Leiden (NL) / Boston (MA) - 17 October 2014

Brill, the international scholarly publisher, launches its new broad open access journal in the social sciences.

Following an earlier announcement Brill is now proud to open Brill Open Social Sciences - An International Journal for submissions. Brill Open Social Sciences is meant to be a broad dedicated publication platform for papers from all branches in social sciences. The scope of the journal includes areas like applied social sciences, area studies, comparative social sciences, critical social sciences, economics and business science, global studies, international relations, political science, psychology, religion and society, sociology and anthropology, youth and adolescence, and communication studies.

The editors of Brill Open Social Sciences are aiming for the highest scholarly standards. Submitted papers are subject to double-blind peer review and accepted only if methodologically sound and relevant. Upon acceptance articles will be published within four to six weeks. Critical supplementary author materials like research data, audio, and video can be added at no extra costs. The standard license is CC-BY. For 2014 and 2015 the Article Publication Charge is set at a moderate EUR 495 / USD 655.

For more information on this media alert or on our new Brill Open membership program, please contact Sam Bruinsma, Vice President Business Development (bruinsma@brill.com), or send your inquiry to brillopen@brill.com.

About Brill
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in Leiden and Boston, Brill today publishes over 200 journals and around 800 new books and reference works each year, available in both print and electronic form. Brill also markets a large number of primary source research collections and databases. The company's key customers are academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars. Brill is a publicly traded company and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam NV.www.brill.com.

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