Aims & Scope

Aims

SIGn Journal of Social Science aims to provide an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary scholarly platform for academics, researchers, practitioners, and professionals to examine contemporary social phenomena, develop theoretical and empirical knowledge, and contribute to the advancement of the social sciences at national, regional, and global levels.

The journal seeks to strengthen social science scholarship in Indonesia while facilitating scholarly engagement with regional and global issues, including social and demographic change, inequality and inclusion, governance and public policy, communication and education, economic and organizational life, mobility and urbanization, environmental and climate-related transformation, globalization, and the growing influence of digital technologies on society. It welcomes studies that are theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous, empirically supported, and socially relevant in explaining societies, institutions, policies, communities, cultures, human behavior, and processes of social change.

SIGn Journal of Social Science accommodates diverse theoretical perspectives, research designs, methodological traditions, and interdisciplinary approaches within the social sciences. Particular consideration is given to manuscripts that demonstrate a clear research problem, appropriate theoretical or conceptual foundations, methodological rigor, objective analysis, reliable evidence, and a substantive contribution to understanding established or emerging social phenomena.

Scope

SIGn Journal of Social Science publishes original scholarly works addressing contemporary social phenomena, institutions, practices, transformations, and challenges across a broad range of social science fields. The journal’s scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

Society, Population, Identity, and Human Development

  • Anthropology
  • Archeology
  • Cultural Studies
  • Demography
  • Gender Studies
  • Health (social science)
  • Life-span and Life-course Studies
  • Social Work
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Family, Community, and Social Networks
  • Social Inequality and Stratification
  • Social Inclusion and Marginalization
  • Social Psychology and Collective Behavior
  • Youth, Aging, and Intergenerational Studies

Politics, Governance, Law, Public Policy, and Development

  • Development
  • Law
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Public Administration
  • Governance and Institutions
  • Public Policy and Policy Analysis
  • Citizenship and Civic Participation
  • Social Movements and Collective Action
  • Human Rights and Social Justice
  • Peace, Conflict, and Security Studies

Communication, Education, Language, and Information

  • Communication
  • Education
  • E-learning
  • Library and Information Sciences
  • Linguistics and Language
  • Digital Media and Communication
  • Information Society and Digital Literacy
  • Education Policy and Social Dimensions of Learning
  • Knowledge, Information, and Communication Practices

Space, Environment, Planning, Mobility, Safety, and Human Systems

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics
  • Safety Research
  • Transportation
  • Urban Studies
  • Environmental Social Science
  • Climate and Society
  • Rural and Regional Studies
  • Migration, Mobility, and Diaspora Studies
  • Disaster Risk, Resilience, and Communities
  • Environmental Justice and Socioecological Change

Economy, Work, Business, Tourism, and Hospitality

  • Economics and Business
  • Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
  • Labour, Employment, and Work Studies
  • Organizations and Economic Life
  • Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
  • Economic Sociology and Institutional Change

Technology, Digital Society, and Computational Social Science

  • Technology and Society
  • Digital Society and Platform Studies
  • Computational Social Science
  • Artificial Intelligence and Society
  • Social Networks, Digital Data, and Online Communities
  • Digital Governance and Digital Citizenship
  • Digital Inclusion and Inequality
  • Science, Technology, and Society (STS)

Globalization, Transnationalism, and Contemporary Social Change

  • Globalization and Transnational Studies
  • Global Inequality and Social Transformation
  • Migration and Transnational Communities
  • Culture, Identity, and Global Social Change
  • Local–Global Social Relations
  • Comparative Social Change

Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Comparative and Interdisciplinary Social Research
  • Mixed-Methods and Methodological Innovation in the Social Sciences
  • Social Data and Emerging Research Methods

The journal particularly welcomes interdisciplinary research that connects two or more social science fields and contributes substantively to understanding social phenomena, institutions, governance, public policy, economic and social development, communication, education, culture, population dynamics, inequality, mobility, environmental change, digital transformation, human interaction, communities, and contemporary societal challenges. Studies involving technology, environment, health, law, business, or other related domains are welcomed when the research problem, theoretical or conceptual framework, analysis, and scholarly contribution remain substantively grounded in the social sciences.

Manuscripts should demonstrate a clear relationship between the research problem, theoretical or conceptual framework, methodology, data or evidence examined, findings or analysis, and the scholarly contribution claimed by the authors. Studies that are primarily technical, clinical, biomedical, natural scientific, engineering-oriented, or otherwise disciplinary without a substantive social science dimension fall outside the journal’s principal scope. Submissions that do not demonstrate sufficient relevance to the social sciences may be declined during the initial editorial screening.