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Journal identity
Ethical Review of Social Sciences is an international peer-reviewed journal published by Durham & Thunmann.
ERSS examines ethical questions that arise within social institutions, collective behaviour, public policy, economic life, technology, law, culture and the environment.
The journal welcomes work that combines normative clarity with serious engagement in social-scientific evidence, methods and contexts.
- Journal title
- Ethical Review of Social Sciences
- Abbreviation
- ERSS
- Electronic ISSN
- 2978-8358
- Publisher
- Durham & Thunmann
- Language
- English
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Aims and scope
The journal publishes original research, review essays, methodological interventions, commentaries and editorial material across philosophy and the social sciences.
It is especially interested in scholarship that explains how ethical principles are interpreted, contested and institutionalised in real social settings.
- Moral and political philosophy
- Ethics of economics and organisations
- Technology, AI and society
- Environment and intergenerational justice
- Law, institutions and human rights
- Research ethics and methodology
- Culture, identity and social justice
- Health, care and social responsibility
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Publishing model
ERSS is diamond open access: readers have immediate access and authors are not charged an article processing fee.
- Access
- Immediate open access
- Author fee
- No APC or submission fee
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous
- Standard licence for new articles
- CC BY 4.0
- Persistent identifiers
- DOI
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Editorial independence
Editorial decisions are based on scholarly relevance, methodological quality, ethical integrity and contribution to knowledge. Commercial considerations do not determine acceptance.
The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the journal's editorial direction and final publication decisions. Editors and reviewers must declare relevant conflicts of interest and recuse themselves when impartial assessment is not possible.