Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07744-5 Carbon footprint and embodied carbon transfer in industrial cities: an analysis of Chongqing based on the SRIO and GM (1,1) models

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07983-6 Do corporate bond offering and listing comment letters increase the cost of equity capital?

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08005-1 Small-scale merchants’ acceptance of UPI payment apps: evidence from India

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07876-8 An exploration of Turkish EFL teacher trainees’ cognitions of pronunciation needs

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07984-5 Navigating the terrain of educational entrepreneurship (EE): a bibliometric analysis through the lens of professional capital theory

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07908-3 Personality and leisure activity involvement as predictors of behavioral loyalty in recreationist campers: the moderating role of place dependence

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07996-1 Pressure from superstition: the impact of the zodiac year on ESG greenwashing

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07992-5 How Consumer Self-Concept Shapes Parasocial Bonds with Human Influencers: The Roles of Social Distance and Perceived Authenticity

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07975-6 Can affects be computed? Digital resurrection and affective practices in ‘be right back’

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08004-2 Grit and life satisfaction in Chinese adolescents: the mediating role of self-esteem and hope

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07487-3 Rebuilding healthcare trust in China through AI-supported informed consent

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07883-9 China’s energy transition through a resource–fiscal–environmental lens: economic drivers and R&D threshold mediation

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07874-w Unveiling of shifts in life meanings for Palestinians in the context of the Gaza war 2023: a quantitative study

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07980-9 “Forced” or “Voluntary”? The impact of local government implicit debt on bank risk-taking—based on the perspective of credit resource allocation

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07981-8 The effects of the synergy between digital governance and technological innovation on urban ecological resilience: evidence from the Yangtze River Delta

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07953-y The impact of ESG dimensions on financial strategy of the oil and gas firms in OPEC countries

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07964-9 Public service motivation and pre-entry career perceptions among Taiwanese college students

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07906-5 Victim-centric approach to financial cybercrime: exploring vulnerabilities in the Indian digital landscape

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07916-3 The equation of enough and the actualization death threshold: preliminary validation of a structural model of existential sustainability and collapse

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07771-2 Understanding employee behavioral adaptation to AI-based job monitoring through system justification theory