About the Journal
Exploring human experiences, celebrating cultural diversity, and understanding society through meaningful interdisciplinary scholarship.
Understanding humanity. Exploring culture. Enriching society.
Jurnal Humaniora & Masyarakat is a scholarly journal dedicated to research that advances understanding of human experiences, cultures, social relationships, institutions, and contemporary community issues. The journal provides an academic forum for researchers, educators, students, and practitioners to exchange evidence-based perspectives and contribute to interdisciplinary dialogue across the humanities and social sciences.
The journal welcomes original research articles, review articles, and other scholarly contributions examining language and literature, history, philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, communication, education, community development, social policy, and related studies of society. Submissions should demonstrate clear scholarly aims, appropriate methods or analytical approaches, engagement with relevant research, and conclusions supported by evidence.
Human understanding. Cultural insight. Social relevance.
The journal connects rigorous scholarship with contemporary questions of identity, communication, institutions, social change, and community life, encouraging contributions with theoretical, empirical, or practical significance.
Research articles, reviews, and evidence-based interdisciplinary contributions
Inquiry into culture, language, history, human experiences, and social relations
Research ethics, transparent editorial assessment, and reliable academic sources
Advancing understanding of humanity and society
The journal aims to advance understanding of human experiences, cultural diversity, social institutions, and contemporary community challenges through rigorous, ethical, and interdisciplinary research. It encourages work that contributes to scholarly debate, supports informed public discussion, and offers relevant theoretical, empirical, or practical insights into society and its ongoing transformations.
Exploring cultures, communities, and social change
The journal welcomes contributions across interconnected areas of humanities and social inquiry, including the following themes and related interdisciplinary questions.
Humanities & Cultural Studies
Human experiences, cultural practices, cultural diversity, identity, and interdisciplinary humanities inquiry.
Language & Literature
Language, literature, texts, communication practices, meaning-making, and cultural expression.
History & Philosophy
Historical inquiry, philosophical thought, ideas, values, ethics, and interpretations of human experience.
Sociology & Anthropology
Social relations, institutions, communities, social change, anthropological perspectives, and everyday life.
Communication & Education
Communication studies, learning, educational contexts, social interaction, and knowledge dissemination.
Community Development & Social Policy
Community issues, social policy, participation, development practices, and interdisciplinary studies of society.
Constructive editorial assessment and peer review
Submitted manuscripts undergo initial editorial screening for relevance to the journal’s aims and scope, originality, academic writing, research ethics, and adherence to author guidelines. Manuscripts that pass screening are sent to qualified reviewers with relevant expertise through a peer-review process that assesses methods, evidence, analysis, clarity, and scholarly contribution. The editor considers reviewer reports and makes the final editorial decision. Reviews are conducted confidentially, and potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed.
Research integrity and responsible publication
The journal expects authors, editors, and reviewers to uphold accuracy, fairness, accountability, confidentiality, and respect for research participants. Submissions must appropriately acknowledge sources, protect personal or sensitive data, and disclose relevant funding and competing interests. Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, and inappropriate manipulation of data or images are incompatible with its publication standards.
Our commitment to meaningful interdisciplinary scholarship
Jurnal Humaniora & Masyarakat seeks to publish original, clearly reasoned, ethically prepared, and socially relevant scholarship. By encouraging constructive exchange across the humanities and social sciences, the journal aims to deepen understanding of cultural diversity, human interaction, institutions, and community development while contributing to thoughtful discussion of contemporary social challenges.