About the Journal

Dissertia Research Reviews (ISSN 3053-6669) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing extended abstracts of MA, PhD, and postdoctoral theses and dissertations across the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS). We aim to promote comparative, interdisciplinary, and cross-regional research that bridges emerging and established fields of inquiry. The journal’s mission is to make graduate scholarship visible, citable, and globally accessible; empowering early-career researchers to share work that is often original, data-driven, and grounded in local contexts. Each publication receives DOI registration and is indexed in Dissertia’s AI-powered database, envisioned as the world’s most inclusive repository of graduate research in the humanities and social sciences.

Our Inaugural Issue:
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): Special Issue for Comparative Religion 

Special Issues

Although we generally offer rolling publication and you can submit your research anytime, for our Special Issues, the preferred deadline is the 15th of the previous month, as mentioned below.

January 2026

Submission Deadline: 15 December 2025

  1. Management Studies – Leadership, Strategy, Innovation, Finance, Marketing, Business, Administration, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, Governance, Insurance, Accounting, Policy, Tourism, etc.
  2. Theology – Systematic, Comparative, Practical, Pastoral, Biblical, Qur'an and Hadith, Philosophical, Mystical, Ethical, Feminist Theology, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist Theologies, etc.
  3. Political Science – Political Theory, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Public Policy, Political Economy, Governance, Law, Gender, Race, Power, Religion, Security, Military Studies, etc.
  4. Language Studies – Foreign Language Teaching, TEFL, TESOL, Semantics & Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Computational, Neurolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, etc.

February 2026

Submission Deadline: 15 January 2026

  1. Sport Studies – Physiology, Biomechanics, Psychology, Sociology, Nutrition, Therapy, Rehabilitation, Leisure, Kinesiology, Data, Management, Ethics, Journalism, Tourism, Coaching, etc.
  2. Education Studies – Teacher Training, Curriculum, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Intercultural, Religious, Special, Children, Adolescents, Adult, Higher Education, EdTech, AI, etc.
  3. Literature – Poetry, Prose, Drama, Criticism, Theory, Comparative Literature, Narrative, Culture, Identity, Aesthetics, Gender, Cross-Cultural, Postcolonialism, Children’s Literature, etc.
  4. Religious Studies – Comparative Religion, Spirituality, Pilgrimage, Digital and Material Religion, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, History, and Philosophy of Religion, Interreligious Studies, etc.

March 2026

Submission Deadline: 15 February 2026

  1. Sociology – Social Theory, Cultural, Urban, Rural, Political Sociology, Family, Gender, Race, Class, Religion, Economy, Geopolitics, Health, Environment, Globalization, Statistics, etc.
  2. Urban Studies – Urban Planning, Architecture, Design, Sustainability, Housing, Public Space, Infrastructure, Smart Cities, Culture, Religion, Aesthetics, Heritage, Innovation, Spatial, etc.
  3. Geographical Studies – Physical Geography, Human Geography, Political, Environmental Studies, Urban Planning, GIS, Climate Change, Migration, Landscape, Development, Sustainability, etc.
  4. Translation Studies – Literary Translation, Audiovisual Translation, Interpreting, Machine Translation, Localization, Terminology, Applied Linguistics, Culture, Religion, Technology, Multilingualism, etc.

April 2026

Submission Deadline: 15 March 2026

  1. History – Ancient, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Modern; Cultural, Political, Economic, Intellectual, Religious, Historiography, Paleography, Archaeology, Genealogy, History of Science, etc.
  2. Media Studies – Digital Culture, Media Theory, Communication, Journalism, Film, Visual Arts, Technology, AI, Data, Networks, Creativity, Global Media, Digital Religion, Cyber, Game Studies, etc.
  3. Philosophy – Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Logic, Aesthetics, Political, Religion, Applied, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Analytic, Continental, Philosophy of Mind, etc.
  4. Gender Studies – Women’s Studies, Feminism, Masculinity, Identity, Sexuality, Intersectionality, Equality, Power, Culture, Representation, Queer Theory, Body, Social Justice, Religion, etc.

May 2026

Submission Deadline: 15 April 2026

  1. Psychology & Counseling – Cognitive, Behavioral, Developmental, Clinical, Social, Educational, Health, Organizational, Forensic, Counseling, Personality, Neuroscience, Therapy, Well-being, etc.
  2. Environmental Studies – Ecology, Climate Change, Sustainability, Conservation, Energy, Biodiversity, Pollution, Environmental Policy, Ethics, Resilience, Resources, Adaptation, etc.
  3. Law & Legal Studies – Constitutional, Criminal, Civil, International, Human Rights, Environmental, Commercial, Comparative, Religious Law & Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Justice, Ethics, Governance, etc.
  4. Arts Studies – Visual, Painting, Sculpture, Crafts, Ceramics, Textile, Fiber, Metalwork, Photography, Music, Theatre, Film, Literary, Oral, Design, Aesthetics, Performance, Fashion, Criticism, Arts Policy, etc.

June 2026

Submission Deadline: 15 May 2026

  1. Ethnology & Cultural Studies – Culture, Religion, Identity, Tradition, Ritual, Heritage, Symbolism, Language, Art, Ethnomusicology, Globalization, Power, Narrative, Everyday Life, Interculturality, etc.
  2. Area & Global Studies – Regional Studies, World Studies, Globalization, Politics, Culture, Economy, Development, Migration, Identity, Religion, Diplomacy, Integration, Transnationalism, etc.
  3. Economy & Business Studies – Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Finance, Trade, Management, Marketing, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Policy, Development, Sustainability, Strategy, Political Economy, etc.
  4. Library & Information Studies – Information Science, Librarianship, Archives, Digital Humanities, Curation, Preservation, Cataloging, Museum, Manuscript, Heritage, Codicology, Knowledge Management, etc.