policy, sociology and economics; ***human and integrative only; †including systems, management, financial analysis and provision, as well as healthcare ethics and policy; ‡including bibliometric studies; not including clinical psychology or neuroscience.
We are committed to providing an efficient service for submitting authors. An efficient peer-review system, together with the support of an eminent Editorial Board, allows us to make rapid and fair publication decisions. Prompt dissemination of accepted papers to our wide readership and beyond is achieved through a process of continuous online publication. Published manuscripts are enhanced by innovative web technologies, including an enhanced article template and article-level metrics.
This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, allowing unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Authors retain copyright and full publishing rights. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits free use, distribution, and reproduction provided appropriate credit is given.
In the case of an authorship dispute during peer review or after acceptance and publication, the Journal will not be in a position to investigate or adjudicate. Authors will be asked to resolve the dispute themselves. If they are unable the Journal reserves the right to withdraw a manuscript from the editorial process or in case of a published paper raise the issue with the authors’ institution(s) and abide by its guidelines.
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