Aims & Scope
What ARJST publishes, the perspectives it welcomes and the article types it accepts.
Last reviewed: November 2026 · ARJST · ISSN 3048-9644 (Online)
Aims
The Academic Research Journal of Science and Technology aims to provide a rigorous, fee-free and openly accessible venue for research that advances science and technology and their applications, and to encourage sound, transparent and reproducible methods.
The journal seeks to connect disciplines that meet around shared technologies and data, to support early-career and established researchers alike, and to make well-reviewed research from India and elsewhere visible to a global readership.
Scope
ARJST welcomes original, methodologically sound studies in the following areas:
- Computer science and information technology – algorithms, software and systems, networks and the Internet of Things, cloud and edge computing, cybersecurity and information systems
- Artificial intelligence and data science – machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, language technologies and data analytics, and their use in health, agriculture, industry and public services
- Library and information science – digital libraries, information services and users, information literacy, bibliometrics and scientometrics, and artificial intelligence in libraries
- Commerce, management and economics – finance and financial technology, marketing, human resources, logistics and supply chains, trade, entrepreneurship and public policy
- Education and educational technology – e-learning and digital pedagogy, open educational resources, skills and employability, and technology in higher education
- Life, health and environmental sciences – biology and biotechnology, public health, sustainability, climate resilience and renewable energy
- Social sciences and humanities in a technological society – media, culture, language, literature, history, law and society, especially where they engage with technology and development
Research approaches
We welcome rigorous work using any established research approach, including:
| Approach | Typical focus |
|---|---|
| Experimental and laboratory studies | Controlled experiments, prototypes and measurements in the sciences and engineering |
| Computational and data-driven research | Algorithms, models, simulations, machine learning and the analysis of large datasets |
| Empirical social research | Surveys, interviews, field studies and case studies of organisations, users and communities |
| Bibliometric and scientometric studies | Research output, citation and collaboration analysis, and knowledge mapping |
| Reviews and syntheses | Systematic, scoping and narrative reviews that consolidate a field |
| Conceptual and policy analysis | Frameworks, models and policy studies grounded in evidence |
Article types
| Type | Description | Length | Peer review |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original research article | New experimental, computational, empirical or analytical findings | Up to 8,000 words | Double-blind, ≥2 reviewers |
| Review article | A systematic, scoping, bibliometric or narrative synthesis of a field | Up to 8,000 words | Double-blind, ≥2 reviewers |
| Short communication | Preliminary results, a new method, tool or dataset, reported briefly | Up to 3,000 words | Double-blind, ≥2 reviewers |
| Case study | An in-depth study of one organisation, system, implementation or setting, with lessons for practice | Up to 5,000 words | Double-blind, ≥2 reviewers |
Word limits include references and tables. See the author guidelines for structure and formatting, and the ethics policy for studies with human participants.
Outside our scope
- Manuscripts outside the areas listed above, or without a clear scholarly contribution to them
- Product descriptions, promotional material and claims that the evidence does not support
- Purely descriptive reports or opinion pieces without scholarly analysis
- Work already published or under review elsewhere
Audience
ARJST is written for researchers, faculty members, doctoral scholars, professionals and students in computing, information science, commerce and management, education and the sciences – and for the practitioners who apply their findings.
ARJST at a glance
- ISSN3048-9644
- ReviewDouble-blind, ≥2 reviewers
- Author feesNone
- LicenceCC BY 4.0
- FrequencyMonthly