Social Studies Journal

Social Studies Journal: Author’s guide

"Social Studies" Journal (SSJ) - Indexed with code ISSN: 2309-3455.
SSJ is the official journal of the Albanian Institute of Sociology (AIS), affiliated with Albanian Sociological Association (ALBSA).
Founded in 1997, it is certified as a scientific journal by the High Commission of the Assessment of Academic Titles, with decision No. 170, 20. 12. 2010.
SSJ is classified 'Scientific" by ANVUR, the National Agency for the Evaluation of the University System and Scientific Research of Italy - Ministry of Education, Universities and Scientific Research of Italy (MIUR), by decision no. 298, dated 21 December 2021.
SSJ is a bilingual Journal. The articles can be written either in English or Albanian.
Every article submitted for publication is subject to a blind/anonymous review (Double – Blind Peer Review). It is given to two researchers in the fields to which the study belongs for review (peer review).
The article is published if both reviews are positive. If one is positive and the other negative, the article is given to a third reviewer, who decides whether to publish the article or not. Therefore, the task of selecting scientific articles is the exclusive competence of the anonymous reviewers.
The authors themselves are also contributors, according to the volume of each article.

The article can be submitted to: studime.sociale@gmail.com
Each article must comply with language standards. Articles can be scientific or review, original creations or translations.

The standard volume for articles is:
(a) for scientific articles - about 10 computer pages.
(b) for review articles – up to 3 computer pages.
A computer page has 2200 characters (No space Characters)
Each article must be submitted in word format.

The structure of scientific articles should be:
(1) title, up to 15 words;
(2) author(s) (first name, last name); the institution where he/she is; electronic addresses - for each author;
(3) information about the author(s), 4-6 lines, as text;
(4) summary, with 200-250 words and 4-6 keywords

[Note 1: Summary/abstract includes: thematic issues/what this paper represents, research questions, theoretical approaches, methodology/concrete methods applied, findings/results and conclusions]

(5) the text of the article (accompanied by abbreviated references throughout the text).
(6) Complete references, at the end of the text, according to the alphabetical order of the last names of the authors;
(7) abstract in English (English variant of summary).

The article can be accompanied by footnotes. But footnotes are not references. They are just notes, additional clarifications.

The reference system of the journal "Social Studies" is the American Psychological Association (APA) system with abbreviated references throughout the text as well as a complete list of references (of information sources used) with all necessary elements at the end, in alphabetical order of the authors' surnames (not by numbers), or of the institution that has the authorship of the material used.