A right R-module MR is called small injective if every homomorphism from a small right ideal to MR can be extended to an R-homomorphism from RR to MR. A ring R is called right small injective, if the right R-module RR is small injective. We prove that R is semiprimitive if and only if every simple right (or left) R-module is small injective. Further we show that the Jacobson radical J of a ring R is a noetherian right R-module if and only if, for every small injective module ER, E(ℕ) is small injective.

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In this paper, by taking the class of all [Formula: see text] (or [Formula: see text]) right [Formula: see text]-modules for general envelopes and covers, we characterize a semisimple artinian ring (or a right perfect ring) via [Formula: see text]-covers (or [Formula: see text]-envelopes) and a right [Formula: see text]-ring (or a right noetherian [Formula: see text]-ring) via [Formula: see text]-covers (or [Formula: see text]-envelopes). By using isosimple-projective preenvelope, we obtained that if [Formula: see text] is a semiperfect right FGF ring (or left coherent ring), then every isosimple right [Formula: see text]-module has a projective cover. Moreover, we also characterize semihereditary serial rings (respectively, hereditary artinian serial rings) in terms of epic flat (respectively, projective) envelopes.