《社会正义研究》发表原创论文，对研究人类事务中正义的起源、结构和后果的社会科学家具有广泛的意义。该杂志采用传统和新颖的方法，涵盖了与司法相关的研究工作，涵盖了社会科学和其他领域:心理学、社会学、人类学、经济学、社会政策研究、政治学、法学、管理学等。这种多学科方法促进了不同社会科学视角的融合。除了理论、实证和方法方面的原创研究论文外，该杂志还不时出版书评和专题文章。
Social Justice Research publishes original papers that have broad implications for social scientists investigating the origins, structures, and consequences of justice in human affairs.The journal encompasses justice-related research work using traditional and novel approaches, and spanning the social sciences and beyond: psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, social policy research, political science, law, management science, and others.This multidisciplinary approach advances the integration of diverse social science perspectives. In addition to original research papers - theoretical, empirical, and methodological - the journal publishes book reviews and, from time to time, special thematic issues.