Social Studies Journal

Guide for Authors
The journal “Studime Sociale” [Social Studies] is a scholarly journal published by the Albanian Institute of Sociology (AIS), associated with the Albanian Sociological Association (ALBSA).
It has been certified as a scientific journal by the KVTA/MAS by Decision No. 170, dated December 20, 2010.
The journal has also been classified as a scientific journal by ANVUR – the National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research System of the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR), by Decision No. 298, dated December 21, 2021.
"Social Studies" has been published continuously since 1998. It is managed by an International Editorial Board and is published with code ISSN, in two formats: print and online.
Articles may be published in Albanian or English.
The fundamental principle of publication is scientific rigor. Every manuscript submitted undergoes a double-blind peer review process. Each article is reviewed by two anonymous scholars in the relevant field(s), and publication is granted only if both reviews are positive.
The selection of scientific articles is therefore the exclusive responsibility of anonymous peer reviewers.
The publication costs of the journal are covered by contributors, in proportion to the length of each article (pages, with 2,200 characters per page). If any issue or individual article is financially supported by a third party (individual or institution), this support is explicitly acknowledged.
Each article must comply with linguistic and academic standards and must constitute original work. Submissions may be either research articles or review articles. Manuscripts must be submitted in Word format and should follow this structure:
(1) Title, up to 15 words;
(2) Author/s (first name and surname); institutional affiliation(s); email address(es) for each author;
(3) Abstract, 200–250 words, with 4–6 keywords;
(4) Author biography, approximately 50 words, in narrative form;
(5) Main text;
(6) Complete list of references, in alphabetical order by authors’ surnames.
Articles may include footnotes for specific explanations; however, footnotes should not be used for bibliographic references. The journal follows the APA referencing system, using in-text citations accompanied by a corresponding alphabetically ordered reference list at the end of the manuscript, based on authors’ surnames or the institutions responsible for the cited documents.
The complete references listed at the end of the text must contain all elements necessary to identify the original sources, as follows:
a. Books: Author(s); year of publication; title of the book (italicized); place of publication; publisher. Example:
Merton, Robert. 1968. Social Theory and Social Structure. New York: Free Press.
b. Journal articles, book chapters, etc.:
Author(s); year of publication; “title of the article” (in quotation marks); title of the journal or edited volume (italicized); volume/issue and page range. Example:
Buss, Loreta. 2010. “Childhood in Sociology and Society: The U.S. Perspective.” Current Sociology, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 350–355.
c. Archival documents:
In addition to the elements above, the reference should include the archive, file, and folder/fascicle.
d. Online sources:
In addition to the standard elements, the reference should include the URL and the date of last access.
All references listed at the end of the manuscript must correspond to the abbreviated in-text citations, which should follow these examples:
Single author: Weber (1998); (Weber, 1998: 156); Weber (1998: 156)
Two or three authors: (Lazarsfeld & Berelson, 1990); (Olzak, Shanahan & West, 1986)
More than three authors: (Larsen et al., 1989)
Multiple references: (Blau, 1980; Kadare, 1995; Uçi, 2003; Pëllumbi, 2004; Omari, 1999)
If an author has more than one publication in the same year, references should be distinguished as 2011a, 2011b, etc.