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Announcements
6 February 2026
Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Social Science in 2025
The editorial office of Social Science would like to extend its sincere gratitude to all reviewers who contributed to the improvement of the journal quality by providing their expert opinion and evaluation of the submitted research.
We appreciate that thorough peer review demands considerable time and intellectual investment from our reviewers. In 2025, Social Science received 3367 review reports from contributors across 67 countries and territories, demonstrating the breadth of international expertise and scholarly engagement that has strengthened our publication standards.
The reviewers who agreed to have their names published this year are listed below in alphabetical order by first name. The editorial team acknowledges with gratitude all reviewers, named and anonymous alike, for their vital role in maintaining the scholarly standards of Social Science.
| Ada Freitas-Cortina | László Csaba |
| Adam Karl Matz | Laura Arosio |
| Adrian Gheorghe Florea | Laura Caggiu |
| Aglaia Zafeiroudi | Laura Diaconu (Maxim) |
| Agnieszka Stanimir | Laura Kate Corlew |
| Agnieszka Werenowska | Laurie Fields Derose |
| Ahmadreza Mohebbi | Leena Bhattacharya |
| Aine Roddy | Leila Khanjaninejad |
| Alan Dettlaff | Leo S. F. Lin |
| Alar Kilp | Leslie Jeffrey |
| Aldin Striković | Licia Paglione |
| Aldo Muro Jr | Lifan Yu |
| Aldona Augustinienė | Liliana Faria |
| Aldona Migala Warchol | Linda Merewyn Lorenza |
| Alejandro Cano-Villagrasa | Lingyu Li |
| Alejandro Vega-Muñoz | Lisa Hale |
| Aleksandra Tłuściak-Deliowska | Liu Liu |
| Alessandra Longo | Loredana Marcela Trancă |
| Alex Baird | Lorinda Maile Natsu Mall Riley |
| Alex Joseph Nelson | Lorry-Ann Austin |
| Alexander Wray | Lucia Morosan-Danila |
| Alfredo Teixeira | Lucian Lupu |
| Alicia Heys | Lucrezia Cavagnis |
| Alina Pătru | Lucrezia Perrella |
| Alistair Ross | Luis Cardoso |
| Álvaro López-Martín | Luis Miguel Francisco Ginja |
| Amanda M. Hunter | Luiz Peres-Neto |
| Aminreza Iranmanesh | Luiza Loredana Năstase |
| Ana Pinto | Luminita Iosif |
| Ana Afonso | Lydia Mabel Okabe |
| Ana C. Romea | M. Ahsan Khodami |
| Ana Diogo | M. Ángeles Fernández Barrero Barrero |
| Ana Mercedes Vernia Carrasco | Madeleine Dobson |
| Ana Paula Monteiro | Madison Fitzgerald-Russell |
| Ana Petak | Magdalena Pycińska |
| Anastasia Nikolaidou | Małgorzata Szyszka |
| Anders Gustav Hellström | Małgorzata Wosiek |
| André Rui Graça | Mamtaj Akter |
| Andrea Gracia Zomeño | Manuel J. Cartes-Barroso |
| Andrés González Novoa | Manuel João Cruz |
| Andrés Soriano Díaz | Manuel Macías-Borrego |
| Andrew Herridge | Manuel Roldán-Pardo |
| Andrew Perry | Marcin Składanowski |
| Andromachi Bouna-Vaila | Marco Bitschnau |
| Aneesh Aneesh | Marco Carradore |
| Angel Paniagua Mazorra | Margaret Shirley Mutu |
| Ángel Rodríguez-Pallas | Margareta Gregurović |
| Angela Wegscheider | María Del Carmen Gómez Berrocal |
| Angelos Gkontelos | Maria Fritzsche |
| Anikó Fehérvári | Maria Helena Santos |
| Anna Kitta | Maria Leonor Abrantes Pires |
| Annoesjka Boersma | María Martín-Peciña |
| Anthony Gritten | Maria Papazafiri |
| Antonella Bachiorri | Maria Patrocínia Sobrinho Correia |
| Antonia Rodríguez-Martínez | Maria Romana Allegri |
| António Duarte Santos | Marian Woźniak |
| Antonio Francisco Rodríguez | Mariana Cernicova-Buca |
| Antonio Iudici | Mariana Petrova |
| Antonio Luís Martinez-Pujalte | Marieta Georgieva Stefanova |
| António Portelada | Marilena Mousoulidou |
| Antonios I. Christou | Marin Mamić |
| April Murphy | Marina Lucian |
| Aranka Varga | Mário Rui Domingues Ferreira Da Cruz |
| Arie Herscovici | Marisa Fariña-Sánchez |
| Ashley E. Lewis Presser | Marita Brčić Kuljiš |
| Aslı Telli | Marius Marici |
| Atsunori Fujii | Mariusz Chrostowski |
| Aybüke Ayşe Isbir Turan | Mark Andrew Orsag |
| Baikune De Alba | Marlene Loureiro |
| Bakari Ayinde Wallace | Marshal R. |
| Bala Vignesh Sundaram | Martina Feilzer |
| Barbara Pisker | Mary Elizabeth Ager |
| Beata Hysa | Mary P. Corcoran |
| Beatriz Ranea-Triviño | Marzia Maccaferri |
| Becca Allchin | Matilde Peinado-Rodríguez |
| Bernadett Svraka | Matthew James Phillips |
| Beth G Mcmannis | Maui Hudson |
| Bharat Chandra Rout | Max Dosser |
| Bibhuti Kumar Sar | Max Stephenson Jr. |
| Boguslawa Urbaniak | Megan Henly |
| Bojan Đerčan | Melissa Hamilton |
| Bonnie-Ria Estelle Searle | Mi Hyang Hwang |
| Borja Ventura-Salom | Michael Langlais |
| Boyka Stefanova | Michael Mathura |
| Brenda Cervellione | Michail Kalogiannakis |
| Brittany Romanello | Michail Kalogiannakis |
| Bruce Winston | Michal Neubauer-Shani |
| Bruno Luiz Avelino Cardoso | Michelle Frierson |
| C. Ryan Ryan Dunn | Miguel Castro |
| Caleb Probst | Mihai Burlacu |
| Calvin Blackwell | Mika Merviö |
| Camelia Delia Voicu | Mika Simonen |
| Carmen Longas Luque | Mikael G Ahlborg |
| Carmen Lucia Souza Da Silva | Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur |
| Carmen Sarah Einsle | Milad Mohebali |
| Catarina Inês Costa Inês Costa Afonso | Miriam Anne Colum |
| Cate Parry | Miriam Araujo Hernández |
| Cátia Sousa | Miriam Catalina González-Afonso |
| Charles Atkins | Modisa Abraham Mkhondo Mzondi |
| Charles Edward Atkins | Moeata Keil |
| Lars Konzack | Mohammed Adil Khan |
| Charles Leung | Mohammed Almahfali |
| Chas Morrison | Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin |
| Cherra M. Mathis | Monica Therese Whitty |
| Chia Hung Kao | Monika Hadaś-Dyduch |
| Chris Kam | Monika Sidor |
| Christian Janousek | Nan Chen |
| Christine Kray | Nancy Haskell |
| Christoph Vogelsang | Nanette Goodman |
| Chrysovalantis Papathanasiou | Natalie Zambrino |
| Clarissa R. Steele | Nathan Rees |
| Cody Telep | Neamtu Daniela Mihaela |
| Constantinos Challoumis | Nichole R. Walsh |
| Consuelo Reguera Suárez | Nick Poulakis |
| Cristina Expósito-Álvarez | Nicola Bruno |
| Cristina Garcia Fernández | Nicola Roberts |
| Cristobal Macias Villalobos | Nicolas Michael Mattis |
| D. Chase James Catalano | Nikola Mijatov |
| Dafni Petkou | Nina Gumzej |
| Dan Valeriu Voinea | Noelia Pérez-Rodríguez |
| Daniel Barrientos | Noemi Walder |
| Daniel Gaffiero | Normand Boucher |
| Daniel Sansó-Rubert Pascual | Oksana Pochapska |
| Daniela Emanuela Dănăcică | Olimpia Pino |
| David Schak | Olímpio Paixão |
| David Stadelmann | Pamayla Edythe Darbyshire |
| Debra Wetcher-Hendricks | Panos Photopoulos |
| Denise Starkey | Paolo Contini |
| Derek Smolenski | Parviz Safadel |
| Despina Cochliou | Patience Castleton |
| Dianala M. Bernard | Patricia Anafi |
| Diána Koponicsné Györke | Patricia Hernandez-Medina |
| Dilara Özel | Patricia Mckay |
| Dimitrios E. Tzimas | Paul Martin |
| Dmitry Erokhin | Paul W. Grimes |
| Donato Verardi | Paula Cristina Lopes |
| Dorian Jano | Paulina Marchlik |
| Dragos Darabaneanu | Pedro Danilo Ponciano |
| Dziuginta Baraldsnes | Pedro Filipe Lopes |
| Edward Kyei Twum | Pedro Pereira |
| Ekaterina Alexandrovna Ugnich | Penelope Bergen |
| Elena Alarcón Orozco | Persefoni Tzanaki |
| Elena De Gioannis | Petar Milić |
| Elia Valentini | Peter Demkanin |
| Elisa Fiore | Peter F. Meiksins |
| Elisete Diogo | Peter Lau |
| Eleonora Santos | Peter Lugosi |
| Eliza Kalbarczyk | Peter Tiako Ngangum |
| Elizabeth Alice Sweigart | Phanikiran Radhakrishnan |
| Elizabeth Speelman | Pietro Pavone |
| Elsa Simoes | Pilar Herrero-Martín |
| Elliot D. Lasson | Pilar Ibáñez-Cubillas |
| Emese K. Nagy | Piotr Gibas |
| Emiliana Mangone | Plamena Ivanova Markova |
| Eneja Drobež | Prasetyo Listiaji |
| Epp Lauk | Prasongchai Setthasuravich |
| Eran Shadach | Purificacion López-Igual |
| Erica Randall Lacey | Purushottama Bilimoria |
| Erin Eife | Rachael Mason |
| Eugene Eteris | Rada Rajko Golub |
| Eunice Wangui Stuhlhofer | Raffaela Puggioni |
| Eva Jereb | Rahela Orlandini |
| Éva Sztáray Kézdy | Randall Lockwood |
| Ewa Chomać-Pierzecka | Raúl Martínez-Corcuera |
| Ewa Dybowska | Raúl Terol Bolinches |
| Favio Cala Vitery | Remus Creţan |
| Flavio Brescianini | Rita Daniels |
| Francesca Tessitore | Rita Lima |
| Francesca Cubeddu | Robert Crammond |
| Francisca Angelica Monroy García | Robert Farrow |
| Francisco Villegas Lirola | Robert Webb |
| Fulgencio Sánchez Vera | Roberto Dellisanti |
| Gábor Gazdag | Robin Dada |
| Gábor Mélypataki | Robin Ladwig |
| Gaetano Di Donna | Romina Fucà |
| Gary Wingenbach | Roni J. Fraser |
| Gary Wingenbach | Ross David Kleinstuber |
| Gavril Flora | Ross Gibson |
| Georg Von Schnurbein | Roxana Florenta Savescu |
| Georgia Gioltzidou | Rubén J. Burgos-Jiménez |
| Georgios E. Trantas | Rubén Rivas-De-Roca |
| Georgios Giotis | Rui Carvalho |
| Georgios Kyroglou | Rylan Simpson |
| Gerlinde Mauerer | Sabina Valente |
| Geta Mitrea | Salvador Martinez Puche |
| Giacomo Buoncompagni | Samyia Safdar |
| Gil Ferreira | Sana Khalil |
| Gillian Warner-Søderholm | Sandra Méndez-Muros |
| Gosztonyi Gosztonyi | Sandra Romero-Martín |
| Grażyna Kowalewska | Sandra Stojan Radenović |
| Guan-Yun Wang | Sara Landolt |
| Guido Franco Amoretti | Sara Merlini |
| Gyorgy Széll | Sarah Dunlap |
| Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet | Sarah Louise Steele |
| Hanna Haran | Sarah Riforgiate |
| Hélder Prior | Sarojni Choy |
| Helle Møller | Scott Fleming |
| Henryk Kazimierz Mizerek | Sebastián Naranjo-Silva |
| Herman Tull | Secil Erdogan Ertorer |
| Hoda Herati | Senka Šekularac-Ivošević |
| Hwang Ren-Jen | Serife Balikci |
| Ian Falk | Seungwoo Han |
| Ian Hodgson | Seval Yurtcicek Ozaydin |
| Ioana Crina Pop-Cohuţ | Severin Hornung |
| Ioannis Zervas | Sevim Sezi Karayazi |
| Irene Awino | Shadow Toke |
| Iria Noa De La Fuente-Roldán | Shangmou Xu |
| Ivana Ercegovac | Shanu Shukla |
| Ivana Hanzec Marković | Shih-Yun Lu |
| Jack David Eller | Shivani Kaushik |
| Jacopo Fiorini | Silvia Zarkova |
| Jacqueline Lechuga | Sipho Sibanda |
| Jae-Seung Lee | Siquan Wang |
| Jale Minibas-Poussard | Slim Belaid |
| James O. Finckenauer | Sonia Barriuso Ortega |
| Jamie L. Sickel | Sónia Lamy |
| Jane Rossouw | Soochul Kim |
| Janet Lynn Koposko | Soonhee Hwang |
| Janet Weston Colvin | Sorin Cace |
| Jarmila Honzikova | Sorina Corman |
| Jarosław Stanisław Kardas | Spyridon Kaltsas |
| Jason Richwine | Stănesu Georgiana Camelia |
| Javier Leung | Stefan Van Der Hoek |
| Jelena R. Petrović | Stefania Oppido |
| Jennifer Byrne | Stéfanie André |
| Jennifer Fraser | Stelios Pantazidis |
| Jennifer H. Peck | Stephanie Gangemi |
| Jennifer Lara Fagen | Stephen Bagwell |
| Jessica Gildersleeve | Steven Foertsch |
| Jessica Kantarovich | Sujata Ramachandran |
| Jihwan Choi | Sule Guney |
| Jill Channing | Sunet Grobler |
| Jimena Escudero Pérez | Suzana Pasanec Preprotić |
| Jimmie Manning | Syed Asad Abbas Bokhari |
| Jingjing Xu | Takashi Kawano |
| Joan Garcia-Perales | Tamás Köpeczi-Bócz |
| Joana Bernardo Loureiro | Tao Ruan |
| Joana Lobo Fernandes | Tao Song |
| Joan-Francesc Fondevila-Gascón | Tatiana Casado De Staritzky |
| Joanna Francesca Behrman | Tatiana Padilla |
| Joanna Mazur | Temple Uwalaka |
| João Vicente Capucho | Teresa Dionísio Mestre |
| Jodie Bigalky | Teresa Gomez-Diaz |
| John P. Bartkowski | Theodoros A. Markopoulos |
| John Shekitka | Tímea Ceglédi |
| Jolie Harris | Timo Kortsch |
| Jon Reiersen | Tito Vagni |
| Jonathan G. Tubman | Tjaša Učakar |
| Jorge Bonito | Tobias Nowy |
| José Fernández-Cerero | Tom Griffiths |
| Jose Arnau-Sanchez | Tommaso Rimondi |
| José Gabriel Soriano Sánchez | Tongyang Yang |
| José Luis Rodríguez-Sáez | Ulrika Napoleon Sultan |
| Joseph A. Soares | Uxía Carral |
| Josh Bramlett | Valandra |
| Joshua Awua | Valdemar Freitas Sousa |
| Joshua David Findlay | Valentina Vinšalek Stipić |
| Joshua Stout | Valera Lloris Raquel |
| Josje Van Der Linden | Veronica Gomez |
| Juan Aníbal González-Rivera | Vesna Posavčević |
| Jude Kelman | Vicky Albert |
| Julia Chaitin | Viktor Varjú |
| Julia Nevárez | Vuk Mirčetić |
| Justin Nnaemeka Onyeukaziri | Walter R. Schumm |
| Justyna Łukomska-Szarek | Wenmo Kong |
| Kaishan Kong | Williams Gilberto Jiménez-García |
| Karen M. Collier | Włodzimierz Kołodziejczak |
| Karina Donald | Woo-Yeul Baek |
| Katarzyna Ćwirynkało | Xi Hong |
| Kate Inyoung Yoo | Xiao Yu |
| Katerina Strani | Xinxiang Li |
| Katherine Klee | Yee Man Margaret Ng |
| Kathleen M. Farrand | Yi Wang |
| Keith J. Watts | Yiwei Zhao |
| Kevin Modesto | Ylva Spånberger Weitz |
| Konstantinos Kosmas Gaitis | Yolanda García-Vázquez |
| Kristian Verell Jones | Yujin Chang |
| Krystle Merry | Yunzheng Zhang |
| Krzysztof Kud | Yvonne Thai |
| Lara Carrascosa Puertas | Zhe Li |
| Larissa Sandy | Zhixu Yang |
