Lectio Socialis is a journal that was first published in September 2017, focusing on the fields of social sciences and humanities. The journal has both print and electronic versions, with print ISSN 2602-2524 and e-ISSN 2602-2443. Initially, it was published by a Turkish NGO called the Association of Istanbul Hope Movement (İstanbul Umut Hareketi Derneği) until 2022.
In 2019, Lectio Socialis gained international status by inviting academics from all over the world to serve as board members and area editors. The NGO transferred the publishing rights of the journal to the founding editor-in-chief, Assoc. Prof. Emrah Konuralp, in 2022. This step has strengthened the editorial independence of the journal. Konuralp became both the publisher and the editor-in-chief of Lectio Socialis.
Since Konuralp became the journal's publisher, it has been published exclusively as an electronic journal, and the print-ISSN (2602-2524) was closed as of 28 March 2022. Additionally, the journal narrowed down its scope to policy-relevant issues of social sciences.
The change of publisher has positively impacted the global credibility of Lectio Socialis. The journal continues to be published twice a year, with an average of ten articles per year, and places great importance on internationalization in terms of editorship, refereeing, board membership and authorship. As of 2023, the journal has published 62 studies by 61 authors, including one book review, six review articles, and 55 research articles. In the last three issues of the journal, seven of the 17 authors were from Turkey, and ten were from other countries.
