Journal profile

Journal of Social Movements maintains a clear journal identity for authors, readers, reviewers, indexers, and accreditation assessment. The journal title, e-ISSN, DOI prefix, publisher, and publication frequency are displayed consistently across the journal website.

Aims and scope

The Journal of Social Movements advances theoretical and empirical understanding of social movements, collective action, civic participation, community empowerment, public advocacy, and transformative social change.

The journal welcomes interdisciplinary work from sociology, political science, anthropology, communication studies, education, cultural studies, public policy, community development, and related fields.

Editorial board

The journal is managed by the Editor-in-Chief, editorial board, and reviewers with responsibility for scope screening, peer-review coordination, editorial decisions, publication ethics, and production quality.

For authors

Authors should prepare manuscripts according to the journal scope, article template, author guidelines, originality requirements, authorship criteria, and publication ethics. Submissions are managed through the OJS online submission system.

• Use the official article template before submission.
• Complete all metadata, author affiliations, references, and ethical statements.
• Ensure the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
• Follow the copyright, licensing, and APC information before final publication.

For reviewers

Reviewers support editorial quality by providing fair, confidential, constructive, and timely evaluations. Reviewers are expected to assess originality, relevance, method, analysis, contribution, ethics, references, and clarity.

Ethics and policies

The journal maintains publication policies for editorial integrity, peer review, plagiarism screening, authorship, artificial intelligence use, research misconduct, corrections, retractions, archiving, repository deposit, privacy, advertising, direct marketing, and revenue transparency.

Indexing and visibility

The journal maintains discovery and citation profiles to support article visibility and metadata traceability.

• Google Scholar
• Garuda
• Dimensions

Fees and waiver

Article Processing Charge information is disclosed on the APC page. Waiver or reduction requests may be considered separately from editorial decisions and must not influence peer review or acceptance.

Open access and license

The journal provides immediate open access to published content. Copyright and licensing information is maintained clearly so authors and readers understand reuse, citation, repository deposit, and publication rights.

Editorial workflow

Manuscripts pass through submission, initial screening, editor assignment, peer review, revision, editorial decision, copyediting, layout, proofreading, metadata checking, DOI checking, and publication.

Contact and support

For questions about submission, review, publication, metadata, DOI, licensing, policy pages, or technical access, contact the editorial office.