Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07798-5 Spatial impact of cultural industry agglomeration on urban economic sustainability: evidence from three major urban agglomerations in China

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07935-0 How does digital technology empower rural governance? Evidence from China

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-06657-7 Risk-volatility interdependence in China's new energy market: evidence from critical macroeconomic determinants

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 16 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07954-x When reproduction splits: clarifying replication, reproducibility, verification, and authenticity in digitally mediated humanities research

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07635-9 EU creative labour markets in times of crises: a comparative assessment of resilience during the economic recession and COVID-19 pandemic

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 16 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07892-8 Geospatial configuration and determinants of cross-border natural toponymic heritage in China

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07933-2 Unveiling the technological fetish: a political economy of ‘functional simplification’

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 16 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07942-1 Interdisciplinarity is widely endorsed yet difficult to enact, particularly when concepts travel between the humanities and empirical sciences. Moral psychology, positioned between moral philosophy and psychological science, offers a revealing case study of both the benefits and challenge…

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 14 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07555-8 Sports in court: the threat of civil litigation to sports arbitration and governance

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07926-1 What is the innovation competitiveness of the software industry in major countries?

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07873-x Language planning and identity construction in postcolonial educational policies: a comparative analysis of Portuguese-speaking countries

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07821-9 Effect of clean energy on CO₂ emissions in G-20 countries using STIRPAT approach

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07355-0 Performative authorship: engaging with the problem of authorial identity in Meena Kandasamy’s Exquisite Cadavers

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07921-6 Anticipatory climate litigation: A new role for climate science?

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07943-0 Rethinking architectural education post-disaster: an analytical framework for curricular transformation after the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07919-0 Correction: Individual differences in phonation types and their interaction with pitch range: Evidence from the five-level tones in Hmu

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07865-x Correction: Does the Belt and Road Initiative strengthen climate adaptation in participating countries? Global evidence and heterogeneous effects

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07900-x Using LLMs to identify discourse derailment as a potential cue for disinformation in social media posts

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07095-1 Echo platforms and partisan hashtags: mapping misinformation and thematic divides in the 2024 U.S. election

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07950-1 YouTube videos and inquiry-based learning