The International Journal of Social Analytics (IJSA) is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the exploration and advancement of knowledge in the field of social analytics. It provides a platform for researchers, academics, and professionals to share and disseminate high-quality research findings, theoretical perspectives, and practical insights related to the analysis of social data and its impact on various domains.
Scope: IJSA encompasses a broad range of topics within the realm of social analytics, including but not limited to:
Social Media Analysis: The journal welcomes research focused on analyzing social media data, such as sentiment analysis, topic modeling, user profiling, influence measurement, and community detection. Investigations into the use of social media for information propagation, opinion mining, and trend detection are also of interest.
Social Network Analysis: IJSA encourages studies that employ network analysis techniques to examine social structures, relationships, and dynamics. This includes research on social network theory, community detection, centrality measures, network visualization, and the identification of influential individuals or groups.
Text Mining and Natural Language Processing: The journal welcomes contributions that explore the extraction, categorization, and analysis of textual data from various sources, such as social media, online forums, and news articles. Approaches utilizing natural language processing, text classification, named entity recognition, and information retrieval are highly valued.
Big Data Analytics: IJSA encourages research that focuses on leveraging large-scale datasets for social analytics purposes. This includes investigations into data collection methodologies, data preprocessing techniques, scalable algorithms, and machine learning approaches to extract meaningful insights from massive social datasets.
Social Analytics Applications: The journal invites studies that demonstrate the practical application of social analytics in different domains, such as marketing, healthcare, politics, finance, education, and urban planning. Research exploring the societal implications, ethical considerations, and policy recommendations related to social analytics adoption are also of interest.
Publication: IJSA publishes original research articles, literature reviews, case studies, and conceptual papers. The journal adopts a rigorous peer-review process to ensure the quality and validity of published works. It also encourages interdisciplinary research and welcomes submissions from researchers across social sciences, computer science, data science, and related fields.
Audience: IJSA is designed to be a valuable resource for researchers, academics, practitioners, and industry professionals interested in social analytics and its applications. It serves as a forum for knowledge exchange and collaboration, promoting the advancement of the field through the dissemination of cutting-edge research and innovative methodologies.
