About the Journal

		Journal title	:	SocioPedia: Journal of Sociology and Environmental Studies
		Initials	:	SocioPedia
		Abbreviation	:	SocioPedia J. Sociol. Environ. Stud.
		Frequency	:	12 issues per year
		DOI	:	https://doi.org/10.55681/aspirasidigital by Crossref
		Online ISSN	:	xxxx-xxxx
		Editor-in-Chief	:	Winda Eprilia, S.Pd.,Gr.,M.Pd
		Publisher	:	LPPM Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Aspirasi
		Citation Analysis	:	[Sinta] [Google Scholar]

SocioPedia: Journal of Sociology and Environmental Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access international journal dedicated to examining the complex, codependent relationship between human societies and the natural environment. Positioned at the vanguard of environmental sociology, political ecology, and climate justice, the journal serves as an essential scholarly forum for sociologists, human ecologists, environmental policy analysts, and sustainability researchers worldwide. SocioPedia prioritizes macro-level structural critiques, rigorous empirical investigations, and cross-disciplinary theoretical frameworks that address the social roots and human consequences of environmental degradation. By bridging classical sociological doctrines with contemporary ecological crises, the journal fosters a deep, multi-scalar understanding of how social structures, inequalities, and institutional architectures shape—and are reshaped by—the global biosphere.

Scope and Topics

The journal welcomes high-quality original research articles, critical reviews, and conceptual papers that offer significant contributions to the following thematic areas:

• Environmental Sociology & Ecological Theory: Treadmill of production, ecological modernization, metabolic rift analysis, post-humanism, and the sociology of risk and disasters.

• Climate Justice, Equity & Social Movements: Global environmental racism, disproportionate climate impacts on vulnerable groups, environmental activism, and grassroots socio-ecological movements.

• Political Ecology & Environmental Governance: Resource conflicts, corporate greenwashing, the political economy of extraction, environmental policy analysis, and community-based natural resource management (CBNRM).

• Sustainable Communities & Rural-Urban Sociology: Sustainable urbanism, eco-cities, rural transformations under environmental stress, food sovereignty, and sustainable consumption behaviors.

• Socio-Ecological Resilience & Climate Adaptation: Social dimensions of energy transitions, clean technology adoption, institutional resilience, and indigenous knowledge systems in environmental conservation.

Publication Frequency

To ensure rigorous editorial oversight, thorough peer review, and timely dissemination of cutting-edge research, SocioPedia is published semi-annually (2 issues per year, typically scheduled for release in June and December). Special thematic issues targeting urgent global ecological crises or emergent socio-environmental movements may be commissioned by the Editorial Board.

Peer Review Process

SocioPedia enforces a strict double-blind peer review policy to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity and sociological objectivity.

1. Initial Desk Evaluation: Every submission undergoes a preliminary screening by the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor to assess thematic alignment, methodological validity, and structural integrity. Plagiarism screening via Turnitin/iThenticate is strictly executed at this stage, requiring a similarity index below the journal's maximum threshold.

2. Expert Peer Review: Manuscripts passing the desk evaluation are anonymized and assigned to at least two independent international reviewers who are established experts in environmental sociology or related social-scientific disciplines.

3. Editorial Decision: Based on the reviewers' recommendations, the Editorial Board renders one of four decisions: Acceptance, Revisions Required (Minor/Major), Resubmit for Review, or Rejection. The final decision rests entirely on the intellectual merit, theoretical novelty, and empirical rigor of the work.

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Mission Statement: "The mission of SocioPedia is to deconstruct and critically analyze the structural architectures that govern human-environmental interactions within an increasingly unstable planetary ecosystem. Grounded in the philosophy that environmental crises are fundamentally social crises, the journal aims to democratize eco-sociological knowledge by providing an unrestricted, high-impact platform for global scholarly dialogue. Through the promotion of diverse methodological approaches—including qualitative environmental ethnography, quantitative spatial sociology, and comparative-historical analysis—SocioPedia seeks to empower environmental advocates, inspire evidence-based policy design, and shape equitable frameworks for global sustainable coexistence."