About the Journal

Human Social Review (HSR), published by SPIDER Publishing, is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary scholarship on human behaviour, social systems, and societal transformation. The journal provides a platform for rigorous theoretical, empirical, and applied research addressing contemporary social, cultural, economic, and political challenges in diverse contexts worldwide. HSR welcomes contributions from sociology, anthropology, political science, psychology, education, development studies, human geography, cultural studies, and interdisciplinary social research. The journal emphasizes methodological rigor, analytical depth, theoretical innovation, and practical relevance in understanding and improving human and societal outcomes.

Human Social Review publishes quarterly, specifically in MarchJuneSeptember, and December, each year four issues. But the articles come to online immediately upon acceptance and have a DOI for fully citable.

No fees/APC will be charged for articles, and no surcharges will apply for the length of an article, for illustrations and figures (including color figures), and for supplementary data unless noted otherwise.  

Announcements

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Human Social Review (HSR) Now Assigns Crossref DOIs to All Published Articles

2026-03-13

Human Social Review (HSR), published by SPIDER Publishing, announces that all published articles are now assigned Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) through Crossref under the publisher prefix 10.66348, strengthening global visibility, citation connectivity, and long-term accessibility of social science research.

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Current Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): June
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Human Social Review (HSR), Volume 1, Issue 1 marks the inaugural issue of the journal, presenting an editorial and five scholarly articles that examine critical dimensions of human behaviour, social systems, and societal transformation through interdisciplinary perspectives. The issue features empirical studies on education quality and human capital development, gender equality and workforce participation, migration and urban social inequality, and the role of social capital in strengthening community resilience. It also introduces the Polas Methodological Fit Framework, offering a unified approach to selecting appropriate research methods in social science research.

Published: 2026-06-30
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