Nepal Journals OnLine (NepJOL) is a service to provide access to Nepalese published research, and increase worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship.
What is NepJOL?
NepJOL is a database of journals published in Nepal, covering the full range of academic disciplines. The objective of NepJOL is to give greater visibility to the participating journals, and to the research they convey. NepJOL is managed by the Tribhuvan University Central Library and it is hosted by Ubiquity Press. It is also part of the Ubiquity Press Network.
Journals are selected for inclusion on NepJOL using the following criteria:
NepJOL provides information on each participating journal, including aims and scope, contact details and general information. It also provides Tables of contents and abstracts (where available) for all articles published within these journals. Many full text articles are also available. All the material on NepJOL is free to view, search and browse, however copyright of all content is retained by the journals or authors – each journal will need to give permission for any use or re-use of the content that falls outside Fair Use. NepJOL is not a publisher: NepJOL provides a service to the journals by hosting their content online, and actively promoting the website to encourage discovery of these titles and their articles. Individual journals are also using the website to publish their journals and they welcome submissions from registered users.
Privacy Statement
The way in which data is handled by NepJOL is explained in the Privacy Statement.
How journals can join NepJOL
If your journal is not included on NepJOL and you would like to participate, see the criteria for inclusion (in the section “What is NepJOL” above), and contact NepJOL directly – chief@tucl.tu.edu.np If you would like to recommend new journals for inclusion in NepJOL, please let us know – we are always looking for more titles.
Services for researchers
The journals are listed alphabetically, to help researchers find journals of relevance, and allow browsing of the journals. The website has a sophisticated searching tool, to help researchers locate articles of interest and relevance to their area of study. Email alerts also provide a reminder service, to alert researchers to newly-published issues from their selected titles. Each journal has its own home page, where researchers can find information about the aims and scope of the journal, and information on how to submit articles to each journal. If the journal is available in print, information about how to obtain copies is also given. Many journals publish in full text online. Some publish their full text at another website - links are provided from each article abstract page. Please remember to contact the journals directly if you have any questions for them - NepJOL is not the publisher of these journals.
History of NepJOL
Nepal Journals OnLine
(NepJOL) was initiated in June 2006 and officially launched in September 2007. It is now managed by the Tribhuvan University Central Library, Kathmandu, Nepal and it hosted by Ubiquity Press. It was a project initiated by INASP. It aims to promote the awareness and use of Nepal-published journals in all disciplines by providing access to tables of contents (TOCs), abstracts and full text on the Internet.
NepJOL uses the Open Journals System created by the Public Knowledge Project based in Canada. This software is open source and allows the journal content listed on NepJOL to be indexed through Open Archives Initiative search engines dedicated to research, which harvest the metadata for each journal article, making this work readily available to a global audience, and giving the journals greater visibility among the worldwide research community.
Future plans for NepJOL
The primary goal of NepJOL is to facilitate worldwide access to the full text of Nepalese Journals - either by hosting the full text online or redirecting users seamlessly to existing websites. We envisage NepJOL providing a range of online full text access models for journals, from complete open access to only subscribed access, with hybrid models of restricted access. On the current NepJOL system open access to full text is already possible. It is also hoped that more journals on the service will soon begin to allow online submission of articles and that they will conduct the whole editorial process in this online environment.
Disclaimer
While NepJOL hosts journals, is takes no responsibility for the content on the journals made available on this site. NepJOL accepts content from journals in good faith, with the understanding that the material to be placed on the website contains nothing that is libellous, illegal, or an infringement of anyone's copyright or other rights. NepJOL retains the right to refuse to place any content on the website, and to remove anything that it considers to be either unsuitable or could lead to legal action. The views expressed on this website are those of the article authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of NepJOL, or of Ubiquity Press.
Other Journals OnLine projects which are also part of the Ubiquity Press Network are: Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL), Central American Journals Online (CAMJOL), Mongolia Journals Online (MongoliaJOL) and Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL).
Another INASP project is AuthorAID which is a global research community that provides networking, mentoring, resources and training for researchers in developing countries.
Support for NepJOL
NepJOL is grateful to Tribhuvan University Central Library for their support and management of the service.
Contact us NepJOL
Mr. Sagar Raj Subedi
Chief
Tribhuvan University Central Library
Kirtipur
Kathmandu
Nepal
Email: nepjol@tucl.tu.edu.np, chief@tucl.tu.edu.np
Geba Nath Nyaupane
NepJOL Section
Tribhuvan University Central Library
Email: nepjol@tucl.tu.edu.np
Web: https://www.nepjol.info/
Established by INASP in 2007. Managed by Tribhuvan University Central Library.
Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL) is a service to provide online publication of Nepalese journals. For more information about NepJOL and how to join the service, see the About page.
