The Social Empowerment Journal (SEJ) is a peer-reviewed, international, open-access academic journal published quarterly by the Laboratory of Social Empowerment and Sustainable Development in Desert Environments at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ammar Telidji University of Laghouat, Algeria.

Since its establishment in 2019, SEJ has served as a multidisciplinary platform for high-quality research in the following areas:

• Social Sciences: Sociology, Psychology, Education Sciences, Demography, Anthropology, Political Science, Communication and Media, Human Geography, Law.
• Humanities: Philosophy, Languages and Literature, History, Archaeology, Religious Studies, Arts, Linguistics, Logic.
• Economic Sciences: Theoretical Economics, Applied Economics, Econometrics, Development Economics, Islamic Economics, Finance, Environmental Economics, Health and Education Economics.
• Cross-cutting and Digital Transformation: Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Social, Human, and Economic Contexts.

Publishing Policy

• Published quarterly: March, June, September, December.
• No publication or submission fees — fully free of charge.
• Open Access model ensuring free availability to all readers.
• Bilingual publication in Arabic and English.
• Each article receives a permanent DOI (prefix: 10.34118/sej) via CrossRef.

Ethical Standards

SEJ adheres to the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines, with clear policies on editorial transparency, conflict of interest, and research integrity. All submissions are screened for plagiarism using Turnitin and Detectia, and authors are required to disclose any AI assistance in manuscript preparation.

Indexing and Visibility

The journal is indexed in several reputable international databases, including Google Scholar, OpenAIRE, AJOL, LatinREV, BASE, Sherpa Romeo, and others — ensuring broad discoverability of published content.

Journal Details

ISSN: 2676-234X
E-ISSN: 2716-9006
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Ali Boukhalkhal
Email: ali.boukhalkhal@lagh-univ.dz
Website: http://journals.lagh-univ.dz/index.php/sej