ISSN : 2347-47777
(UGC approved Multi-disciplinary Peer- Reviewed Journal)

Indexed in UGC CARE from January 2020 to 10th February 2025

Indexed in Crossref

About the Journal
The International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Sciences (IJCSSS) is a UGC-approved, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the promotion of high-quality research in the broad domains of culture studies and social sciences. The Journal is published by the Tagore Gandhi Institute for Culture Studies and Service–Learning (TGI) and Shakespeare Society of Eastern India (SSEI) in collaboration with Avantgarde Press. The articles published in the Journal reflect the best of scholarship and intellectual enquiry. The journal provides an intellectual platform for scholars, researchers, teachers, and practitioners to engage in critical dialogue and interdisciplinary inquiry addressing contemporary cultural, social, political, and economic issues at national and global levels.
IJCSSS encourages original research articles, review papers, case studies, and theoretical explorations that contribute to the understanding of cultural dynamics and social structures. The journal adopts a rigorous peer-review process to ensure academic integrity, originality, and relevance. By fostering interdisciplinary perspectives, the journal bridges gaps between humanities and social science disciplines and promotes innovative approaches to research and scholarship.

Peer reviewed content
The International Journal of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences (ISSN: 2347-4777), published by the Tagore Gandhi Institute, is a rigorously peer-reviewed academic journal committed to maintaining high scholarly standards. All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo a double-blind peer review process, ensuring impartial evaluation based solely on academic merit, originality, methodological rigor, and relevance to the journal’s scope.
Each submission is reviewed by subject-matter experts drawn from diverse academic institutions and research backgrounds. Reviewers assess the quality of research design, theoretical contribution, ethical compliance, clarity of presentation, and relevance to contemporary issues in cultural studies and social sciences. Authors are required to address reviewers’ comments and make necessary revisions before final acceptance.
The journal has successfully published 24 issues to date, reflecting consistency, editorial stability, and sustained academic contribution. Through its peer-review mechanism, the journal ensures that only original, high-quality, and ethically sound research is disseminated to the academic community, aligning with international publishing standards and the selection criteria of SCOPUS and MLA indexed journals.

Regularity
The International Journal of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences (ISSN: 2347-4777) is a biannual, peer-reviewed academic journal published in the English language by the Tagore Gandhi Institute. The journal began its journey from 2014. The journal is published on a regular and consistent biannual schedule (June and December), demonstrating editorial stability and long-term commitment to scholarly publishing.
The journal holds a valid ISSN (2347-4777), duly registered and confirmed through the ISSN International Centre, fulfilling the essential requirement for international serial identification with DOI number for each paper. Since its inception, the journal has successfully published 24 issues without interruption, reflecting reliability, continuity, and adherence to its stated publication frequency.
All back issues and current issues of the journal are fully accessible online through the official website of the publisher: www.tgi.org.in. (https://tgi.org.in/ijcsss/) . The website serves as a permanent digital archive, ensuring transparency, discoverability, and long-term availability of published content for researchers, reviewers, and indexing agencies.
The journal’s regular publication history, confirmed ISSN registration, and comprehensive online accessibility align with the selection criteria and quality standards required for inclusion in the DOJA, SCOPUS and MLA indexing database.

Abstracts and Article Titles
The International Journal of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences is a journal published in English language. Each paper contains an abstract with few keywords of the paper. Title of the paper and name and academic affiliation of the contributors are clearly mentioned in the text for wide response of the reader.

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
All the papers are carefully checked by blind peer review. And plagiarism is checked and verified by the standard software to keep the ethics of the journal. All the papers are original contribution of the writer with a definite research methodology, research question and research output. The papers published elsewhere in any form is not considered for inclusion in this journal. This policy is clearly mentioned in Publication Ethics

Submission Guidelines
International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Sciences is a biannual journal published in the months of December and June. The articles published in the Journal reflect the best of scholarship and intellectual enquiry. IJCSSS welcomes critical essays and research articles from academicians and scholars across various disciplines like history, literature, politics, culture studies, anthropology, gender studies, science, commerce, management and other relevant fields of investigation. Papers submitted should be innovative and thought-provoking in approach. See Submission Guidelines

Ownership and Management

The journal has a dedicated editorial board with national and international affiliation. The journal is published by the Tagore-Gandhi Institute for Cultural Studies and Social Sciences, a government registered non profitable academic society with registration number SO115437 of 2023-2024 in Registration of Societies West Bengal Act XXVI of 1961. And with the help of Avantgarde press with trade license number 0917P1642151747. However the ownership of the journal is :

Professor (Dr.)  Tapu Biswas, M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D, D.Litt.

(9830405624- tapu_biswas@yahoo.com)

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Professor, Department of English, Vice-Principal, Bhasha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan,

Honorary Secretary, Shakespeare Society of Eastern India

Mob: 9830405624

Website: http://www.ssei.org.in /www.tgi.org.in

With the official address:

Prof. (Dr.) TAPU BISWAS

146 Sarat Bose Road, Subash Nagar, Dum Dum Cantonment, Kolkata 700065 , India.

Ph 9830405624

Copyright and Licensing

Copyright of the journal is hold by Avantgarde Pres. However, if the contributors apply for copyright, it is given to them unconditionally by the editor in chief.

Author fees

No author fees or charges are required for manuscript processing and/or publishing materials in the journal.

Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct

The editorial board takes reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others (if situation arises). In no case the journal or its editors encourage such misconduct, or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place. In the event that a journal’s publisher or editors are made aware of any allegation of research misconduct relating to a published article in their journal, the publisher or editor follow COPE’s guidelines (or equivalent) in dealing with allegations.

Publishing schedule

The International Journal of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences (ISSN: 2347-4777) is a biannual, peer-reviewed academic journal published in the English language by the Tagore Gandhi Institute. The journal is published on a regular and consistent biannual schedule (June and December), demonstrating editorial stability and long-term commitment to scholarly publishing.

The journal holds a valid ISSN (2347-4777), duly registered and confirmed through the ISSN International Centre, fulfilling the essential requirement for international serial identification. Since its inception, the journal has successfully published 24 issues without interruption, reflecting reliability, continuity, and adherence to its stated publication frequency.

All back issues and current issues of the journal are fully accessible online through the official website of the publisher: www.tgi.org.in. The website serves as a permanent digital archive, ensuring transparency, discoverability, and long-term availability of published content for researchers, reviewers, and indexing agencies.

The journal’s regular publication history, confirmed ISSN registration, and comprehensive online accessibility align with the selection criteria and quality standards required for inclusion in the SCOPUS and MLA indexing database.

Access

Both the printed copies and soft copies are circulated among all editors, contributors and academicians for the interest. The back issues and current issues of the journal are fully accessible online through the official website of the publisher: www.tgi.org.in

Revenue sources

As per business policy some printed copies are sold following trading rules and regulation of the Government of India. The expenses for total process are addressed by the editor in chief in different ways.

Advertising

Till now the journal has not published any advertisement in any issue of the journal. However, there is no objection from the authority of the journal for publishing any kind of academic advertisement following the contents and the standard of the journal.

Direct marketing

Any direct marketing activities, including solicitation of manuscripts that are conducted on behalf of the journal, shall be appropriate, well targeted, and unobtrusive. Information provided about the publisher or journal is expected to be truthful and not misleading for readers or authors.

The printed copies of the journal are displayed at different academic seminars and conferences organized by Shakespeare Society of Eastern India and Tagore-Gandhi Institute wherefrom anyone can buy the printed copy of the journal. Moreover, few copies are circulated among the book sellers and other publishers for direct marketing.

Editor in Chief and Corresponding Editor:

Professor (Dr.) Tapu Biswas, D.Litt. (9830405624- tapu_biswas@yahoo.com)
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Core Editorial Board

Professor (Dr ) Subir Dhar
Professor (Dr) Tapu Biswas
Professor (Dr) Ronan Paterson
Professor (Dr) Bryan Reynolds.
Professor (Dr) Papia Mitra

Editorial and Advisory Board

International

Antony Johae, Ph.D (UK): Former Associate Professor, Kuwait University. Life Member, Shakespeare Society of Eastern India.

Aparajita Nanda, (USA): Professor of English, Berkeley, University, of California L.A.

Bryan Reynolds, Ph.D. (USA): UCI Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Drama Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Univ. of California

Emi Hamana, Ph.D. (Japan): Professor, Doctoral Program in Literature and Linguistics, University of Tsakuba

Robert Emmet Meagher, Ph.D. (USA) : Professor of Humanities, Hampshire College, USA

Sheila T. Cavanagh, Ph.D. (USA) : Chair Professor, Masse-Martin/ NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor, Emory University, Atlanta

Bashabi Fraser CBE, Ph.D. (UK): Professor Emerita of English and Creative writing at Edinburgh Napier University.

Shamsad Mortuza, Ph.D. (Bangladesh): Professor of English, Dhaka University

National

Nandini Sahu, Ph.D. Vice-Chancellor Hindi University, West Bengal.

Dattatreya Dutt, D. Litt : Former Professor of Drama, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata

Debnarayan Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D. : Former Vice-Chancellor, Bankura, University, Bankura, West Bengal

Goutam Ghosal, D. Litt : Former Professor, Department of English, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal

Harish Trivedi, Ph.D. : Former Head of the Department of English, Delhi University

K. C. Baral, Ph.D. : Former Professor of India Studies, Dept. of Comparative Literature and India Studies, EFL University, Hyderabad.

M Mani Meitei : Former Professor of English, Manipur University, Manipur

Pona Mahanta, Ph.D. : Former Professor of English, Dibrugarh University, Assam

Prakash Joshi, Ph.D. : Professor, Dept. of English Allahabd University

Rajan Joseph Barrett, Ph.D.: Professor, Dept. of English, Faculty of Arts, M.S University of Baroda, Vadodara

R. N. Rai, D. Litt. : Former Professor of English, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh

Sanjukta Dasgupta, Ph.D. : Former Professor of English and Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Calcutta

Asima Ranjan Parhi, Professor and Head , Deperment of English, Utkal University, Odisha

Mridul Bordoloi Professor Department of English. Dibrugarh University

Scope of the Journal
The journal covers, but is not limited to, the following areas:
• Cultural Studies and Cultural Theory
• Sociology and Social Thought
• Anthropology and Ethnographic Studies
• History and Heritage Studies
• Literature, Language, and Translation Studies
• Gender Studies and Identity Studies
• Media, Communication, and Film Studies
• Political Science and Public Policy
• Education, Philosophy, and Ethics
• Development Studies and Social Change
• Science, Commerce and Management.

Objectives
• To promote interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research
• To provide a global forum for scholarly exchange
• To encourage critical and comparative perspectives
• To support emerging researchers alongside established scholars
The International Journal of Culture Studies and Social Sciences aims to contribute meaningfully to academic discourse and societal understanding by publishing research that is both theoretically sound and socially relevant.

Published Issues

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DR TAPU BISWAS, D.Litt.

CORRESPONDING EDITOR PH NO : 9830405624 / 6290924062 (8.30 PM -9.30 PM)