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About this Journal

The Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies (IJASS) was founded in 1998 and is published by the Irish Association of Social Care Educators. It aims to publish papers from across the social sciences and related applied areas, including social work, social policy, community development, education, criminology, youth work, psychology,sociology, family studies, social care, early education and related areas. In March 2011 the first Social Care Ireland conference was held. This new organisation shall be made up of three representative bodies - the Irish Association of Social Care Educators, the Irish Association of Social Care Workers and the Residential Managers Association. In the future, the Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies shall be the academic journal of Social Care Ireland.

Manuscripts may be pre-screened to ensure they fit the aims and scope of the Journal. It is editorial policy that manuscripts are sent to two anonymous peer reviewers. Our aim is to make a decision on each manuscript within 3 months.

Proposals for special theme issues are also welcome. While the primary area of focus is applied social studies in Ireland, submissions from other regions are also welcome, particularly those that provide a comparative perspective. It is editorial policy that manuscripts deemed suitable are sent to two anonymous peer reviewers. Occasional invited submissions shall be published.

The Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies has entered into an electronic licensing relationship with EBSCO Publishing, the world’s most prolific aggregator of full text journals, magazines and other sources. The full text of this publication can be found on EBSCO Publishing’s databases.

The Journal has been on-line in open access format since February 2010 and there have been 31,200+ article downloads since then.