Published two times per year, the Human and Social Development Review (HSDR) is fully peer-reviewed.

HSDR's objectives focus on developing, promoting human and social development. The HSDR aims to make it easier for professionals working in different fields to share information and encourage cooperative learning. The journal focuses on challenges brought about by the leading role of the world's scientific-technological advance and human-social development.

The HSDR accepts articles in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Galician.

The intercontinental dimension seeks to promote greater exchange between researchers from different cultural and national contexts to contribute and enrich our knowledge in the field. The particular emphasis is on the transformation of tacit into explicit knowledge. The HSDR publishes original articles, review articles, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, comments, and news.