Aims & Scope

Journal Scope

Celebes Journal of Community Services and Social Sciences (ISSN 2962-4088) welcomes innovative, impactful, and original scholarly works that contribute to the advancement of knowledge and practice in community services, community development, and the social sciences.

The journal provides an interdisciplinary platform for academics, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community stakeholders to disseminate research findings, community-based innovations, and evidence-based practices addressing contemporary social, economic, educational, cultural, institutional, and community challenges.

The journal particularly encourages manuscripts that offer meaningful theoretical, managerial, practical, policy, and societal contributions, demonstrate methodological rigor, and provide relevant implications for communities, institutions, organizations, and public policy.

Community Engagement

Community Partnerships and Impacts

A primary objective of scholarship in community engagement and service-learning is to promote reciprocal, sustainable, inclusive, and mutually beneficial partnerships between educational institutions and the communities they serve.

Educational institutions are encouraged to mobilize their intellectual, human, technological, and organizational resources to support community development while strengthening civic engagement among students, faculty members, practitioners, local governments, community organizations, and other stakeholders.

Faculty members, researchers, students, and practitioners are encouraged to collaborate with community leaders, organizations, and citizens to identify community needs and local potentials, formulate appropriate action plans, implement evidence-based interventions, evaluate outcomes, and promote the sustainability of community empowerment initiatives.

Manuscripts submitted within this scope should ideally demonstrate meaningful community participation throughout the project or research process, including planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, reflection, and dissemination of outcomes.

Topics of interest include:
Community empowerment and capacity-building programs
Community development and social innovation
Service-learning and community-engaged learning
Participatory action research
Community-based participatory research
Community–university partnerships
Social entrepreneurship and community-based enterprises
Village and rural community development
Urban community development
Local economic development
MSME empowerment
Digital transformation and digital literacy
Financial literacy and financial inclusion
Community-based tourism
Environmental awareness and sustainable communities
Community resilience and disaster risk reduction
Gender empowerment and social inclusion
Youth and women empowerment
Collaborative governance and public participation
Public policy and community development
Community health promotion
Educational empowerment programs
Religious and socio-cultural community development
Local wisdom and indigenous community development
The Community Partnerships and Impacts section particularly welcomes manuscripts demonstrating active and continuous participation of community partners in defining objectives, implementing activities, evaluating outcomes, generating knowledge, and ensuring program sustainability.
Multidisciplinary Research

Social Sciences

The journal publishes high-quality empirical, conceptual, theoretical, and applied research addressing a broad range of disciplines and contemporary issues within the social sciences and humanities.

Management and Business
Human Resource Management; Strategic Management; Marketing Management; Financial Management; Operations Management; Organizational Behavior; Entrepreneurship; MSME Studies; Digital Business; Innovation Management; Leadership and Organizational Studies.
Economics
Development Economics; Regional Economics; Public Economics; Monetary and Financial Economics; Labor Economics; Digital Economy; Islamic Economics; Creative Economy; Environmental Economics; Economic Policy.
Accounting and Finance
Financial Accounting; Management Accounting; Public Sector Accounting; Auditing; Taxation; Corporate Governance; Islamic Accounting and Finance; Financial Technology; Financial Literacy and Inclusion.
Communication and Media Studies
Communication Studies; Digital Communication; Organizational Communication; Public Relations; Media Studies; Social Media Studies; Political Communication; Development Communication.
Education
Educational Management; Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Technology; Digital Learning; Higher Education; Vocational Education; Teacher Development; Educational Policy; Islamic Education; Community Education.
Sociology and Social Development
Sociology; Social Change; Social Inequality; Community Development; Social Welfare; Social Inclusion; Gender Studies; Youth Studies; Family Studies; Rural and Urban Sociology.
Public Administration and Governance
Public Administration; Public Management; Public Policy; Local Government; Public Service Innovation; Good Governance; Digital Governance; Collaborative Governance; Village Governance.
Political Science
Political Institutions; Local Politics; Political Participation; Democracy and Governance; Electoral Studies; Political Economy; Civil Society Studies.
Law and Society
Business Law; Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; Human Rights; Environmental Law; Islamic Law; Customary Law; Cyber Law; Law and Social Change; Access to Justice.
Philosophy and Humanities
Philosophy; Social Philosophy; Philosophy of Education; Philosophy of Religion; Islamic Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Law; Ethics and Applied Ethics; Contemporary Thought.
Culture and Humanities
Cultural Studies; Local Wisdom; Indigenous Knowledge; Social and Cultural Transformation; Language and Society; Cultural Heritage; Religion and Culture.
Religion and Society
Sociology of Religion; Religion and Social Change; Islamic Social Studies; Religious Education; Religious Moderation; Interreligious Relations; Religion and Community Development.
Public and Community Health
Public Health; Community Health; Health Promotion; Health Behavior; Health Policy; Healthcare Management; Hospital Management; Health Services; Digital Health; Social Determinants of Health.
Tourism and Hospitality
Tourism Management; Sustainable Tourism; Community-Based Tourism; Hospitality Management; Tourism Marketing; Tourism Entrepreneurship; Cultural and Heritage Tourism.
Psychology and Behavioral Studies
Social Psychology; Organizational Psychology; Consumer Behavior; Educational Psychology; Community Psychology; Behavioral Studies; Workplace Behavior.
Information and Society
Information Management; Digital Society; Digital Literacy; Information Behavior; Social Media and Society; Technology Adoption; Artificial Intelligence and Society; Digital Transformation.
Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Sustainable Development; Environmental Management; Climate Change and Society; Circular Economy; Green Business; Environmental Behavior; Sustainable Communities.

Types of Manuscripts

The journal welcomes original research articles, conceptual papers, literature reviews, systematic literature reviews, case studies, policy studies, and community-based research that provide critical, comprehensive, and evidence-based analyses of contemporary social and community issues.

Editorial Priority
Priority is given to manuscripts that demonstrate originality, methodological rigor, interdisciplinary relevance, strong theoretical foundations, and meaningful implications for theory, management, policy, professional practice, communities, and society.