When we decided to pursue this position, we first took note that the popularity and reputation of Social Science Quarterly are built on the publication of high quality social science research that is of interest to a broad audience of readers across several social science disciplines. We hope to continue that tradition, seeking submissions of the best empirical scholarship from all of the social science disciplines while continuing to publish articles that apply rigorous and creative methods to answer interesting questions.

Our primary goal is to continue the tradition of quality scholarship that defines the journal, in areas of traditional strengths such as environmental studies, race and ethnic studies, and gender studies. That said, SSQ has always been more than these areas of study and we strongly encourage submissions that apply the diversity and plurality of emerging empirical methods to address the breadth of social science questions.