Journal to Cease Publication
Hello from the editorial team at the Journal of Social Media in Society!
JSMS was created to fit a unique need — a home for scholarship about social media when that was hard to find. We believe the journal served its purpose successfully. When the journal began, it was difficult to find journals willing to consider pieces about Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms. Now, journals have become receptive to works related to social media as a part of our communication schema in society.
And so, the editorial team has decided to shutter the journal. Our Spring 2025 issue was our last. Below, we outline our process in order to help authors with adjustments they may need to make.
As part of our closure process, all submissions have moved through our online system and no new submissions have been accepted for the past six months.
The http://thejsms.org website will remain active this month. After that time, we will move to an archived system, and authors will be notified. Articles should still appear in GALE and EBSCOHOST databases.
In the meantime, we suggest authors download their works to a local system and ask their libraries to archive individual articles. Current hyperlinks will change. Please forward this message to any of your co-authors on JSMS pieces who might not be in the system.
Access to the online portal and documents loaded on OJS – our submission system – will end at the close of January. Our jsms@tarleton.edu email will be available for the next three months. A webpage at https://www.tarleton.edu/jsms/ will be updated soon and maintained if stakeholders need to reference the journal and its active dates.
We want to thank you for your support of the JSMS over the past 13 years. To our reviewers, we would not have made it without you. It’s your selfless service that keeps the journal system working. We are especially thankful to our founding reviewers who have been with us since the beginning! To our authors, thank you for trusting us with your manuscripts. Your contributions have pushed social media research forward.
On behalf of the editorial team,
-Sarah
