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The scholarly journal of Waseda University Institute for Advanced Social Sciences “Waseda Review of Socio-Science”

Waseda Review of Socio-Science is a scholarly journal published by the Waseda University Institute for Advanced Social Sciences with the goal of advancing the Institute’s core principles by publishing selected research by Institute members, full-time faculty members in Waseda University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, students in Waseda University’s Graduate School of Social Sciences, and others. Socio-Science publishes a broad range of original research encompassing social sciences and their interdisciplinary studies with humanities, engineering and natural sciences.

Back numbers after Waseda Review of Socio-Science Volume 6 can be viewed from the Waseda University Repository.

Submission Guidelines for Socio-Science

Socio-Science Review Process

Socio Science Instruction to Author

Manuscripts may be submitted by Institute members, students of Graduate School of Social Science etc*.

*students of Graduate School of Social Sciences etc means  students enrolled in the Graduate School excluding non-degree students; students who completed a Master’s program at the Graduate School within the past two years, students who received credits in a doctoral program at the Graduate School and withdrew within the past three years, and persons approved by the editorial committee.

1.Due Date Schedule of Submission in 2025

* We will accept your paper three times a year. Please submit the manuscript by the deadline.
* Please upload the opinion form (in Japanese) from your supervisor to the Open Journal System .
* If your supervisor is absent due to sabbatical, etc., please ask the advisor who is supervise you to complete the opinion form.                                                  * If the opinion form is not submitted by the deadline, your submission will not be accepted.

2. Since peer review is conducted double-blindly, please submit the data of your paper anonymously until the review is completed.
3. It will take approximately 4 months from the deadline for each submission to notify the peer review results.
4. <For current students> Peer review of Socio Science(in Japanese only)

Manuscripts shall be submitted through Open Journal System(OJS)

OJS ：https://www.kiyotoko.jp/

You need a Login ID to use OJS. Please send an email to Editors of Waseda Review of Socio Science（[email protected]）（Subject：Socio Science Post ID application or ソシオサイエンス投稿ID申請. Main Text：Applicant Name（Japaense and English）, affiliation, faculty staff number or  student ID number）for your request.
We will inform your ID within a week(Subject: [Socio Science] Journal Registration or［ソシオサイエンス］ユーザー登録のお知らせ)
If you do not receive any message,  please contact the Editors of Waseda Review of Socio Science.(please kindly make sure the reply might be sorted into the box for junk emails )

The Password is set automatically, so please change your password after login to your account.

Use the following template when submit your paper.
Information Sheet of the Manuscript shall also be submitted to Open Journal System(OJS)

  ①Template （Japanese only）

  ②Information Sheet of the Manuscript