Studies of Transition States and Societies (STSS) is pleased to announce that the journal is transitioning to a new, modern publishing platform. The journal is now accessible at:

https://publications.tlulib.ee/index.php/stss 

All previously published issues of STSS are now available on the new website, and several new Online First papers and book reviews have already been published. We warmly invite new submissions via the new platform, and the upcoming June 2026 issue will also be released there.

The updated platform offers a more user-friendly experience for authors, reviewers, and readers, along with improved technical capabilities for manuscript submission, peer review, and access to published articles.

Please Re-Register on the New Website

User accounts could not be migrated from the previous system. To stay actively involved with the journal, we kindly ask all community members to register again on the new platform in their preferred roles—reader, author, or reviewer.

Re-registration is essential to:

• submit new manuscripts

• participate in peer review

• receive updates on newly published issues, articles, and calls for papers

Ongoing Submissions

The old website will remain accessible for a transitional period, and all ongoing review processes will be completed on the old platform. Authors and reviewers currently involved in these submissions do not need to take any action.

The STSS editorial team thanks the Tallinn University Academic Library for their ongoing support in the transition process.

About STSS

Studies of Transition States and Societies (STSS) is an open-access interdisciplinary journal for the study of transition societies with a specific focus on the intersection between the labour market and education studies from life-course perspective (see full scope here: https://publications.tlulib.ee/index.php/stss/about#focusAndScope). STSS is fully open access, does not ask for article processing charges from authors, yet provides free language editing to accepted articles. Our goal is to contribute not only to scholarly debates but also promote good practices in open science, while staying independent, uncompromising and maintaining high academic standards and ethical conduct.