Ask: Research & Methods

30/04/2026

Dear Researchers,
We are happy to announce that the 2025 issue of Ask: Research & Methods has now been published:
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v34i1.0006

We also cordially invite new submissions of original papers falling within the scope of Ask for publication in the 2027 issue: https://ojs.academicon.pl/ask/about/submissions 🤓

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

16/02/2026

We are happy to announce that the new online first for the 2025 Ask edition has just been published: 'Measuring Social Origin: A Comparison of Questioning Methods' by Dariusz Przybysz.
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v34i1.0004
We also cordially invite new submissions of original papers falling within the scope of Ask for publication in the upcoming issue of 2026: https://ojs.academicon.pl/ask/about/submissions 🤓

22/01/2026

Dear Researchers,
We are happy to announce that the 2024 issue of Ask: Research & Methods has now been published:
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v33i1.0006

The 2025 issue will also be finalized soon. Three articles are already available online first:
‘Between the will of respondents and the obligation of comprehensive explanations. The question of authorisation in sociological research’ by Katarzyna Andrejuk and Klaudia Khan
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v34i1.0001

‘Representation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in the Ukrainian Media Discourse. Stability and Transformation’ by Daria Batychko
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v34i1.0002

‘Dyadic approach in exploring the relationship between loneliness and subjective well-being among older partners in Europe’ by Milena Chełchowska
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v34i1.0003

“Within-couple differences in loneliness might positively influence subjective well-being. This study is part of the trend toward expanding awareness of the need to examine partners and their interdependence.”

We are also currently seeking two more articles for the 2026 issue: https://ojs.academicon.pl/ask/about/submissions

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

02/10/2025

Dear Researchers,
We are excited to announce new submission opportunities for upcoming issues of Ask: Research & Methods, a peer-reviewed, free-of-charge Diamond Open Access journal. The journal is published by Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk and The Ohio State University.

New contribution types:
1. Methodological Reviews – concise, practice-oriented “how-to” articles from our Method Toolbox
2. Short Notes – brief manuscripts with rapid review and dissemination

We also continue to welcome submissions of regular articles for our 2025 and 2026 issues.

👉 Learn more and submit: https://ask.ifispan.edu.pl/?page_id=85

22/04/2025

Dear Researchers,
We are excited to announce the Call for Papers for the upcoming 2025 issue of Ask: Research & Methods—a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 1995) and The Ohio State University (since 2014).

We welcome a broad range of submissions, including: original research articles, theoretical contributions on methodological innovations in the social sciences, research reports, review articles, book or software reviews, and commentaries on methodological or research practice issues.

To submit your work or to register, please visit: https://ojs.academicon.pl/ask/about/submissions
We look forward to your contributions to the 2025 edition!

03/04/2025

We are happy to announce that the new online first for the 2024 Ask edition has just been published: 'Internet, social media use, and online privacy habits of Poles – comparison of general population and online panel's users (initial study report)' by Maria Flakus and Hubert Plisiecki.
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v33i1.0001
We also cordially invite new submissions of original papers falling within the scope of Ask for publication in the upcoming issue of 2025: https://ojs.academicon.pl/ask/about/submissions 🤓
"The introduced paper aimes to present and analyze the Internet and SM use habits among the Poles recruited within two independent cross-sectional studies utilizing different samples: (1) representative of a general population of Poland (study 1), (2) respondents of an online survey panel (study 2)."

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

26/12/2024

Merry Christmas to you and your family!
We would like to announce that the entire issue of Ask: Research & Methods (Vol. 32), including two new articles, has recently been published.

Full issue: https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v32i1.0003

New articles:
'Stability and Determinants of Social Acceptance of Innovative Sustainable Technologies. Evidence from a Two-Wave Panel Study' by Nelly Buntfuß, Manuel Holz and Jochen Mayerl
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v32i1.0005

'How do local political elites respond to a survey? Evidence from a large-scale councilors survey in Poland' by Jan Kroszka, Tomasz Żółtak and Adam Gendźwiłł
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v32i1.0006

"Since most of empirical evidence regarding sustainable technology acceptance derives from cross-sectional studies, little is known about the stability of attitudes and beliefs over time, especially when considering new innovative technologies. For this purpose, a two-wave panel study was conducted in order to contribute to the existing matter literature." 🌱🌍🤝🌳

We also invite new submissions for publication in upcoming issues: https://ojs.academicon.pl/ask/about/submissions 🤓

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

05/11/2024

We would like to announce that the new online-first article has just been published: 'Studying Hard-to-Reach Populations applications using river sampling, The case of foster families' by Agata Skalec-Ruczyńska.
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v32i1.0004
We also cordially invite new submissions of original papers falling within the scope of Ask for publication in upcoming issues of 2024 and 2025: https://ojs.academicon.pl/ask/about/submissions 🤓
"This paper presents the application of non-probability sampling – the rivers sample method to reach a group of professional foster parents in Poland – case of hard-to-reach population. This is a population whose public, nationwide register does not exist." 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🇵🇱🖊

16/09/2024

We are pleased to announce that the new online-first article has just been published: 'The Many Faces of Cognitive Labs in Educational Measurement' by Meirav Arieli-Attali, Irvin R. Katz and Gabrielle Cayton-Hodges.
👉 https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v32i1.0002

We also cordially invite new submissions of original papers falling within the scope of Ask for publication in upcoming issues of 2024 and 2025: https://ojs.academicon.pl/ask/about/submissions 🤓

"A cognitive lab is a session where a participant is invited to perform a task in a laboratory setting with an experimenter or interviewer. The participant is introduced with the task, and is expected to perform it while “thinking out-loud”, that is, while saying out-loud the inner thoughts that come into their attention (without reflection or approaching the interviewer in any way)..." ✍️🧠🗣💡📝

Cognitive labs are becoming increasingly popular over the past decades as methods for gathering detailed data on the processes by which test‑takers understand and solve assessment items and tasks. Yet, there’s still misunderstandings and misconceptions about this method, and there is somewhat sk...