Journal History
| 2012 | The inaugural issue was released. Social Sciences was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Social Sciences was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 5 (Issue 1). Applied double blind peer-review. |
| 2017 | Social Sciences established the following section: -Human Geography and Social Sustainability. |
| 2018 | Social Sciences adopted a monthly publication schedule. Social Sciences received its first CiteScore (2017) of 0.60. Social Sciences established the following sections: -Gender Studies; -Contemporary Politics and Society; -Social Economics; -Community and Urban Sociology. |
| 2019 | Social Sciences received its CiteScore (2018) of 1.02. |
| 2020 | Social Sciences received its CiteScore (2019) of 1.3. Social Sciences established the following sections: -International Migration; -Work, Employment and the Labor Market; -Family Studies; -Children and Youth Studies; -Social Stratification and Inequality. |
| 2021 | Social Sciences was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 8 (Issue 1). Social Sciences received its CiteScore (2020) of 2.3. |
| 2022 | Social Sciences established the following section: -International Relation. Social Sciences received its CiteScore (2021) of 3.4. The year 2022 marked the 10th Anniversary of Social Sciences. |
| 2023 | Social Sciences received its first Impact Factor (1.7). Social Sciences received its CiteScore (2022) of 3.2. Renamed Children and Youth Studies to Childhood and Youth Studies |
| 2024 | Social Sciences established the following section: -Crime and Justice. Social Sciences received its 2023 Impact Factor (1.7). Social Sciences received its 2023 CiteScore (2.6). |
| 2025 | International Relations was renamed as International Politics and Relations. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2017 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Martin J. Bull |
| 2018–present | Editor-in-Chief: Emeritus Prof. Nigel Parton |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Barbara Fawcett for the section on Gender Studies |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Hopkins for the section on Childhood and Youth Studies |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bernd Reiter for the section on International Relations |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Daniel McCarthy for the section on Crime and Justice Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xiaoling Shu for the section on Family Studies Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andreas Pickel for the section on Contemporary Politics and Society Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Xi Ji for the section on Social Economics |
