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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Templates and Forms

  • JSRD Manuscript Template (Word): please prepare your manuscript using this template, with a separate title page and an anonymised manuscript for double-blind review.
  • JSRD Author Agreement Form (Word): to be completed and signed by the corresponding author after acceptance, and uploaded to the submission or emailed to info@iasrd.com.

Submission Preparation Checklist

Authors must confirm each item before submitting:

  • The manuscript is original, has not been published before, and is not under consideration by another journal.
  • The manuscript is in MS Word format, written in English (British or American, used consistently), with single line spacing, 2.5 cm margins and Times New Roman 12 pt (headings 12 pt bold; title 14 pt bold).
  • The manuscript is 4,000–8,000 words, including figures, tables and references, and is structured as: Title, Abstract (max. 250 words), Keywords (max. 5), Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References.
  • A separate Title Page has been uploaded with full author names (no titles or qualifications), institutional addresses (Department, Institute, City, Country) and the corresponding author's email.
  • The main manuscript is fully anonymised for double-blind review (no author names, affiliations or identifying file properties).
  • Tables, figures, graphs and references follow APA style, and DOIs are included where available.
  • Permission has been obtained for any third-party material (images, datasets, instruments).
  • Ethical approval and informed consent have been obtained where the research involves human participants, and this is stated in the manuscript.
  • The manuscript includes a Declarations section covering funding, conflict of interest, ethics, data availability and author contributions.
  • Any use of AI tools is limited to language editing and has been disclosed.
  • All co-authors have approved the submission. After the paper is accepted for review, there can be no change in the number or sequence of authors.
  • The authors agree that, if accepted, the article will be published open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with copyright held by the journal, and will sign the JSRD Author Agreement before publication.

Articles

Original, double-blind peer-reviewed research articles across the social sciences, including empirical, theoretical, methodological and review papers. Each article is reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.

Copyright Notice

Copyright and Licence

Copyright of articles published in the Journal of Social Research Dynamics is held by the journal. All articles are published open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), which allows anyone to share and adapt the work for any purpose, provided the authors and the journal are properly credited. Authors may deposit any version of their article in repositories or on personal websites without embargo, with a link to the published article. The copyright terms of the journal website itself are separate from those of the published articles.

Author Representations and Warranties

The author(s) must affirm and warrant that:

  • The work is original and does not infringe upon any existing copyright, trademark, or other legal rights;
  • The work has not been previously published in whole or in part, and is not under consideration elsewhere;
  • All individuals listed as authors have contributed significantly to the content and approve its submission;
  • Necessary permissions have been obtained for all third-party materials (e.g., images, data) used in the work.

 

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