Author Guidelines

• JSECR welcomes original scholarly manuscripts in sociology, education, culture, social sciences, humanities and related interdisciplinary areas.
• Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere at the time of submission.
• Write in clear academic language in proper paragraph form; avoid note-style or excessively fragmented writing.
• Authors are responsible for the accuracy of facts, data, quotations, references, tables, figures and all included material.

• AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) may be used for limited language improvement, proofreading, formatting or legitimate editorial assistance.
• Manuscripts must not be entirely AI-generated. Authors remain responsible for originality, accuracy, interpretation and scholarly integrity.
• Substantive AI assistance should be acknowledged transparently. AI tools must not be listed as authors.

1. Title of the Paper
2. Author Name(s), Affiliation(s) and Corresponding Author Email
3. Abstract
4. Keywords
5. Introduction
6. Review of Literature / Theoretical Framework
7. Objectives / Research Questions / Hypotheses (where applicable)
8. Research Methodology
9. Results / Findings
10. Discussion
11. Conclusion and Implications
12. Acknowledgements, Funding and Conflict of Interest (where applicable)
13. References

The abstract should be 200–250 words, covering the research problem, objectives, methodology, major findings and principal conclusion.

Provide 5–7 keywords immediately after the abstract—concise, relevant, preferably lowercase.

• State the research problem, objectives and/or research questions with an appropriate methodological account.
• Explain population/sample, data collection, analytical methods and ethical considerations where applicable.
• Number tables, figures and charts consecutively with clear captions; refer to each in the text.
• Distinguish results from interpretation and discussion where appropriate.

• Provide a coherent, critical synthesis of literature—not a descriptive list of sources.
• Define scope, major themes or debates, gaps in scholarship and the review’s contribution or implications.

• Every in-text citation must appear in the reference list, and vice versa.
• Include DOIs in standard format and URLs where appropriate for online sources.
• Verify names, year, titles, volume, issue, pages and DOI/URL before submission.
• Prefer peer-reviewed articles, scholarly books, edited volumes and official reports; avoid unreliable blogs as principal sources.

• Number all tables, figures, graphs and charts consecutively with appropriate captions.
• Acknowledge reproduced or adapted material; obtain permission where required.
• Ensure clarity, readability and direct relevance to the discussion.

Recommended length: approximately 2,500–5,000 words, excluding the reference list. Longer manuscripts may be considered when length is justified by scholarly content, subject to editorial policy.

• All submissions are subject to originality and similarity checking.
• Properly acknowledge sources; avoid plagiarism, duplicate publication, fabrication and falsification.
• Substantial inappropriate similarity may result in revision requests or rejection per publication ethics.

On the online submission form, step Co-Author Details is optional. Click + Add Co-Author to add each co-author. For every co-author, provide:

Co-authors are stored in the submission database in a single column (co_authors) as JSON. Example structure:

[
  {
    "name": "Dr. Jane Doe",
    "department_institute": "Department of Sociology, Example University",
    "orcid_id": "0000-0002-1825-0097"
  },
  {
    "name": "Prof. Amit Kumar",
    "department_institute": "Faculty of Education, National Institute",
    "orcid_id": ""
  }
]

Leave the co-author section empty for single-author manuscripts. Use the × control on a row to remove a co-author before submitting.

Submission to JSECR confirms that authors have read the journal’s editorial, peer-review, plagiarism, copyright and publication-ethics policies and accept full responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the work.