About the Journal
About JSTHD
The Journal of Socio-Technical Systems and Human Dynamics (JSTHD) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by International Journal Press. JSTHD publishes original research on the interaction between social systems, technical infrastructures, organisations, and human behaviour — the territory where what people do and what systems do shape one another.
Scope
JSTHD welcomes manuscripts that address human factors in technology adoption, platform governance, organisational change, trust and accountability, labour and the future of work, socio-technical design, and the dynamics of distributed teams. The journal sits deliberately at the intersection of social science, organisational studies, and systems engineering, and is open to empirical, methodological, and theoretical contributions.
Editorial standards
- Peer review: Double-blind, two-or-more reviewers, ~4-week turnaround target. See Peer Review Process.
- Ethics: COPE-aligned. See Publication Ethics.
- Originality: Similarity threshold below 15%. See Plagiarism Policy.
- Open access: CC BY 4.0; authors retain copyright. See Copyright & Licensing.
- Preservation: PKP PN, LOCKSS, DOI via Crossref. See Archiving Policy.
Audience
JSTHD addresses social scientists, system designers, policy scholars, organisation researchers, and the cross-disciplinary community studying how human and technical systems co-evolve.
Decision principle
Scope-first editorial triage: manuscripts within scope receive constructive review and clear timelines; manuscripts outside scope are redirected promptly with referrals to better-fit venues where possible.
Publisher
Published by International Journal Press, an open-access scholarly publisher of six independently-edited journals across the intelligence age. Editorial enquiries: [email protected].
