Author Guidelines
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
For Authors
How to prepare, submit and publish your research in ASSRJ: guidelines, ethics, peer review, open access and charges.
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal (ASSRJ) is an international, peer-reviewed, fully open-access journal published by Scholar Publishing, United Kingdom (ISSN 2055-0286). ASSRJ publishes original theoretical and empirical research across the social sciences, including business and management, finance and economics, marketing and operations, behavioural sciences, cultural studies, social ethics and research methods.
These guidelines explain everything you need to prepare a strong submission and to understand what happens after you submit. Please read them alongside the journal’s Aims & Scope, Publication Ethics and Article Processing Charges pages. Manuscripts that do not follow these guidelines may be returned before peer review. ASSRJ is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows its Core Practices.
The author journey at a glance
| 1 | Check suitability — confirm your work fits the journal’s Aims & Scope and choose an article type. |
| 2 | Prepare your manuscript — follow Preparing Your Manuscript, including references, figures and tables. |
| 3 | Meet the ethics requirements — read Ethics and Disclosures and prepare your declarations. |
| 4 | Run the Submission Checklist and submit online. |
| 5 | Peer review — single-blind assessment by at least two independent experts. |
| 6 | Revise and respond to reviewer and editor comments. |
| 7 | After acceptance — complete licensing and the Article Processing Charge, then check your proofs. |
| 8 | Publication in full open access, and any post-publication matters. |
Core facts
Open access Every article is freely available immediately on publication under a Creative Commons licence. | Peer review Single-blind, with at least two independent expert reviewers. |
Charges A one-time Article Processing Charge applies only after acceptance; there are no submission fees. | You keep your copyright Authors retain copyright and grant the journal a non-exclusive licence to publish. |
