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First published in 2002 the Portuguese Journal of Social Science is a multi-disciplinary English-language peer-reviewed scholarly journal that is produced by ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute and published twice each year in the United Kingdom by Intellect.

Aims
The journal is dedicated primarily to introducing an international readership to the best work currently being produced by Portuguese scholars or which concerns Portugal or is being conducted as part of a project involving Portuguese institutions and organisations. Preference is give to the publication of original work, although exceptional work that has previously been published in languages other than English will be considered.

Sumbissions
Submissions of no more than 7500 words, including notes and references, are invited from scholars in the following disciplines: anthropology, economics, geography, history, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law law], political science, social psychology and sociology.

Editorial committee
The editorial committee is responsible for the day-to-day management of the journal and for appointing referees. The present members of the editorial committee are:
 * João Ferreira de Almeida (editor), ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute
 * Maria Eduarda Gonçalves, ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute
 * Emanuel Leão, ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute
 * António Costa Pinto, University of Lisbon Social Sciences Institute
 * José Manuel Leite Viegas, ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute

Editorial consultant
Stewart Lloyd-Jones is the editorial consultant and is responsible for the general administration of the journal, including liaison between the editorial committee, the authors and the publisher. His duties include maintaining an accurate register of all material submitted, and ensuring said material is of an acceptable standard of English. The editorial consultant also prepares graphics and copy-edits and proofreads all articles before they are published.

International editorial board
The international editorial board comprises leading social scientists from around the world. Their task is to help maintain the journal's standard as an academic publication. The current members of the board are:
 * Onésimo T. Almeida, Brown University, Providence RI, USA
 * Maurice Aymard, Paris, France
 * Michael Billig, Loughborough University, England, UK
 * Robert Boyer, CEPREMAP, Paris, France
 * Willem Doise, University of Geneva, Switzerland
 * Schmuel Eisenstadt, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
 * Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
 * Max Kaase, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
 * Kenneth Maxwell, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
 * Phillippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
 * Lady Margaret Sharpe, University of Sussex, England, UK
 * Verena Stolcke, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
 * Gilberto Velho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * Stuart Woolf, University of Venice, Italy
 * Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence, Italy
 * Michael Burawoy, University of California-Berkeley, USA

Access
The journal is available on-line and on paper. The electronic version is distributed by EBSCO Academic Search Complete. In Portugal it is available to subscribers to the b-On system.

Publications
In addition to the journal, PJSS also published S.Lloyd-Jones and A. C. Pinto (eds) (2003), The last empire: 30 years of Portuguese decolonisation, Intellect: Bristol.