Call for Manuscripts

Journal Information

Social Studies Journal is a biannual publication of the Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies. The Journal seeks to provide space for the exchange of ideas among social studies educators and scholars in Pennsylvania and beyond. The editors encourage authors both in and out of Pennsylvania to submit to the Journal. 

All manuscripts go through a blinded peer-review process. In order to encourage and assist writers, the reviewers make suggestions and notations for revisions that are shared with the author before papers are accepted for final publication. The editors encourage authors in both K-12 and higher education settings to consider submitting to Social Studies Journal. 

Instructions for Authors

All manuscripts must adhere to the following formatting guidelines. Manuscripts that do not meet the guidelines will be returned to the author without going out for peer review. The editors of Social Studies Journal accept submissions on a rolling basis. However, calls for manuscripts are issued for both regular and special issues.

• Type and double-space submissions using 12-point font and one-inch margins

• Include any figures and/or images at the end of the article

• Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permission for all images

• Average manuscript length is between five and fifteen pages, though exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis

• Follow guidelines of the current APA Publication Manual

• Do not include author name(s) or other identifying information in the text or references of the paper

• Include a separate title page that contains the title of the article, author(s) name(s), institution(s), and email address(es)

• With submission email, authors must attest that the manuscript is original, not under review elsewhere, and not published previously 

• Papers must be submitted as Word documents to the editors at editors.ssj@gmail.com  

• The editorial team requests that authors submit only one article at a time for processing, review, and decision-making. We prefer to publish an individual author only once within a 12-month period. However, we occasionally make exceptions to better serve our readers' needs.