Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

About the Journal

Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (GJISS) is an open access publication launched in 2012. This journal follows single-blind peer review policy. This bi-monthly journal invites authors to submit manuscripts in English by strictly adhering to the journal’s publication style mentioned in the author’s guidelines. The submitted manuscripts will be published after getting final approval from the editorial board.

Aims & Scope

The main objective of the journal is to cater to the academic and scholarly needs of the researchers, scholars, academicians, professionals and students by offering a competent forum for knowledge dissemination. Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (GJISS) focuses on diversified areas in this field including Anthropology, Arts, culture, Behavioural science, Cognitive science, Communication studies, Criminology, Cross-cultural studies, Demography, Economics, Education, English, Ethics, Geography, History, International relations, Law, Library science, Linguistics, Literature, Media studies, Political science, Psychology, Public administration, Sociology, Philosophy and other connected topics.

Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (GJISS) is indexed in Cite Factor, SJIF, CROSSREF and Index Copernicus.

Publication fees

Walsh Medical Media a self-supporting publisher and does not receive funding from any institution/government. Hence, the operation of the journal is solely financed by the handling fees received from authors. Authors are required to make payment only after manuscript has been accepted for publication.

			Manuscript Type	Article Processing Charges
			Research or Other Articles	USD	Euro	GBP
				399	374	320

Membership and reprints

Authors can take the benefits of membership and reprints of their article. For information about the membership and reprints of the journal and article respectively authors may contact to globalsocialsciences@longdomjournals.org or globalsocialsciences@journalres.org

Embargo policy

All content information of an accepted paper is strictly confidential and cannot appear in the media (in print or electronic form) before its embargo date and time. Authors/researchers, their respective public relations representatives and funding sponsors may not distribute or promote their work to the media prior to embargo.

If an embargo break is the result of any action by an author/researcher, he/she risks withdrawal of publication of his/her manuscript. Violations of the embargo policy may also jeopardize future acceptance of manuscripts to be published in the journal.

Generally, embargoes on journal articles lift the day and the time the article is published.

Although the Editorial Office will endeavor to notify authors of the anticipated publication date/time, it will not be responsible for any consequences of early online posting with regard to the intellectual property rights. To safeguard their intellectual property, authors should ensure that appropriate reports of invention and patent applications have been filed before the manuscript is accepted.

Permissions

Requests for permission to reproduce figures, tables or portions of articles originally published inGlobal Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (GJISS) can be obtained via the Editorial Office.

Redundant Publication

Manuscripts submitted to Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (GJISS) should not contain material previously published in other publications, except as an abstract, and must not be currently under consideration for publication in another journal. Redundant publication is publication of a paper that overlaps substantially with one already published. When submitting a paper, authors should make a full statement to the editor about all submissions and previous reports that might be regarded as redundant publication of the same or similar work.

The authors should alert the editor if the work includes subjects about whom a previous report has been published. Copies of such material should be included with the submitted paper to help the editor decide how to handle the matter. If redundant publication is attempted without such notification, authors should expect editorial action to be taken; at the least, the manuscript will be rejected.

Conflict-of-Interest Policy

Authors and referees are asked to declare any competing interests.

Original Contributions submitted by the editor-in-chief and any of the associate editors are handled by a Consulting Editor or by another editor, who makes all decisions about the manuscript (including choice of referees and ultimate acceptance or rejection).

The entire process is handled confidentially.

All manuscripts submitted from the Editor's home institution are also handled entirely by a Consulting Editor or by another editor from a different institution. The Editor (in Chief) and/or Associate Editors may additionally, from time to time, refer a manuscript to a Consulting Editor to avoid a real or reasonably perceived conflict of interest.

Ethics and Consent

Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (GJISS) considers research and publication misconduct to be a serious breach of ethics, and will take such actions as necessary to address such misconduct. Authors should refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Disclaimer

Statements, opinions and results of studies published in Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (GJISS) are those of the authors and do not reflect the policy or position of the journal.