About the Journal
Published by STAR Scholars Press located in Baltimore, Maryland (USA), the Journal of Insurance and Social Security (JISS) is an international, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal advancing rigorous scholarship at the intersection of risk, insurance, and social protection. JISS publishes original theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented research in risk management, insurance markets and products, financial inclusion and literacy, industry performance and governance, regulation and supervision, and social security and pension systems. Submissions are welcome worldwide and assessed against a single international quality standard, regardless of origin or affiliation. The journal provides immediate open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Thematic Coverage
JISS considers manuscripts across the following areas
- Risk management: enterprise, corporate, project, credit, disaster, and climate-change risk, and reinsurance practice
- Insurance markets and products: life, property, casualty, liability, health, catastrophe, micro, community-based, commercial, government, and social insurance
- Behavioural and consumer finance: customer perception of risk, decision-making, and protection-seeking behaviour
- Financial inclusion and literacy: insurance education, microfinance–micro-insurance linkages, and depository and credit-guarantee schemes
- Industry performance and governance: efficiency, sustainability, solvency, capital adequacy, customer and employee satisfaction, and good governance
- Regulation and supervision: regulatory frameworks, central-bank and bancassurance practice, cross-border activity, insurance accounting, asset management, and investment
- Social security and social protection: pension and retirement systems, old age and ageing, unemployment, healthcare and long-term-care benefits, and protection for formal and informal sectors
- Market conduct and operations: distribution channels, marketing strategy, fraud control, and claims management
Publish With Us
The Journal of Insurance and Social Security (JISS) publishes rigorous, original research on risk, insurance, and social protection from scholars worldwide. Here's why authors choose JISS:
International reach. An editorial team and author community spanning multiple countries and continents — your work is read and cited globally.
Rigorous peer review. Every manuscript receives constructive, double-blind review held to international standards.
Fast decisions. We aim for an initial decision within 90 days and Online First publication within 30 days of acceptance.
Open access, no fees. Immediate open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence, with no submission, review, or publication charges.
Maximum visibility. Open access plus database indexing means greater discoverability and more citations for your work.
JISS is published by STAR Scholars Press, Baltimore, Maryland (United States).
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