About the Journal
The International journal of social sciences and scientific studies (IJSSASS) is an international monthly peer-review journal. IJSSASS has been at the forefront of scholarship on general education and, encouraging research and reflection on a range of disciplines in the general spectre of social sciences and sciences pertinent to Africa. Founded in 2013 under a cooperate educational consultancy firm called FETA, IJSSASS aims to serve as the forum where original research is presented and to shape the discussion of the most important and topical issues through a rigorous scholarship selection and editing process. Meeting the highest international standards, IJSSASS is published in English and French language, thus engaging in an international dialogue about education and safeguarding that its content is widely disseminated.
As a peer-review journal in the wider field of social sciences and sciences, IJSSASS aims to solicit papers on topics pertinent to the fields of Theology, Psychology, International Relations, Politics, Social Welfare, History, Public Administration, Law, Sociology, Anthropology, Information technology and other related fields, pertinent to Africa and the world.
Peer review process
IJSSASS operates a single-blind peer review process: reviewers' identities are withheld from authors, while reviewers see the author's name and affiliation.
1. Editorial screening. Every submission is first checked by the editorial desk for fit with the journal's scope, completeness, and adherence to the formatting requirements set out in the Author Guidelines. Submissions that fail this initial check are returned to the author without external review.
2. Reviewer assignment. Manuscripts that pass editorial screening are assigned to at least two independent reviewers with relevant subject-matter expertise, drawn from the journal's Reviewer Board.
3. Review criteria. Reviewers assess each manuscript for originality, soundness of methodology, relevance to the journal's scope, clarity of argument and writing, adequacy of the literature review and citations, and compliance with research ethics.
4. Timeline. Reviewers are asked to return comments within approximately four weeks of assignment.
5. Decision. Based on reviewer recommendations, the handling editor issues one of the following decisions: Accept, Minor Revisions Required, Major Revisions Required, or Reject. Revised manuscripts may be returned to the original reviewers for a further round of review. The Editor-in-Chief has final authority over all publication decisions.
6. Confidentiality and conflicts of interest. Manuscripts under review are treated as confidential documents. Reviewers are required to declare any conflict of interest and to recuse themselves from reviewing a manuscript where one exists.
Open Source: All articles published in this journal are open source and are totally free for download.
ISSN: 2787-0146
Open access and copyright policy
The journal offers access to the contents in the open access system on the principles of non-exclusive license Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Thus, the authors are required to agree with that policy. In this regard, authors will be asked to complete a submission card with a copyright transfer agreement that specifies detailed descriptions of the copyright transfer. The submission card is provided via email before the publication.
Publication fee
IJSSASS is a self-funded journal. For this reason, the journal handles a publication fee. The current publication fee is provided on the journal’s Web site in the section Instruction for authors. Thus, the publication fee that is required for manuscript processing is clearly stated on our website
Persistent storage
All published articles and issues are prepared into a booklet and deposited yearly in National libraries (Plateau State National Library, Jos, And Abia State National Library, Umuahia)
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