About the Journal

The Social Sciences and Development Review Journal (SSDR) is an open-access, and one of the University Journals of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Research Publications Office, Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension, and Development, publishing annually peer-reviewed articles on the social sciences and development, preferably those with focus on the Asia-Pacific context. It promotes critical, multidisciplinary, and constructive discourses in the social sciences and their allied disciplines. Articles that aim to synthesize normative disciplines such as religious studies, theology, or philosophy with the social sciences are also accepted.

Social Sciences and Development Review Journal aims to publish articles from a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives to serve the interests of a wide range of thoughtful readers, students, and academic scholars of the social sciences and development such as sociologists, anthropologists, historians, economists, psychologists, political scientists, as well as social development and cooperative scholars. It also aims to publish special issues on important and urgent social concerns that affect the local and global society.

The goals of the publication are as follows: (1) maintain confidentiality in managing submitted manuscripts; (2) observe timely publication of the journal; (3) pursue unbiased double blind review system; and (4) ensure that editorial decisions are based on originality, relevance, and quality of a manuscript and its contribution to the body of knowledge in the disciplines that the journal seeks to cultivate.

Publishing Schedule

Articles in this journal are published annually (every November).

Publication Fee

There are no article processing charges (APC). 

Indexing

Social Sciences and Development Review Journal is indexed and listed in the following:

  • Andrew Gonzales Philippine Citation Index
  • Google Scholar
  • Crossref
  • Philippine E-Journals
  • Philippine Institute for Development Studies- Socioeconomic Portal for the Philippines
  • Commission on Higher Education (CHED) granted PUP-SSDR Journal Category B Accreditation through CHED resolution No. 146-2015

Advertising Policy

The strategies and programs of the Research Publications Office include posting of article abstracts on the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PUP Research and Extension, and SSDR official Facebook pages.

Archiving

This journal uses the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) that allows publishers of OJS journals to digitally preserve their content. This means in the event that a journal stops publishing or goes offline, there will be a way to have continued long-term access to articles and issues. The PKP PN deposits content using the LOCKSS Program, which offers decentralized and distributed preservation. Also, PUP has established its own Online Journal System that serves as an archive of all its University Journals.