Journal of Social Studies Education Research

Journal of Social Studies Education Research (JSSER) (ISSN: 1309-9108) is an international, scholarly open access, peer-reviewed and fully refereed journal focusing on theories, methods and applications in Social Studies Education. As an online-only journal it is devoted to the publication of original, primary research (theoretical and empirical papers) as well as practical applications relating to Social Studies Education.

Announcements


The latest issue has been published!
We are pleased to announce that Journal of Social Studies Education Research (JSSER) has just published the latest issue: (June 2025 issue). You are welcome to review the content of the issue at http://www.jsser.org/index.php/JSSER
Posted: 2025-06-15	More...

Call for Special Issue: Navigating Democracy in Polarized Times
Navigating Democracy in Polarized Times (scheduled for publication in Spring/Summer 2026)
Posted: 2025-04-24	More...

Statistics in 2024; 2023; 2022 & 2021
*Statistics in 2024 (As of December 31, 2024)* Total submissions: 607 Accept: (8%) Decline: (92%) --------------------------------------------- *Statistics in 2023 (As of December 31, 2023)* Total submissions: 662 Accept: (7%) Decline: (93%) ------------------------------------------- *Statistics in 2022 (As of December 28, 2022)* Total submissions: 687 Accept: (8%) Decline: (92%) ------------------------------------------- *Statistics in 2021 (As of December 21, 2021)* Total submissions: 705 Accept: (8%) Decline: (92%) --------------------------
Posted: 2025-01-01

The special issue has been published!
We are pleased to announce that Journal of Social Studies Education Research has published the Special issue: "Higher Education 5.0: innovation, complexity and sustainability" in May 2024 at http://www.jsser.org/index.php/JSSER Theme of the Special Issue: Higher Education 5.0: innovation, complexity and sustainability We are very grateful to the guest editors of this special issue for their contribution: Guest Editors: Dr. María Soledad Ramírez Montoya, Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, N.L., Mexico Dr. Francisco José García-Peñalvo, Salamanca University, Spain Professor Ebba Ossiannilsson, International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), Oslo, Norway, Ossiannilsson Quality for Open Online Learning (QOOL) Consultancy, I4 Quality Sweden Dr. Arturo Molina Gutiérrez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, N.L., Mexico Dr. Glenda Cox, University of Cape Town, South Africa We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work.
Posted: 2024-05-27	More...

Abstracting / Indexing
The journal is indexed by Scopus; H.W. Wilson's Education Full Text;Akademia Sosyal Bilimler Indeksi (ASOS Index), EBSCOhost, Ulrich's Serials Directory, Cabell's directories of Educational Curriculum & Methods , Educational Research Abstracts (ERA), EZB (Electronic Journals Library).
Posted: 2018-04-12