The Journal of Social Policy Studies provides a forum for scholarly discussion of different aspects of social policy in Russia and abroad. By placing at the center of its analysis the issues of contemporary social, economic, political and cultural transformations in post-socialist world as well as the reasons and consequences of such changes, the Journal seeks to integrate a wide range of disciplines.

To contribute to the development of social policy as an academic discipline and to expand a cross-disciplinary research area in Russia, the journal will publish scholarly papers written from critical perspectives, which will analyze social problems, reflect on the policy processes and rethink the impact of social policies on inequalities. The focus of articles ranges from macro-perspective of national and international social policy to specific cases on region- and organizational levels.

The JSPS publishes major articles, disciplinary review essays, book reviews, and special sections, which involve various aspects of social policy including associated teaching and learning issues. In particular, the journal welcomes such articles, which integrate conceptual or theoretical ideas with the use of empirical evidence. It could be an original article prepared especially for this journal as well as an already published article, for which it could be possible have a permission for translation and publishing it in Russia. The journal takes on the responsibility of translations from English into Russian.

The articles publishing in the JSPS are indexed and annotated by the following international bibliographic agencies and databases: Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, San Diego, USA), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK), EBSCO Information Services (Ipswich, MA, USA).