About the Journal

The open access, peer-reviewed journal Single-Case in the Social Sciences (SCSS) focuses on applying single-case designs across applied behavior analysis, counseling, counselor education and supervision, education, special education, psychology, and social work. The journal disseminates scholarly work to expand the knowledge base across these disciplines. 

SCSS publishes original experimental single-case studies, systematic reviews or meta-analyses of single-case research, and methods articles to enhance the rigorous conduct and transparent reporting of single-case studies. The journal serves as a shared space to improve the methodological decisions used in single-case designs, increasing the credibility and trustworthiness of research outcomes. 

Published biannually, SCSS provides researchers and practitioners in applied fields a specialized outlet to contribute to knowledge on single-case research and evaluation methods. The journal is independently published through the University of Oklahoma Libraries and supported by reviewers, sponsors, and an editorial team dedicated to disseminating quality work for the advancement of single-case research.

Open Access Statement

The journal SCSS is an open access journal. This means all content published through SCSS is accessible and free to the public with the hopes that the dissemination of research and knowledge can benefit the greater good. In accordance with the Center for Open Science (COS) definition of open access, those accessing the website are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.  

SCSS uses an Anonymous Reviewer/Anonymous Author peer review process and publishes articles under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, making them freely available. The journal’s open access format supports its aim to serve as an educational resource and forum for open science practices like pre-registration, open data, and open materials. 

Unless otherwise noted, works published in SCSS are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND). By granting a CC BY-NC-ND license in their work, authors retain copyright ownership of the work, but they give explicit permission for others to download, reuse, reprint, distribute, and/or share the work, as long as the original source and author(s) are properly cited (i.e. a complete bibliographic citation and link to the SCSS website). No permission is required from the author(s) or the publishers for such use. According to the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND license, any reuse or redistribution must indicate the original CC-BY-NC-ND license terms of the work. Exceptions to the application of the CC BY-NC-ND license may be granted at the author(s)’ discretion if reasonable extenuating circumstances exist. Such exceptions must be granted in writing. For coordinating use permission you may contact the author directly. 

Open Science Statement 

SCSS will require authors to adhere to specific guidelines that align to the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. These requirements will focus on the following aspects: (a) citation standards, (b) data transparency, (c) analytic methods (code) transparency, (d) research materials transparency, (e) design and analysis transparency, (f) study preregistration and analysis plan preregistration, and (g) replication.