The International Journal of Human Studies

Author Guide: The International Journal of Human Studies

1. Article Submission

Authors wishing to publish their original, academic and applied articles in the fields of literature, languages, legal sciences, political sciences, humanities and social sciences, economic sciences and related disciplines are invited to consult the “Instructions for Authors” and the “Author Guide” available on the journal’s page on the Algerian Scientific Journal Platform (ASJP). To submit a proposed article for publication, authors must click on the “Submit an article” icon via the link dedicated to the journal: Article submission link ………………….

If the author already has an account (username and password) on the Algerian Scientific Journal Platform (ASJP), they must click on the “Login” option. If they do not have an account, they must register by clicking on the “Register” option and filling in the required personal information. Note: Registration and login are free and necessary for the author to be able to submit and follow their article through the platform.

2. Preparing the Article

To speed up the publication process in “The International Journal of Human Studies”, authors are invited to download a standard template that meets the publication requirements (available in a ZIP file containing the template in Arabic, French and English), which can be downloaded from the journal’s account on the platform, in the “Instructions for Authors” section. Authors must strictly adhere to the template and make no changes to its format, to ensure that the article is accepted in terms of form.

3. Guidelines for Authors

• Authors are invited to read these recommendations and apply them with great care.
• The Editor-in-Chief has the right to return or reject an article on formal grounds if it does not comply with these rules and with the journal’s template.

4. Article Evaluation Procedures

• Step one (initial formal screening): The Editor-in-Chief and the journal’s secretariat download the article and review it in terms of form, to verify the author’s compliance with the template and the formal requirements, as well as the suitability of the article for the journal’s field of specialization. If the article is found not to comply with the journal’s template and publication requirements, the author is notified of its formal rejection in order to correct the errors and resubmit.
• Step two (evaluation and peer-review stage): Once the article is accepted in terms of form, it is anonymized by concealing all author information and converted into PDF format. The Editor-in-Chief may enlist the help of an assistant editor to submit it to two reviewers from his or her network (from Algerian and international universities), according to a standardized evaluation form that is mandatorily available on the ASJP platform.
• Review decisions:
  1. Two positive reports: publication is approved, and the author is notified that the article has been accepted.
  2. One positive and one negative decision: the article is sent to a third reviewer to settle the matter definitively.
  3. Two negative reports: the article is rejected by the Editor-in-Chief and the author is notified accordingly.
• Detailed review outcomes: The article may be (accepted; accepted with minor revisions sent via the journal’s email; accepted with reservations, requiring a response through the platform together with a response file; or rejected). In the case of acceptance after revision, the author must make the required corrections within the specified period.
• Upon final acceptance of the article, the material submitted for publication must be accompanied by a “pledge and commitment” statement transferring copyright and publication rights, signed by the authors and sent via the journal’s email (revue@univ-khenchela.dz), in addition to entering the references accurately on the ASJP platform.

5. Article Evaluation Period

The average response time and initial evaluation of an article is about 131 days (or the evaluation period usually ranges from two to three months or more, depending on the availability of reviewers and the workload on the platform), while the average time to publication after acceptance is about 49 days.