About the Journal

The RAIS Journal for Social Sciences is a blind, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies.

The Journal is registered with the Library of Congress (DC, USA):  ISSN 2574-0245 (Print), ISSN 2574-1179 (Online), and is published two issues per year (April and November) and is available in both print and online versions.

The RAIS Journal for Social Sciences is indexed and abstracted in the following databases/resources:  RePEc, CEEOL, Google Scholar, DRJI, Journal Factor, IIJIF, WorldCat.

FOCUS AND SCOPE

The RAIS Journal for Social Sciences publishes high-quality scholarly research that advances knowledge and understanding across the social sciences. The journal provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, scholars, and practitioners to disseminate original research, theoretical analyses, methodological studies, and critical reviews related to social phenomena at local, regional, and global levels. It welcomes contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to economics, business and management, law, political science and international relations, communication and media studies, education, sociology, anthropology, history, religion, philosophy, ethics, and related fields. By fostering academic dialogue across disciplines, The RAIS Journal for Social Sciences aims to contribute to the development of socially relevant knowledge that is analytically sound, methodologically robust, and socially impactful, while fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and advancing the understanding of complex social realities.

SECTION POLICIES

Articles

All submissions to this section must be based on original research and must be prepared according to the rules of the journal.

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PEER REVIEW PROCESS

The journal uses a double-blind review system, and both the reviewer and the author are anonymous. The two outside reviewers and one editor from the journal are typically involved in reviewing a submission. Once a manuscript meets the RAIS Journal submission and formatting requirements, it will be sent to peer reviewers for evaluation. The Editorial Board selects reviewers and makes the final decision on the manuscript. The manuscript may be:

  • Accepted for publication without any changes
  • Accepted for publication with minor changes, with no re-review necessary
  • Accepted for publication after substantial revision and additional review 
  • Rejected

Authors of papers that are not accepted are notified by email. When the reviewers have completed their work, the Editorial Board examines their comments and decides whether the paper is ready to be published, needs another round of revisions, or should be rejected. When the manuscript is in its final form, it is approved for publication, and the final files are routed to the Journal staff for publication.

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

RAIS Journal for Social Sciences has published two issues per year in both print and online versions.

ARTICLE SUBMISSION CHARGES

The journal charges the following author fees: $99 (USD). After acceptance, the article will enter the publication process, and the author/s will be required to pay the publication fees to cover associated costs.

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.

The publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.

ARCHIVING

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

DISCLAIMER

The views and opinions expressed in articles are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the RAIS Journal editors. The authors assume all responsibility for the ideas expressed in the published materials.

ORIGINALITY AND PLAGIARISM POLICY

By submitting the Author's manuscript to the journal, it is understood that it is an original manuscript, unpublished work, and is not under consideration elsewhere. Plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the author's own work, in whole or in part, without proper citation, is not tolerated by the journal. All manuscripts submitted to the RAIS Journal for Social Sciences are actively screened for plagiarism using plagiarism checker software. If plagiarism is detected during the peer review process, the Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to rescind the decision to accept the paper. If plagiarism is detected after publication, we may issue a correction or retract the paper.

Plagiarism misrepresents ideas, words, and other creative expressions as one's own. Plagiarism represents the violation of copyright law. Plagiarism appears in various forms.

  • Copying the exact content from the other source. Purposely using portions of another author's paper.
  • Copying elements of another author's paper, such as figures, tables, equations, or illustrations that are not common knowledge, or copying or purposely using sentences without citing the source.
  • Using text downloaded from the internet.
  • Copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures, or diagrams without acknowledging your sources.
  • In the case of a publication being submitted that was originally published in another language, the title, date, and journal of the original publication must be identified by the authors, and the copyright must be obtained. The editor may accept such a translated publication to bring it to the attention of a wider audience.
  • In case the author wants to use material from another work, then it is mandatory to cite the same in the references. Otherwise, the author needs to change the language completely and use his/ her own language.