Cross-Cultural Research
Cross-Cultural Research, formerly Behavior Science Research, is sponsored by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF). For over three decades, Cross-Cultural Research has made unique contributions to cross-cultural scholarship. In the 1990s CCR expanded its editorial focus to include peer-reviewed articles that describe cross-cultural and comparative studies in all human sciences.
Each issue of Cross-Cultural Research, published quarterly, focuses on research that systematically tests theories about human society and behavior, spanning societies, cultures, and nations. Research reports, review articles, methodological studies, bibliographies and discussion pieces offer you a wealth of information on cross-cultural issues, providing the global perspective you need to form clear and accurate conclusions from your own studies.
Interdisciplinary
With Cross-Cultural Research you have access to cross-cultural and comparative research by scholars from a variety of disciplines, including: Anthropology • Archaeology • Economics • Education • Evolutionary Biology • Family Studies • Gerontology • History • Human Ecology • Political Ecology • Psychology • Sociology
The Society for Cross-Cultural Research
Cross-Cultural Research is the official journal of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. Founded in 1972, the purpose of the Society is to "support and encourage interdisciplinary, comparative research that has as its object the establishment of scientifically derived generalizations about human behaviour". Members of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research receive Cross-Cultural Research as a benefit of membership.
Cross-Cultural Research, formerly Behavior Science Research, is sponsored by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) and is the official journal of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. The mission of the journal is to publish peer-reviewed articles describing cross-cultural or comparative studies in all the social/behavioral sciences and other sciences dealing with humans, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, human ecology, and evolutionary biology. Worldwide cross-cultural studies are particularly welcomed, but all kinds of systematic comparisons are acceptable so long as they deal explicitly with cross-cultural issues pertaining to the constraints and variables of human behavior. Studies that deal with measured differences between or among cultures (or subjects therefrom) must link them to other measured differences between or among the cultures. In other words, the study must do more than just compare two or more cultures (or people from them). The dependent variable(s) must be linked statistically (or casually, at least by argument) to one or more independent variable(s) that have been measured. The journal has this requirement because an observed difference could be the result of any other difference(s) between or among the cultures compared. The study should present evidence that narrows down the casual possibilities with regard to the dependent variable(s). The possibly explanatory variables may be cultural, geographic, historical, etc. Measures could be based on ethnography, individual testing, behavior observations, etc.
| Carol R. Ember | Human Relations Area Files, New Haven, USA |
| Patricia D. Andreucci | HRAF, USA |
| Herbert Barry, III | Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| Deborah L. Best | Wake Forest University, USA |
| Michael Burton | Anthropology, University of California, Irvine, USA |
| Garry Chick | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| David E. Cournoyer | Social Work, University of Connecticut, USA |
| Gary M. Feinman | Anthropology, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Lewellyn Hendrix | Sociology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA |
| Bobbi Low | Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, USA |
| Carmella C. Moore | Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA |
| Robert L. Munroe | Anthropology, Pitzer College, USA |
| Peter N. Peregrine | Anthropology, Lawrence University, USA |
| Douglas Raybeck | Anthropology, Hamilton College, USA |
| Marc H. Ross | Political Science, Bryn Mawr College, USA |
| Bruce Russett | USA |
| Alice Schlegel | University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology, Tuscon, USA |
| Robert W. Schrauf | Applied Linguistics, Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| Marshall Segall | Psychology, Syracuse University, USA |
| Melvin Ember | HRAF, USA |
Cross-Cultural Research (CCR) is sponsored by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) and is the official journal of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. The mission of the journal is to publish peer-reviewed articles describing cross-cultural or comparative studies in all of the social/behavioral sciences and other sciences dealing with humans, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, human ecology, and evolutionary biology. Worldwide cross-cultural studies are particularly welcomed, but all kinds of systematic cross-cultural comparisons fitting the guidelines in the next paragraph will be considered if they deal explicitly with cross-cultural issues pertaining to the constants and variables of human behavior. Single-case within-culture comparisons may be considered if they include an in-depth study of the cultural communities in which people live and one or both of the following:
- a research design that explicitly tests an assumption or a hypothesis from the cross-cultural literature that is difficult to test cross-culturally with the present state of information
- measures of subgroup cultural variation that can be used to evaluate explanations of why subgroups vary.
Although empirical articles are preferred, we will also consider ground-breaking theoretical and methodological articles with direct relevance to cross-cultural research. Special guest-edited issues with cross-cultural themes may be considered. Please send preliminary proposals to the editor.
Studies that deal with measured differences between or among cultures (or subjects therefrom) must link them to other measured differences between or among the cultures. The study must do more than just compare two or more cultures (or people from them). The dependent variable(s) must be linked statistically (or causally, at least by argument) to one or more independent variable(s) that have been measured. The journal has this requirement because an observed difference could be the result of any other difference(s) between or among the cultures compared. The study should present evidence that narrows down the causal possibilities with regard to the dependent variable(s). Examples of possibly explanatory variables may be cultural, geographic, historical, and biological. Measures could be based on ethnography, individual testing, behavior observations,or other information.
Manuscripts should be submitted via the CCR SAGE Track manuscript submission portal. Articles should be typewritten and double spaced, with abstract, footnotes, references, tables, and charts on separate pages, and they should follow guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition or higher). Manuscripts will be sent out anonymously for editorial evaluation, so the author’s name and affiliation should appear only on a separate cover page. Each article should begin with a title and an abstract of about 150 words. Obtaining permission for any quoted or reprinted material that requires permission, and paying any associated fees, are the responsibility of the author. Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal. Authors submitting a manuscript to the journal should not simultaneously submit it to another journal, nor should the manuscript have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content. Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult the editor.
Supplementary Materials
Supplemental material refers to any additional pieces to your article submission that should not be included in the issue or print versions, such as appendices, tables, and audio and video material that is impossible to produce within the article. We ask that upon initial submission to please submit all of your supplemental material files with your manuscript. Upon acceptance, the length of your supplemental files may necessitate that it is uploaded to Figshare. Please see our Supplemental Material – Guidelines for authors for any further questions you may have regarding supplemental materials or Figshare.
SAGE Choice
If you or your funder wishes your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Choice, subject to the payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit SAGE Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at SAGE, including self/author archiving deposits (green open access) visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.