About US
Manuscript Types
Submission Guidelines
Peer Review Process
How to Submit

About Us

AJUS is dedicated to publishing brilliance. We believe that traditional peer review is overrated and that every social scientist deserves a place to share their abandoned “ideas”, dissertation chapters, vague thoughts, and data analysis that speaks for itself.

Manuscript Types

  • Theoretical Speculations | Wildly ambitious frameworks with no empirical evidence.
  • Data? | Raw numbers in an Excel file, preferably unformatted.
  • Ethnographic Musings | 1-2 notes jotted down on a napkin.
  • Methodological Hot Takes | No actual study, just vibes.
  • Unfinished Dissertations | Someone in the future might just read it.

Submission Guidelines

  • Proposing sociological questions but don’t answer them.
  • 30% finished but like 110% effort.
  • Include citations you “meant to look up later”, TBD”…
  • Feature tables and figures that may or may not be related to the topic.
  • Have at least one paragraph that was clearly written at 2 AM (while over or under caffeinated).

Formatting Requirements

  • Length: We encourage all manuscripts to be between 500 words and wherever your heart tells you to stop.
  • Font: Something not so basic, expand your horizons.
  • Citations: Surprise us, APA, MLA, CFG, SSD, GHD, DGD… 
  • Abstract: Don’t be too vague.

References: Don’t forget anyone, because we will look through and will send it to whomever you forgot to cite…

Peer Review Process

All submissions will undergo our patented/trademarked Mega-Triple-Blind Peer Review System™, where:

  1. The authors forgot what they wrote.
  2. The reviewers don’t read 90% of the manuscript and pick 1 or 2 arbitrary things to call out..
  3. The editors decide based on their breakfast.
  4. We guarantee comprehensive feedback (e.g., “Interesting…?”).

If your paper is rejected, you may submit an appeal by:

  • Resending the exact same manuscript but in a different font.
  • Arguing that “Foucault would have accepted this.”
  • Threatening to start your own journal.

How to Submit:

Send your completed-ish manuscript via: