Community Engagement • Social Sciences • Multidisciplinary Research
Celebes Journal of Community Services and Social Sciences (ISSN: 2962-4088) is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary scholarly journal published by Yayasan Vifada Cendikia Indonesia in collaboration with Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi (STIE) AMKOP Makassar, Indonesia. The journal serves as an academic publication platform dedicated to strengthening scholarly knowledge, community engagement, and evidence-based approaches to social and community development.
Celebes Journal of Community Services and Social Sciences promotes the publication and dissemination of original research findings, conceptual contributions, practical innovations, and community-oriented scholarly works addressing contemporary challenges in society. The journal encourages academics, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community stakeholders to exchange knowledge and develop solutions that contribute to social advancement, institutional improvement, and sustainable community welfare.
The journal encompasses two complementary areas of scholarly contribution: Community Partnerships and Impacts and Social Sciences. The first emphasizes community engagement, participatory development, collaborative initiatives, and measurable societal benefits. The second accommodates multidisciplinary research examining social, economic, educational, cultural, organizational, institutional, and public policy issues. Together, these areas provide opportunities to connect academic inquiry with practical responses to real-world challenges.
Celebes Journal of Community Services and Social Sciences particularly welcomes innovative and impactful contributions that demonstrate originality, methodological rigor, interdisciplinary relevance, and meaningful implications for communities, institutions, organizations, and society. Published twice annually, the journal accepts manuscripts in English and Bahasa Indonesia and supports research that advances community empowerment, social innovation, inclusive development, responsible governance, and sustainable societal progress.
Editorial assessment, scholarly evaluation, and academic quality assurance.
Community-focused and multidisciplinary scholarly contributions.
Celebes Journal of Community Services and Social Sciences aims to advance knowledge and professional practice through the publication of original, relevant, and methodologically sound scholarship in community services, community development, and the social sciences. The journal emphasizes research and community-based initiatives that generate theoretical insights, practical innovations, managerial recommendations, policy contributions, and measurable societal benefits. Particular attention is given to collaborative and participatory approaches involving educational institutions, public agencies, private organizations, civil society, and local communities in addressing social, economic, educational, cultural, environmental, and institutional challenges.
The journal's scholarly coverage is structured around two principal areas: Community Partnerships and Impacts and Social Sciences. These areas accommodate community-based initiatives, participatory research, empirical investigations, conceptual studies, and interdisciplinary scholarship that address emerging societal challenges. Submissions are expected to demonstrate a clear relationship with community development, social scientific inquiry, or the application of knowledge to improve institutional and societal outcomes.
Scholarly contributions examining participatory community engagement, collaborative partnerships, local capacity development, evidence-based interventions, social innovation, and sustainable improvements in community welfare.
Multidisciplinary empirical, theoretical, conceptual, and applied research exploring social structures, human behavior, organizational systems, economic development, public institutions, education, culture, governance, and contemporary societal transformations.