Journal profile
Humanities and Social Sciences
ISSN 2300-5327 · eISSN 2300-9918 · Rzeszow University of Technology · Poland
Humanities and Social Sciences: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 50 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Humanities and Social Sciences is published by Rzeszow University of Technology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Polish Historical and Cultural Studies, Polish socio-economic development and Polish Law and Legal System, together about 28.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) is a peer-reviewed academic journal popularising research results and reviews that encompass selected areas of social sciences (management and quality, politics and administration, security, psychology) and humanities (history, philosophy). The journal is quarterly, with four issues published per year: in March, June, September and December. The research results published in the journal are addressed at the scientific community, researchers dealing with the selected areas, as well as experts and practitioners. The journal’s goal is to establish a broad forum for a discussion between scientists and practitioners in Poland and abroad.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Grzegorz OSTASZPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences10.7%
- Polish socio-economic developmentEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.9%
- Polish Law and Legal SystemSocial Sciences8.5%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences6.1%
- Central European national historySocial Sciences4.7%
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences4%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences4%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.28OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 805 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 55 |
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | 102 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | 90 |
| 2023 | 89 | 89 | 92 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 92 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 77 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | PLN 210 | — | — | |
| LetPub | PLN 210 | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
All texts published in the journal Humanities and Social Sciences are available in the full version on the website of HSS. Open Access – CC BY 4.0 This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. The articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons licence (CC-BY 4.0), including the following fields of …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Rzeszow University of Technology
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2300-5327
- Electronic ISSN
- 2300-9918
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Humanities and Social Sciences
How long does peer review take at Humanities and Social Sciences?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Humanities and Social Sciences?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Humanities and Social Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Humanities and Social Sciences is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Humanities and Social Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Humanities and Social Sciences is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .