Cogent Social Sciences is a multidisciplinary open access journal with a mission to make research and knowledge accessible to everyone without discrimination. Our vision is based on inclusivity, dissemination and the power of collective wisdom. The journal’s broad scope facilitates the discovery of connections between disciplines and communities.
We strive to help researchers communicate with a global audience and interact with experts from across the social science community and beyond. Each submission is evaluated on its own scholarly merit and research integrity, and our expert academic editors take an objective and constructive approach to peer review. Article-level metrics let the research speak for itself.
Cogent Social Sciences considers original research and review articles in the following sections and broad topical areas:
Area Studies - African Studies
Publishing submissions that are theoretically and empirically grounded. The Interventions must address multiple and intersecting crises confronting the world. With a particular focus on the climate crises; resources-based conflicts; tenure security; political actions of the subalterns as they confront authoritarian and hegemonic system(s). In addition, we also welcome submissions on food security and famines; the development question; land question; labor question; national question, gender, and social reproduction. As well as the perennial dynamics of migration.
Area Studies - Asian Studies
Provides a forum for research about Asia with multi- and interdisciplinary approaches. Topics covered include sustainability, management, society, environment, economy, and education of Asian countries or regions.
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Promotes critical reflection and international scholarship through exploring trends in crime control and the comparative organization and operation of criminal justice systems. We encourage work that looks at how key sociological constructs such as age, class, gender and race and ethnicity interact with definitions of criminality and the contemporary management of crime.
Geography
Providing a forum for international and interdisciplinary approaches to geography research. Topics covered may include urban, rural, regional, cultural, human, political, population and environmental geographies, and geographies of social well-being.
Media & Communication Studies
Offering an international forum for all work covering the media and new media technologies. The section invites a broad range of topics from the philosophy of communication to strategic communication, and digital cultures to journalism studies.
Politics & International Relations
Publishing contemporary scholarship across all subfields of political science, including political theory, comparative politics, international relations and political methodology. The section welcomes diverse methodologies and various approaches, from positivism to rational choice theory, and structuralism to institutionalism.
Sociology
Embodying a global perspective, this section encourages work which advances the theoretical understanding of sociological topics. Submissions may report findings using both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Sport & Discrimination
Focuses on a myriad of discriminatory forms within sport. The section invites submissions exploring sport participation, coaching, recruitment, fandom, policy, management and governance, accessibility and inclusivity, media representations, and particularly welcomes research which promotes strategic measures for positive and transformative change to combat discrimination. More broadly, this intersectional section should appeal to scholars from media and cultural studies, sports journalism, esports, sport studies, sport sociology, sports law, sports psychology, sport marketing, internet studies, among other disciplines.
Sport & Leisure
Focusing on wide-ranging and multidisciplinary research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. Topics may include the history, sociology, and psychology of sport, as well as sports administration and management.
Tourism & Hospitality
Provides an international platform for the publication of empirical and theoretical-based research findings in all areas of leisure and hospitality. The section particularly welcomes both multi- and interdisciplinary approaches, and work with applications to other areas of the journal, and the wider Cogent Series.
Cogent Social Sciences considers original research articles and reviews in the following branches of social sciences:
- African Studies
- Asian Studies
- Criminal Justice
- Criminology
- Geography
- International Relations
- Media & Communication Studies
- Politics
- Sociology
- Sport and Leisure
- Tourism and Hospitality
Other social science areas are covered in our sister publications, Cogent Business & Management, Cogent Economics & Finance and Cogent Education.
What can you expect if you publish in Cogent Social Sciences?
- Immediate, free access to your article for anyone anywhere in the world
- Rigorous peer review featuring constructive dialogue with experts
- Retention of the full copyright in your work
- Fast publication on a state-of-the-art platform
- Innovative article-level performance metrics
- Global marketing and high production values
- Extensive indexing and archiving of your work
- A straightforward and friendly publishing service
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Editor-in-Chief
Guangchao Charles Feng (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Cogent Social Sciences publishes across eight areas of the social sciences. Each section is led by a Senior Editor and is supported by an Editorial Board, as listed below.
Senior Editors
Geng Yuqing (Shanghai Dianji University, China)
George Tonderai Mudimu (Marondera University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Zimbabwe)
Associate Editors
Stephen Cúrto (Union College of Union County New Jersey: Union College, United States)
Jason Cong Lin (Zhejiang University, China)
Shah Md Atiqul Haq (Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh)
Xiaobao Yu (Shanghai University of Electric Power, China)
Mohammad Tarikul Islam (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
Ganeshdatta Poddar (Flame University, India)
Lixun Zhu (Shanghai Maritime University, China)
Senior Editor
Michael Hardman (University of Salford, UK)
Associate Editors
Elhadi Adam (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Richard Armitage (Scotland's Rural College, UK)
Luke Beesley (Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU), Prague)
Christopher Blythe (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
John Boateng (University of Ghana, Ghana)
Lovemore Chipungu (University of KwaZulu-Nata, South Africa)
Nicole De Wet (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Xuejun Duan (University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Candida Gago Garcia (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
Mokbul Morshed Ahmad (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)
Thanh Ngo (University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Katarzyne Rabiej-Sienicka (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Paula Remoaldo (University of Minho, Portugal)
Sandra Ricart (University of Alicante, Spain)
Shouraseni Sen Roy (University of Miami, USA)
Adam Westall (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Senior Editor
Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan (University of Birmingham, UK)
Associate Editors
Richard A. Aborisade (Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria)
Armando Aliu (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Thomas Feltes (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Nathalina Naibaho (Universitas Indonisia, Indonesia)
Olive Lu (Data Collaborative for Justice, New York, USA)
Konstantinos Margaritis (Legal Counsel, Special Account for Research Funds, University of Crete, Greece)
Philip Ndubueze (Federal University Dutse, Nigeria)
Cristina Elena Popa Tache (Legal Research Institute of Romanian Academy, Romania)
Shun-Yung Kevin Wang (University of South Florida, USA)
Senior Editor
Pier Luigi Sacco (International University of Languages and Media, Italy)
Associate Editors
Abdelkader Ababneh (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
Mohammad Alazaizeh (Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Fernando Almeida-Garcia (University of Malaga, Spain)
Adiwan Aritenang (ITB, Indonesia)
Nashwa Attallah (Alexandria University, Egypt)
Angelo Battaglia (Westminster International University of Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Iqbal Ahmad Bhat (Berhampur University, Odisha, India)
Fakhrieh Darabseh (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
Lorant Denes David (John von Neumann University, Hungary)
Engida Esayas Dube (Dilla University, Ethiopia)
Kaitano Dube (Vaal University of Technology, South Africa)
Nur Hamid (Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, Indonesia)
Brent Lovelock (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Annie Tubadji (Swansea University, UK)
Jose Wong (Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau)
Senior Editor
Guangchao Charles Feng (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Associate Editors
Emily Abellon (University of Portland, USA)
Mohamed Benabid (Université Polytechnique Mohammed VI, Rabat, Morocco)
Mark Bendall (University of Chester, UK)
Liang Chen (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Maria Alice de Faria Nogueira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Gordon Gow (University of Alberta, Canada)
Ann Grand (University of Exeter, UK)
Carlos de las Heras-Pedrosa (University of Malaga, Spain)
Zinggara Hidayat (Binus University, Indonesia)
Yasir Iqbal (University of Punjab, Pakistan)
Asif Khan (Central University of Kashmir, India)
Pengxiang Li (Minzu University of China, China)
Marina Caterina Lorenzo-Molo (University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippines)
Hiroki Ogasawara (Kobe University, Japan)
Cuong Quoc Nguyen (Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Dmitry Strovsky (Ural State University, Russia)
Angel Luis Torres Toukoumidis (Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, Ecuador)
Zizheng Yu (University of Exeter, UK)
Norena Abdul Karim Zamri (Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia)
Senior Editors
Branislav Radeljic (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
Robert Read (Lancaster University Management School, UK)
Associate Editors
Emel Akcali (Swansea University, UK)
Lovemore Chipungu (University of KawZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Alexandros Kioupkiolis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Valentina Kostadinova (University of Buckingham, UK)
Richard Meissner (University of South Africa, South Africa)
Shameer Modongal (University of Kerala, India)
Laura Polverari (University of Padova, Italy)
Julia Simon (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Germany)
Greg Simons Uppsala (University, Sweden)
Rudi Stouffs (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Thomas Feltes (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Cristina Elena Popa Tache (Legal Research Institute of Romanian Academy, Romania)
Senior Editors
Grace Spencer (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
Komalsingh Rambaree (University of Gävle, Sweden)
Associate Editors
Fares Almomani (Qatar University, Qatar)
Maurizio Ambrosini (University of Milan, Italy)
Johnny Andoh-Arthur (University of Ghana, Ghana)
Alessandro Crociata (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy)
Ben Fong (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Rachel Hale (Cardiff University, UK)
Syeda Zakia Hossain (University of Sydney, Australia)
Marzia Mauriello (Università di Napoli L'Orientale)
Albert Sabater Coll (University of Girona, Spain)
Alessandra Sannella (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy)
Elaine Tsui (Hong Kong Baptist University, China)
Azrini Wahidin (University of Warwick, UK)
Dan Zeman (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Senior Editor
Mike Rayner (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Associate Editors
Alex Bond (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
Jonathan Cable (University of Gloucestershire, UK)
AJ Grube (Western Carolina University, USA)
Eunah Hong (Ewha Womans University, South Korea)
Jamie Kenyon (Loughborough University, UK)
Zhouxiang Lu (Maynooth University, Ireland)
Gwang Ok (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
Inder Singh Pal (Amity University, India)
Stig Arve Sæther (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Nicolas Scelles (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Stirling Sharpe (University of Canberra, Australia)
Ruth Sibson (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
Kamilla Swart-Arries (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)
Hüseyin Ünlü (Aksaray University, Turkey)
Tom Webb (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Emma Whewell (University of Northampton, UK)
Senior Editor
Daniel Kilvington (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
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