https://ojs.bbwpublisher.com/index.php/ssr/issue/feedScientific and Social Research2026-06-05T13:39:32+08:00ssrinfo@bbwpublisher.comOpen Journal Systems<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Scientific and Social Research (SSR)</em> publishes papers devoted to quantitative social science research and methodology. The journal features articles that illustrate the use of quantitative methods to empirically test social science theory. The journal emphasizes research concerned with issues or methods that cut across traditional disciplinary lines. Special attention is given to methods that have been used by only one particular social science discipline, but that may have application to a broader range of areas with an ultimate goal of testing social science theory. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Its articles yield new insights into established practices, evaluate new techniques and research, examine current social problems, and bring serious critical analysis to bear on problems in the profession. Review chapters typically cover social processes, institutions and culture, organizations, political and economic sociology, stratification, demography, urban sociology, social policy, historical sociology, and major developments in sociology in other regions of the world. Major emphasis is placed on social policy and the solutions to serious human problems.</p>https://ojs.bbwpublisher.com/index.php/ssr/article/view/15030A Review of Key Works and Translation in North American Oracle-Bone Studies2026-06-05T13:39:31+08:00Fang Gengfang.geng@gznu.edu.cn<p>This article reviews the key works of North American oracle-bone studies, focusing on its historical development, as well as its translation and reception within the Chinese academic context. The existing scholarship can be divided into three major phases: the early stage (1910s-1930s) , which focused on the collection and cataloguing of oracle-bone inscriptions; the stage of disciplinary formation (1950s-1990s), characterized by palaeographic and linguistic interpretation; and the stage of interdisciplinary expansion since the 21 century, marked by the increasing integration of linguistics, archaeology, anthropology, history, and comparative studies. The translation and reception of North American oracle-bone scholarship in China have taken various forms: the translations of influential monographs, historiographical introductions, and studies of translation practices. The review shows that while North American oracle-bone studies occupies a significant position in global oracle bone studies, it still lacks systematic bibliographic compilation, while its translation, dissemination, and reception in the Chinese academic context remain insufficiently studied.</p>2026-06-05T13:38:40+08:00Copyright (c) 2026 Author(s)