Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society Accepted into Scopus
Our journal, launched in 2021, has been accepted for inclusion in Scopus. This marks an important step in the academic recognition of the WJDS.
The Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society is an academic journal that promotes innovative and interdisciplinary research on the digitalization of society. We aim to enrich the scientific debate with perspectives that go beyond the boundaries of individual disciplines and break new ground in the cooperation between research areas. However, discipline-oriented studies that focus on the relationship between digitalization and society and thus go beyond specialist discourses are also welcome. In addition, contributions that focus on digitalization research itself can be published. Such studies may concern theories, methods and the state of research on selected issues, interdisciplinary cooperation and the dialogue between science and society. We also welcome contributions that critically examine the digital society in the spirit of Joseph Weizenbaum, as well as papers that examine his life, ideas and work.
The WJDS aims to promote open research. It is a Diamond Open Access journal that does not charge fees to authors or readers, with all content freely available. Users are permitted 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 needing to obtain prior permission from the publisher or the author.
Our journal, launched in 2021, has been accepted for inclusion in Scopus. This marks an important step in the academic recognition of the WJDS.
The Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society (WJDS) calls for papers for a special issue marking the 60th anniversary of ELIZA, one of the first chatbots developed by Joseph Weizenbaum. Co-edited by Christian Strippel (Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin) and Magnus Rust (University of Basel), the special issue invites interdisciplinary contributions exploring ELIZA’s legacy and its relevance to current debates on AI, including topics such as the anthropomorphization, commercialization, gendering, and mythologization of AI technologies.
The Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society is published by the Weizenbaum Institute. It is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
ISSN: 2748-5625
Managing Editor: Martin Emmer
Contact: wjds[at]weizenbaum-institut.de
The Weizenbaum Institute is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)