Aims and Scope

Aim

The Asian Review of Social Sciences (ARSS) aims to advance scholarly knowledge, critical inquiry, and evidence-based understanding across the major disciplines of the social sciences. The journal provides an international platform for rigorous theoretical, empirical, methodological, and practice-oriented research on individuals, communities, institutions, cultures, communication, information environments, public policy, and societal transformation. ARSS encourages research addressing contemporary social, cultural, economic, political, educational, informational, and technological challenges. The journal also welcomes interdisciplinary approaches involving digital technologies, data analytics, communication, information science, and computational methods where the social science contribution is explicit and substantive. Particular emphasis is placed on methodologically sound studies with clear theoretical, societal, policy, or professional relevance. ARSS seeks to disseminate high-quality research to an international academic, professional, and policy-oriented readership.

Scope of the Journal

ARSS publishes original research articles, review articles, and case studies in areas including:

  • Sociology, social theory, social change, social institutions, communities, culture, identity, inequality, and contemporary social issues
  • Political science, governance, public administration, public policy, citizenship, participation, and institutional development
  • Economics and society, development studies, poverty, employment, livelihoods, social welfare, inclusion, and sustainable development
  • Anthropology, cultural studies, indigenous studies, heritage, ethnicity, migration, population studies, and intercultural relations
  • Psychology and social psychology, human behaviour, attitudes, social cognition, community psychology, and psychosocial dimensions of society
  • Education, educational sociology, higher education, lifelong learning, educational policy, digital learning, and social dimensions of education
  • Journalism, mass communication, media studies, media ethics, media literacy, political communication, and communication for development
  • Digital journalism, social media, online communication, audience studies, digital cultures, misinformation, disinformation, and emerging media environments
  • Library and information science, information behaviour, information literacy, knowledge organisation, information services, digital libraries, and scholarly communication
  • Knowledge management, institutional repositories, digital preservation, research communication, open science, bibliometrics, scientometrics, and research evaluation
  • Digital society, digital inclusion, e-governance, digital citizenship, technology-mediated interaction, computational social science, and digital humanities
  • Artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, social network analysis, and data-driven approaches to social research
  • Gender studies, family studies, youth studies, ageing, disability studies, social justice, diversity, inclusion, and human rights
  • Rural and urban studies, community development, regional development, environmental sociology, sustainability, climate-related social change, and disaster resilience
  • Criminology, socio-legal studies, social policy, healthcare and society, tourism and society, organisational and workplace studies, and interdisciplinary social science research

Interdisciplinary Research

ARSS welcomes interdisciplinary research where the social science contribution is explicit, central, and analytically developed. Research integrating social sciences with information technology, data science, artificial intelligence, communication, healthcare, environmental studies, education, management, or other fields may be considered where it advances social science theory, methodology, policy, professional practice, or understanding of societal challenges. Studies primarily concerned with technical or laboratory disciplines without a substantive social science, communication, information science, or societal dimension are outside the principal scope of the journal.

Readership

The journal serves an international readership of researchers, academics, social scientists, educators, media and communication scholars, information professionals, policymakers, development practitioners, research scholars, and professionals working across public, private, academic, cultural, media, information, and community organisations.

Types of Articles

  • Original Research Articles
  • Review Articles
  • Case Studies

Originality and Relevance

Submitted manuscripts must present original scholarly work relevant to the stated aims and scope of ARSS and demonstrate theoretical, empirical, methodological, societal, policy, or professional significance. Manuscripts should make a clear contribution to social science knowledge, evidence-based practice, policy, communication, information environments, or understanding of contemporary societal challenges. Purely descriptive studies or interdisciplinary studies without a substantive social science contribution may be considered outside the journal's editorial scope.