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About the Journal

Social Empowerment Journal is an international, blind-double-peer-reviewed, Trimestral and free of charge, open-access academic journal, published by the Labratory of Social Empowerment and Sustainable Development in the Desert Environment, the Faculty of Social Sciences – University Amar Telidji of Laghouat, Algeria. The journal focuses on topics related to Humanities, Social and economic Sciences. It provides an academic platform for professionals and researchers to contribute their original and innovative work in the field. The journal accepts original and full-length academic articles that reflect the latest research and developments in practical aspects of the mentioned domain. Our journal is published in both print and electronic versions. The electronic version can be accessed and downloaded freely. All papers around the world are very welcome to publish their work in our Journal. Manuscripts can be sent in two languages (English, Arabic) for the four issues (March, June, September and December) of each year.

 The journal accepts original papers, reports, and reviews in Arabic, English. It is published in both print and online versions. The online version is free access and downloadable. All original and outstanding research papers are highly accepted to be published in our International Journal.

Focus and Scope

The journal focuses on the investigation of principles and practices in social, humanitarian and economic studies. The main goal is to improve research approaches in the study of societal phenomena from an interdisciplinary angle and cognitive cohesion from multidimensional angles of research in sociology and various disciplines including: psychology, economic, linguistic and Islamic studies. Possible topics include, but are not limited to :

• Social Sciences
• Archaeology
• Development
• Sociology and Political Science
• Anthropology
• Demography
• Political Science and International Relations
• Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
• Psychology
• Arts and Huentmanities
• History and Philosophy of Science
• Philosophy
• Educational Sports
• History and Islamic civilization
• Islamic Economy
• Sharia Law

Editorial Policies

The Social Empowerment Journal provides immediate free access to its content under the principle that making research available to the public free of charge, supporting the exchange of global knowledge.Any use of the contents in this site should refer Social Empowerment Journal as its original source. Permission must be obtained for doing so. No economic benefit can be obtained from the information, the data, or the contents of Social Empowerment Journal.

All the content of this journal, except where it is identified, under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

Copyright and Licensing Policy

Copyright Holder

Authors who publish in Social Empowerment Journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), which allows others to :

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format ;

Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. Under the following terms:

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. (See The Effect of Open Access).

Protecting Author Rights 
Copyright aims to protect the specific way the article has been written to describe an experiment and the results. Social Empowerment Journal is committed to its authors to protect and defend their work and their reputation and takes allegations of infringement, plagiarism, ethic disputes, and fraud very seriously.
License 
Social Empowerment Journal content is under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license that permits copying and redistributing any material in any medium or format other than for commercial purposes. It also allows remixing, transforming, and building upon the material by providing appropriate credit to the original work. More importantly, the intellectual property rights of the submitted papers remain with the contributors. Moreover, the journal edited by the University Amar Telidji of Laghouat does not collaborate with any private publishing company to promote its publications to prevent deceptive publishing. Social Empowerment Journal prohibits the use or the marketing of published material for commercial reasons.

Screening for plagiarism policy

Social Empowerment Journal adheres to international plagiarism policies. The editors are in their best preparation to prevent plagiarism and other forms of fraud and misconduct in academic publishing. A plagiarism detection software Plagiarism is running to ensure the originality of the submitted manuscripts for plagiarism detection. Each manuscript is sent to screening for plagiarism before the peer review process. One of the agents is responsible for checking the manuscripts in terms of plagiarism. Again, the final version of the accepted papers is checked for plagiarism.

DETECTIA: plagiarism detection tool

Detectia is an online anti-plagiarism detection tool. Plagiarism detection or textual content similarity detection is the process of spotting instances of plagiarism or copyright infringement in an academic or professional document.

Retraction Policy

Social Empowerment Journal provides guidelines for errata, retracting, or correcting articles. The journal pledges to correct, as soon as possible, any genuine errors in published work pointed out by readers, authors, or editors, which do not render the work invalid. A time stamp will appear on every paper that was subject to corrections. The editor will retract the paper with an explanation of the reason for the retraction of the work has defaulting errors.

Peer Review Process

Social empowerment journal uses a double-blind peer review process. On submission, articles are sent by the Editor via ASJP to two reviewers. Once the review reports (Social Empowerment Journal Reviewer Form) are returned, feedback and recommendations are assessed by the Editor-in-Chief, who then returns a decision to the author via ASJP.

The editors and reviewers of Social empowerment journal endeavour to provide a rigorous and transparent peer review process to ensure that the highest quality of research is published. While our aim is to complete the peer review process as quickly as possible, the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors ensure that reviewers’ comments are properly assessed in the Reviewer Form. All types of conflicts of interest must be declared by all the members of Social Empowerment Journal editorial board before accepting to be part of the Review Process.

• The manuscripts’ screening process involves a review by the editors and reviewers of our journal who are experts in the fields of Social empowerment and Humanities, Social and economic Sciences. The reviewers evaluate the manuscripts in terms of scope, quality, originality, accuracy of results, validity of methodology, and interest for the readership.
• The Editor-in-Chief sends the manuscripts to the associate editors to be sent again to two experts in the fields for a rigorous peer-review. This is an important step of the review process as the constructive feedback given will help improve the quality of the submitted manuscripts.
• When the two reviews have been received, the editor-in-chief will consider the experts’ opinions, comments, and criticisms to authors.
• If the decision is for minor revision, authors will be required to revise their manuscripts according to the reviewers’ orientations.
• When submitting the revised versions of manuscripts, authors must ensure the revised manuscripts go along with the reviewers’ required amendments.
• The revised manuscripts will be re-evaluated by the same reviewers for final decisions.
• Once reviewed, the Journal’s Editor-in-Chief finally approves the accepted manuscripts by the associate editors and reviewers.

DECLARATION OF COMPETING INTEREST

When sending an article for publication, all authors must declare any financial or personal involvement with any public or private institution that might influence (even if unintentionally) the results of their work. Likewise, authors must declare any non-financial relation that may cause a conflict of interest in their work (personal, academic, ideological, intellectual, political or religious). Conflicts of interest, both financial and non-financial, must be notified when the article is submitted. The rationale behind this requisite is not to impede the publication of authors with competing interests but to ensure that these can be clearly identified so that readers can judge if authors may be predisposed or influenced in their work.

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or any other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. They should disclose all sources of financial support for the project. Authors must indicate the journal when they have a direct ou indirect conflict of interest with editors or members of the Editorial Board or International scientific committee.

A declaration of competing interest must be expressed in the acknowledgments as indicated in Social Empowerment Journal Template.

Declaration of competing interest

I declare I have no competing financial or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Processing Charge

Social Empowerment Journal does not charge any submission or publication fees. No fees are incurred for article processing, submission, neither for reviewing.

Social Empowerment Journal makes all articles and related content available for free on the journal's website AS JP.

https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/PresentationRevue/644

(SEJ) Guide for authors

Social Empowerment Journal is an international, blind-double-peer-reviewed, Trimestral and free of charge, open-access academic journal, published by the Laboratory of Social Empowerment and Sustainable Development in the Saharan Environment, the Faculty of Social Sciences – University Amar Telidji of Laghouat, Algeria. The journal focuses on topics related to Humanities, Social and economic Sciences. It provides an academic platform for professionals and researchers to contribute their original and innovative work in the field. The journal accepts original and full-length academic articles that reflect the latest research and developments in practical aspects of the mentioned domain. The journal is published in both print and online versions ; the last is free of access and downloadable. The journal seeks original articles, reports, and book reviews, and welcomes outstanding research.

1. Submission of Articles

The journal accepts original and full-length academic articles that reflect the latest research and developments in practical aspects of the focuses on topics related to Humanities, Social and economic Sciences. before submitting your manuscripts, we invite you to read carefully our "Author Guide" and "Instructions for Authors" on the online platform designed for the Algerian scientific journals:

https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/PresentationRevue/644

Download Social Empowerment Journal Template : Available in two languages (Arabic, English).

Template SEJ_English

Template SEJ_Arabic

It is important to consider the fact that acceptance to review an article can be obtained only if manuscripts are submitted as a single attachment, formatted according to the template available for download.

The submission process is fairly easy, and all that you will need to do is to click on the “Paper Submission” located in the ASJP platform link :

https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/PresentationRevue/644

Authors need to register with ASJP (Algerian Scientific Journal platform) prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in

2. Guidelines for Author :

only manuscripts that comply with the guidelines of our Social Empowerment Journal are accepted. The Editor-in-Chief has the right to reject the research papers that do not respect the publication rules and ethics statements of the journal.

3.Evaluation of the Article

3.1. After receiving the articles, the editor-in-chief will ascertain of the format compliance. If articles comply with publishing format, they will be sent to reviewers from different institutions than the author with blinded authorship through associate editors. Articles that are incoherent with required format will be declined, and their authors will be notified, with one last chance to make format adjustments.

3.2. The Journal of Social Empowerment has a large group of the journal's editorial team from different regions (Europe-Africa-Asia) and from various scientific disciplines serving the fields of publishing in the journal, perform a blind review of every single submitted manuscript on the basis of a set of criteria, among which originality, timeliness, interest, and importance of the topic, proper language, and relevance to the journal’s readership (see evaluation grid).

In case of rejection of the manuscript, the editor-in-chief will inform the author of the decision of the editorial team via the platform by sending a letter explaining the reasons for the rejection. The author can submit his paper by taking into account the received feedback.

3.3. If the article is accepted for evaluation, it will be sent by the editor-in-chief directly for arbitration or sent to one of the assistant editors who, in turn, will send it to two expert reviewers. Reviewers are sent the report anonymously and are required to meet a maximum deadline of 20 days to forward their reports to the editor-in-chief. In the event of an emergency that may extend the deadline, the reviewer is expected to send an early notice to the editor-in-chief.

4. Status of Articles Evaluation

The reviewers are required to disclose potential conflicts of interests, if any, that may affect the outcome of the blind reviewing process. The reviewers are provided with an evaluation form available on the platform that determines the criteria of judgment on the paper’s originality, method and data analysis, clarity of findings and discussion, referencing, and documentation. The review report should also include general comments to the editor-in-chief and both general and specific anonymous comments to the author(s) that will be transmitted by the editor-in-chief. If the two reviewers are in disagreement in terms of judgment on the suitability of the paper for publication, further peer reviewing may be ensued.

5. Preparation of the Article

In order to avoid format rejection, we invite authors to use the Journal’s template. A template for authors is available in the “instructions for authors” file, you are requested to use it as a model. It can be downloaded from “Instructions for authors” on the journal’s web page.

6. Publication details :

By clicking on the "Author Guide", a zip file is uploaded. This guide comprises a guide for authors explaining the modalities of articles submission/evaluation, a publication ethics, and malpractice statement, as well as the copyright terms and conditions of the Journal to which the author explains that the publication and intellectual property belong to the Social Empowerment Journal only.

7. Sending the article

Authors submitting suitable manuscripts on the basis of our template are requested to send their articles via this link :

https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/PresentationRevue/644

Also, authors are requested to fill in the information needed before sending their manuscripts (the article’s language, title, abstract, keywords, the author’s full name, affiliation, email, and other authors).

8. Notification of Receipt of an Article

If the article submission process is realized successfully, a confirmation is given on the Platform. The author will then receive via email a notice of an article’s submission, and a notice to the second author via email as a confirmation of co-authorship.

9. Notice of Rejection of the Article

If the article is not found suitable for publication in Social Empowerment Journal, the author will be notified that the article has been rejected.

10. Follow-Up of the status of the Article on the Platform

The author has to log in regularly to follow the status of his/her article by clicking on the icon "Articles" and then "Sent Articles" will show a table that details the article from : Address; Date of the Article’s submission; the Title of the Journal; and other details; the latter goes through several stages:

• Stage 1 : Accepting or rejecting arbitration.

• Stage 2 : A pending article.

• Stage 3 : Send the article to the reviewers.
• Stage 4 : The decision of the reviewers to accept the article or reject it or request for modification.

11. The editor-in-chief reserves the right to modify accepted manuscripts that do not conform to scientific, technical, stylistic or grammatical standards, without affecting their content.

12. The editor-in-chief is not obliged to return non-accepted articles.

13. In case, a manuscript has been judged as violating the rules of ethics and research practice, no article will be accepted for the author under question.

14. The opinions expressed in the Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Journal.

15. Contact Mail :

• Journal Mail : empowerment.journal@lagh-univ.dz

• Editor in Chief Mail : ali.boukhalkhal@lagh-univ.dz

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement PEMS

The following statement on Publication Ethics and malpractice reflects the Social Empowerment Journal policy that has been in place since its establishment and became more visible after its integration into Algerian Scientific Journals Platform ASJP. Social Empowerment Journal follows a publishing model that privileges research publication integrity based mainly on the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics, 2011).

Social Empowerment Journal publishes original and blind peer-reviewed research papers, reports and case studies relevant to topics related to Humanities, Social and economic Sciences. The journal’s content is open access and is archived at ASJP as indicated in this link (https:// www.asjp.cerist. dz/en/Articles/644). The journal’s content is available online through ASJP, which ensures the long-term survival of Web-based scholarly publications. Furthermore, publications will remain digitally available for free under Creative Commons License.

Social Empowerment Journal content is under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license that permits copying and redistributing any material in any medium or format other than for commercial purposes. It also allows remixing, transforming and building upon the material by providing appropriate credit to the original work. More importantly, the intellectual property rights of the submitted papers remain with the contributors. Moreover, the journal edited by the University Amar Telidji of Laghouat does not collaborate with any private publishing company to promote its publications to prevent deceptive publishing. Social Empowerment Journal prohibits the use or the marketing of published material for commercial reasons.

Social Empowerment Journal adheres to international plagiarism policies. The editors are in their best preparation to prevent plagiarism and other forms of fraud and misconduct in academic publishing. A plagiarism detection software is running to ensure the originality of the submitted manuscripts for plagiarism detection. Each manuscript is sent to screening for plagiarism before the peer review process. One of the secretaries is responsible for checking the manuscripts in terms of plagiarism. Again, the final version of the accepted papers is checked for plagiarism.

Social Empowerment Journal also provides guidelines for errata, retracting or correcting articles. The journal pledges to correct, as soon as possible, any genuine errors in published work pointed out by readers, authors, or editors, which do not render the work invalid. A time stamp will appear on every paper that was subject to corrections. The editor will retract the paper with an explanation of the reason for the retraction if the work has defaulting errors.