1. Mission, editorial scope and scientific focus

Aleph. Languages, Media & Societies is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal operating under a model of immediate and full open access, devoted to original research primarily in language sciences, text, discourse and signifying practices, as well as information and communication sciences.

The journal welcomes contributions dealing in particular with the analysis of language uses and practices, the study of texts and discourses, literary and cultural practices, media analysis, the circulation of scientific and technical information, access-to-information devices, transformations of the document, information practices, and the epistemological issues related to these various fields.

Theoretical, methodological, epistemological and empirical approaches are all welcome. The journal mainly publishes original research articles, but may also include, depending on its editorial programme, review articles, research notes, scientific interviews, and book reviews.

Committed to reflecting rigorous, dynamic and open research, the journal promotes disciplinary, institutional and geographical diversity among authors, reviewers, and members of its scientific and editorial bodies.

2. Editorial governance

The journal is managed by an Editorial Board and a Scientific Committee, whose composition and institutional affiliations are publicly available on the journal's website.

The Editorial Board is responsible for the scientific and administrative management of the journal, the follow-up of submissions, the organisation of the editorial process, the preparation of issues, and the online publication of content.

The Scientific Committee ensures the journal's academic quality, the coherence of its editorial line, and compliance with the principles of research integrity.

The coordination of the scientific review process is ensured by the journal's scientific direction, assisted by the Editorial Board, which organises the anonymised transmission of manuscripts to reviewers, collects review reports, and notifies authors of editorial decisions.

Editorial decisions are made exclusively on scientific grounds, without discrimination based on institutional or geographical origin, nationality, language, gender, beliefs, or any other consideration unrelated to the academic quality of the submissions.

3. Manuscript submission

Authors may respond to a thematic call for papers or submit a manuscript spontaneously to the Varia section, in accordance with the guidelines and schedules published by the journal.

Manuscripts must be submitted according to the procedure in force, in particular through the platform indicated by the journal, and must comply with the author guidelines and editorial standards published on the website.

Any submission must correspond to an original, unpublished work that is not under consideration simultaneously by another journal or edited volume.

The list of authors must accurately reflect the substantial scientific contributions made to the manuscript. Any change in authorship after submission must be justified and validated according to the applicable editorial procedure.

4. Publication languages and multilingual metadata

To strengthen the national and international visibility, accessibility, and indexing of published content, every article submitted to the journal must include complete multilingual metadata.

Whatever the main language of the article, the manuscript must include:

• a title in the language of the article;

• a title in French;

• a title in English;

• a title in Arabic;

• an abstract in the language of the article;

• an abstract in French;

• an abstract in English;

• an abstract in Arabic; keywords in the language of the article, in French, in English and in Arabic.

When the article is written in French, English or Arabic, the version written in the language of the article shall count for that language and must be supplemented by the corresponding versions in the other required languages. When the article is written in another language accepted by the journal, it must include an abstract in the language of the article as well as in French, English and Arabic.

Abstracts must present clearly and faithfully the object of the research, its theoretical or methodological framework, its corpus or fieldwork, as well as its main findings or contributions.

The full names of the authors, their complete institutional affiliations, their country of affiliation, their academic e-mail address, and, whenever possible, their ORCID identifier, must also appear in the article metadata.

The journal reserves the right to request linguistic or formal revision of titles, abstracts and keywords when they do not meet the expected scientific, terminological or editorial standards.

5. Peer review procedure

All scientific contributions submitted to the journal are subject to double-blind peer review.

Following a preliminary editorial assessment concerning the manuscript’s relevance to the journal’s scope, compliance with formal guidelines, general scientific admissibility, and the absence of manifest breaches of research integrity, manuscripts deemed admissible are sent to at least two external and independent reviewers with expertise in the relevant field.

Reviewers are selected for their scientific competence and independence from the authors. They must not be in a situation of conflict of interest and should not, in principle, belong to the same institution as the authors.

In the event of contradictory reports, the editorial board may request a third review.

At the end of the review process, the editorial decision may take one of the following forms: acceptance without revision, acceptance subject to minor revisions, major revision with resubmission and further review, or rejection.

Authors receive a reasoned decision, accompanied where appropriate by the anonymised comments of the reviewers.

6. Dissemination of calls and publications

Thematic calls for papers are disseminated through the journal's website, the academic and scientific platforms it uses, and the relevant research networks.

Published issues are made available on the journal website and, where applicable, on the publication or indexing platforms to which the journal is affiliated.

7. Open access, dissemination and archiving

The journal follows a model of immediate open access: all published articles are freely available, without embargo, subscription, or prior registration requirement.

Content is disseminated through the journal website as well as through the editorial and institutional platforms used by the journal.

The journal implements a policy of electronic archiving and preservation of its contents. Published issues and articles are stored on the journal website and deposited in the institutional and editorial dissemination spaces used by the journal, including the ASJP platform where applicable.

Articles published in PDF format may also be made available on the journal website, particularly under the “facsimile”section, together, where appropriate, with the publication certificates provided by the journal.

Authors are authorised to deposit the published version of their article in HAL or in any other institutional or subject-based open repository, provided that the full bibliographic reference to the original publication in Aleph. Languages, Media & Societies is clearly indicated, together with a link to the version of record where available.

8. Copyright and dissemination licence

Authors retain the copyright to their texts.

By submitting an article and, where applicable, by publishing it in the journal, they grant the journal a non-exclusive right of first publication, dissemination, reproduction and making available of the text through its dissemination channels and media.

Unless otherwise stated, content published in the journal is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution – Non-Commercial – No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

This licence permits the reproduction and redistribution of published content, in any medium, provided that the original source is clearly acknowledged, the authors are credited, a link to the licence is provided, and no modification, adaptation or commercial use of the text is made without prior authorisation.

Ownership of rights and the applicable licence are indicated on the journal website and must appear on each published article.

After publication in the journal, authors may republish their text in another volume or journal, provided that the first publication in Aleph is clearly mentioned.

An author agreement or publication agreement specifying the rights and obligations of the parties is established after final acceptance of the manuscript.

9. Free publication and optional editorial services

Aleph is an open-access scientific journal. The submission, scientific evaluation, editorial acceptance, and publication of articles are subject to no submission or publication fees.

For the sake of transparency, the journal states that the following amounts apply:

• Submission fees: 0.00

• Editorial processing fees: 0.00

• Article processing charges (APC): 0.00

• Page charges: 0.00

• Colour charges: 0.00

The journal does not remunerate authors for published texts.

When a manuscript is considered scientifically acceptable but does not yet fully meet the journal’s linguistic, typographical, bibliographical or formal requirements, authors are invited to submit a revised version complying with the editorial standards in force.

Authors may carry out this revision work themselves. They may also, if they so wish, use an optional complementary editorial service provided either by ÉDILES — Éditions et Diffusion de l’Écrit scientifique, by an external service provider of their own choice, or, at their express request, by a service provider recommended for information purposes by the journal.

Such services may include language editing, typographical revision, bibliographic harmonisation, editorial preparation of the manuscript, and formal compliance adjustment with the publication standards.

The use of such a service is strictly optional. It has no influence whatsoever on the journal's scientific decision. Acceptance, rejection, revision, or publication of a text depends exclusively on academic and editorial criteria.

The journal does not impose any service provider. Authors remain entirely free to revise their text themselves or to use a professional of their choice.

When an author voluntarily chooses to entrust the manuscript to ÉDILES or to a service provider recommended by the journal, such intervention is subject to a mandate, written approval, or separate written consent, signed before any service is performed and, where applicable, before any file is transmitted to the service provider concerned. This agreement specifies the nature of the service, its cost, its timeframe, and the responsibilities of each party.

The journal does not transmit any manuscript to an external service provider without the author’s prior written consent.

Any invoicing related to an optional editorial service is entirely separate from the journal's scientific and editorial processes. Such services do not constitute submission fees, publication fees, a condition of acceptance, or a condition for online publication.

10. Publication ethics and research integrity

The journal adheres to the principles of transparency, scientific rigour, and good editorial practice recognised by the international academic community. It ensures compliance with the rules of research integrity by authors, reviewers, editors, and all persons involved in the editorial process.

Authors declare that the submitted manuscript:

• is original;

• has not been previously published in a substantially identical form;

• is not under consideration simultaneously by another journal or edited volume;

• respects the intellectual property rights of third parties;

• contains neither defamation, unlawful invasion of privacy, nor fraudulent, falsified or fabricated content.

Any borrowing from previous works, any quotation, paraphrase, translation, adaptation, or reuse of figures, tables or data must be accurately acknowledged and accompanied by appropriate references.

Authors, reviewers and members of the editorial bodies must disclose any conflict of interest likely to influence the review, editorial decision, or interpretation of the results.

11. Plagiarism, redundant publication and scientific misconduct

The journal prohibits plagiarism, concealed self-plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, fraudulent manipulation of documents, images or results, and any other breach of research integrity.

Submitted manuscripts may be subject to a similarity check using appropriate tools and to thorough editorial examination.

In the event of suspected plagiarism, fraud, falsification, undeclared conflict of interest, or any other form of scientific misconduct, the journal reserves the right to suspend the processing of the submission, request explanations or additional documents, reject the manuscript, retract a published text, publish a correction, an expression of concern or a retraction notice, and, where necessary, inform the institutions concerned.

12. Use of generative artificial intelligence tools

The journal authorises, subject to full transparency, the reasoned use of generative artificial intelligence tools or writing-assistance tools only as support tools, and never as substitutes for the scientific responsibility of the authors.

Authors remain solely responsible for the submitted content, the accuracy of the facts, the validity of the references, the originality of the text, respect for third-party rights, and the integrity of the argumentation.

Any substantial use of a generative AI tool in the preparation of the manuscript must be explicitly declared in the text or in a note submitted with the manuscript, specifying the name of the tool, the use made of it, and the extent of human review.

AI tools may not be listed as authors or co-authors.

Simple spelling, grammar, typographical or bibliographical assistance tools do not require a specific declaration, provided that they do not themselves generate original scientific content.

Reviewers and editors must not upload manuscripts, review reports or decision letters into external generative AI tools when doing so could compromise the confidentiality of submitted documents.

13. Contact

For any further information, or for any question relating to submission, evaluation, editorial policy or publication standards, the following address may be used:

revue.aleph@gmail.com

The editorial team handles requests as promptly as possible.