Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Social Sciences was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Social Sciences was indexed in Scopus. 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 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. 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. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2017 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Martin J. Bull |
| 2018–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nigel Parton |
