Social Science Research publishes papers dealing quantitatively with substantive issues in all social science areas and with
social science methods. Especially welcome are articles dealing with issues or methods that cut across traditional disciplinary lines.
Submission of Manuscripts. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using online manuscript submission
available at http://www.ees.elsevier.com/ssr. This site will guide
authors stepwise through the submission process. Authors should upload the source files of their articles in the preferred format of
Microsoft (MS) Word, RTF, WordPerfect, or LaTeX for text and TIFF or EPS for figures. The system automatically converts source files
to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript
source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance.
Authors, reviewers, and editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence is necessary. Should you be
unable to provide an electronic version, please contact the Editor prior to submission:
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Each manuscript should be accompanied by a letter outlining the basic findings of the paper and their significance.
Original papers
only will be considered. Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that the same work has not been and is not currently
submitted elsewhere, and that it will not be submitted elsewhere prior to the journal making an editorial decision. Moreover, that submission
of the article for publication has been approved by all of the authors and by the institution where the work was carried out; further,
that any person cited as a source of personal communications has approved such citation. Written authorization may be required at the
Editor's discretion. Articles and any other material published in Social Science Research represent the opinions of the author(s)
and should not be construed to reflect the opinions of the Editor(s) and the Publisher.
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Social Science Research Policy on Reporting Response Rates in Articles Using Survey Data. As a journal specializing
in social science methodology and quantitative research, Social Science Research endorses the efforts of the American Association
for Public Opinion Research to improve survey practices in the social and behavioral sciences. Following the AAPOR recommendation, and
effective immediately, submissions to SSR that make use of survey data must contain information on the survey's response rate
(or, where appropriate, the refusal rate) and details of its calculation. Authors are urged to consult the AAPOR Report, Standard
Definitions: Final Disposition of Case Codes and Outcome Rates for Surveys, and whenever possible, follow this report's recommendations.
The report details specific formulas for calculating rates of response, cooperation, and refusal and also offers a series of standard
operational definitions of completed interviews, refusals, non-contacts, and other quantities necessary for calculating rates. The report
is available at http://www.aapor.org as part of the AAPOR's standards and best practices for survey research. If these recommendations
are not followed, authors should explain why some other approach to the calculation of response rate was used instead. Please note: Compliance
with this policy often requires no more than a single line of text or, at most, a brief footnote. Note, too, that this policy does not
stipulate minimally acceptable response rates for various kinds of surveys; it only mandates that information about response rates be
revealed.
Preparation of the manuscript. General style should follow the recommendation of the American Sociological Association.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout. Pages should be numbered consecutively and organized as follows:
The Title Page
(p. 1) should contain the article title, authors' names and complete affiliations, footnotes to the title, and the address for manuscript
correspondence (including e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers).
The Abstract (p. 2) must be concise, preferably not
exceeding 100 to 150 words. After the abstract a list of up to 10 keywords that will be useful for indexing or searching should be included.
The Introduction should be as concise as possible, without an Introduction head or subheadings.
Materials and methods
should be sufficiently detailed to enable the experiments to be reproduced.
Results and Discussion may be combined
and may be organized into subheadings.
Acknowledgments should be brief.
References in the text should be cited
by author's surname and the year of publication, e.g., Long (1997); Bean and Fix (1992, p. 44) (for references to a specific page). If
more than one paper was published by the same author in a given year, the correct style is Smith (1985a) and Smith (1985b). References
should be listed alphabetically typed double-spaced at the end of the article. All references cited in the text must be listed at the
end of the paper. Journal titles should be written out in full according to the form followed in the American Sociological Association.
Only articles that have been published or are in press should be included in the references. Unpublished results or personal communications
should be cited as such in the text.
Gerber, T.P., 2000. Membership benefits or selection effects? Why former communist party members
do better in post-Soviet Russia. Social Science Research 29, 25-50.
Gibbs, J.P., 1994. Durkheim's heavy hand in the sociological
study of suicide. In: Lester, D. (Ed.), Emile Durkheim Le Suicide: One Hundred Years Later . The Charles Press, Philadelphia, pp. 30-74.
Wright, E.O., 1979. Class Structure and Income Inequality. Academic Press, New York.
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Tables should be numbered consecutively
with Arabic numerals in order of appearance in the text. Type each table double-spaced on a separate page with a short descriptive title
typed directly above and with essential footnotes below.
Equations should be typewritten with the equation number placed
in parentheses at the right margin. Reference to the equation in the text should use the form "Eq. (3)" or simply "(3)."
Preparation
of supplementary material. Elsevier accepts supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary
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background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of
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should be returned promptly.
Reprints. Twenty-five (25) reprints will be provided free of charge. Additional reprints may
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