"Social and Legal Studios" is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal that publishes original research, theoretical and review articles, that provide an interdisciplinary approach to socio-legal studies. The journal covers a wide range of issues in jurisprudence, law enforcement, economics, psychology and related scientific areas. The purpose of the journal is to present the results of current theoretical and empirical research, to show different views on global and regional scientific problems, to analyze the prospects of social fields of knowledge, to develop interdisciplinary approaches to combating socio-legal challenges. More about this in the section Aims and Scope.

Co-founders: Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, “Scientific Journals” LLC.

Publisher: Lviv State University of Internal Affairs.

Link to the journal on the publisher's website: Social and Legal Studios.

Year of foundation: 2018.

Frequency: 4 issues per year.

Language: English.

Editor-in-Chief: Olha Balynska.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Ihor Halian.

State Registration: Media identifier R30-03382. Decision of the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine No. 352, Minutes No. 10, dated 14.03.2024.

The editorial board of the scientific journal includes well-known scientists from Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Denmark, and the USA. Information about the full staff is available in the section Editorial Board.

All materials are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License, which allows others to redistribute the work with acknowledgment of the authorship of the work and the first publication in this journal. 

The journal adheres to an Open Access Policy, supporting the principles of free dissemination of scientific information and global exchange of knowledge, for the sake of social progress. This means that all of its content is available for free viewing by users. For more information, see the Open Access Policy. Full-text access to the scientific articles of the journal is available in the All Issues. CLOCKSS system has permission to ingest, preserve, and serve this Archival Unit.

The journal is included in the list of scientific professional publications of Ukraine in category "A" (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 1543 of 20.12.2023):

• 0421 – Law and 1032 – Protection of persons and property;
• 0311 – Economics, 0412 – Finance, Banking and Insurance, 0413 – Management and administration (publication of articles in this area has been stopped since 1st issue for 2024);
• 0313 – Psychology.