Special Issue: Promises of Inferential Social Network Analysis (SNA) in Social Sciences: Moving Beyond Network Descriptives. Abstracts to @koksal-banoglu.bsky.social by 30th June 2026 journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

Special Issue: Generative AI and Social Science Research. Deadline for full papers extended to 9th of January 2026
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All accepted articles will benefit from an article processing charge (APC) waiver.

For some Generative AI heralds a new era of possibilities, for others it presents ethical, epistemological, and ecological challenges. We invite articles that showcase methodological innovations using Generative AI, and critical discussions on its role and implications within social science research

Simon Briscoe ‪@simonjbriscoe.bsky.social‬, GJ Melendez-Torres, Liz Shaw and Jo Thompson Coon show how researchers and policymakers can work together to produce systematic reviews which are useful for policy purposes, using hermeneutics as a theoretical framework journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Thom Snaphaan ‪@thomsnaphaan.bsky.social discusses the potential value of using crime scripting to put data in context and utilise novel techniques for the purpose of problem-oriented and intelligence-led crime reduction journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Jacob C White and Douglas L Bessette @michiganstateu.bsky.social examine a mail-based survey distribution method called Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Fiona C Giles, Mandy McKenzie, Minerva Kyei-Nimakoh, Lata Satyen, Laura Tarzia, and Kelsey Hegarty examine the management of imposter participants when conducting online research with victim-survivors and perpetrators of violence journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....