Ethics of Publication

1- For researchers:

A researcher must submit his article according to the common scientific rules andobserve the scientific integrity.His contribution to ideas and research style should not be less than 80% of the article;the rest should be devoted to third party’s rights when quoting from others’ works using full annotation and reference to sources. 

He must also comply with all the publication conditions in the journal.  Sending the same article to more than one journal is against ethics of publication.

Moreover, he must avoid in his article defamation, personification, spreading animosity and hate, sensitive topics nationally or regionally, immoral, ethnic and sectarian topics and fake information.

In case there are several authors, only the effective ones should be mentioned as well as the effective supervisors. The journal deals only with the correspondent author.

 Sending an article containing other authors not being informed about the work shall be deemed unethical.

All works are sent to the journal via the Algerian Scientific Journal Platform on: http: www.asjp.cerist.dz  after opening an account. Therefore, it is not allowed to provide the username and password to third party.

2- For the journal :

The journal is represented by the editorial board in charge of publishing the article according to its view and specialization, along with observation of priority as per date of arrival of researches, and date of return of results of arbitration by arbitrators and reviewers, balance when publishing researches between local, national and foreign articles and articles in Arabic and in both foreign languages (English and French).

The journal does not publish any article only after arbitration and reception of the positive arbitration result in writing.

Before the article is sent to the referee, it must first receive the administrative acceptance after examination of compliance with conditions, originality and plagiarism possibility by using anti-plagiarism software.

The journal publishes the articles with integrity and without any distinction between researchers. Besides, articles are programmed according to its policy to keep the right balance between local, national and foreign articles and articles in Arabic and in both foreign languages.

The journal also preserves confidentiality of articles before publication and of authors’ information. Only information required as part of the publication template are accessible.

The journal should not make articles, being publishable or not, accessible to third party only after their issuance electronically or in paper.

Furthermore, the article should not be sent to referees having interest therein or in relation with the authors. The referee may recognize them through style or research.

All works are sent to the journal via the Algerian Scientific Journal Platform on: http :www.asjp.cerist.dz .The chief editor and the editorial board have their own accounts. Therefore, it is not allowed to provide the username and password to third party without permission from the chief editor.

3- For the referees :

The referee is the most important element in the publishing process, it is a volunteer member of the journal .He has the authority to accept or reject the publication of the article and to help improve the article in the case of non-substantive shortcomings, which he is chosen on the basis of competence, integrity and ethics.

The referee has a moral obligation to the journal , the researchers and the local and international scientific community, which obliges him to speedily in refereeing  the article and return it to the editorial board within the prescribed deadlines. Also the moral duty obliges him to notice the referee board in case he is unable to referee   for any reason.

The referee  mustabide by the confidentiality of the referee and shall not give it just for  the editorial board.

The referee must justify his decision, especially in case the article is rejected, and in the case that the article must be modified, he  should be clarified to the researcher

The referee process is conducted through the Algerian Scientific Journal Platform on website:.www.asjp.cerist.dz  by creating  an account and therefore may not provide the user's password and access key to others.

4- For the others :

Journal  of North AfricanEconomies available free of charge on the official website of HassibaBenbouli University –Chlef- ALGERIA : http://www.univ-chlef.dz/renaf  or on  the Algerian platform of scientific journals web site :  https://www.asjp.cerist.dz, It has been implementing an open access policy since 2004. Therefore, any one can upload and use it in his research, taking into account the rights of property and respect for the literature and ethics of scientific research.

Changes or modifications can be made to the journal after it has been issued electronically in case the plagiarism .