About Societies

Aims

Societies (ISSN 2075-4698) is a peer-reviewed, international and interdisciplinary scholarly open access journal that brings together the social sciences and humanities to enhance our scientific understanding of the social realm, from ancient times to the future. It publishes original research articles, reviews, commentaries, and short notes that are relevant to the study of past, present and emerging societies.

Subject Areas

  • social constructions of gender, race and class
  • language and culture
  • work and economic systems
  • social, political and legal structures
  • education, health and social welfare
  • community life and civil society
  • urbanization and industrialization
  • science and technology
  • identity, citizenship and the state
  • diasporas and transnational dispersions
  • religion and spirituality
  • death, dying and the afterlife
  • crime and criminality
  • war, terrorism and genocide
  • environmental degradation, climate change, pandemics
  • social order, disorder and utopian societies
  • globalization

Book Reviews

Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI Center, Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland. Received books will be listed first as "Books Received", then offered to the scholarly community for preparing reviews.

Announcement and Advertisement

Announcements regarding academic activities such as conferences are published for free. Advertisement can be either published or placed on the pertinent website. Contact e-mail address is societies@mdpi.com

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