About the Journal
Aims and scope
Journal of Institute of Science and Technology (JIST) is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, open access science journal published by the Institute of Science and Technology (IoST), Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal (established in NepJOL since 2007). JIST publishes two issues (June and December) in a year considering original research articles, review articles, communications/short /reports/notes/checklist/ comments and letter to the editor on diverse areas of Science and Technology, including botany, chemistry, computer/IT, computation, environment, geology, hydrology/meteorology, mathematics, microbiology, physics, statistics, zoology and allied fields or in multidisciplinary aspects. JIST is indexed in NepJOL (https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JIST) and ranked TWO STARS by International Network for Advancing Science (INASP) Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS).
JIST has online submission and tracking system promoting continuous publication of the articles.
The details of authors guidelines is available at PDF
The author(s) should declare that the submitted work has not been published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
Language
The manuscript should be written in English language, either US or British, but not in combination.
Article types
The JIST publishes the following sections:
- Research Articles
- Review Articles
- Short Communications
- Letter to the Editor
Research Articles
These articles present original research, cover the results of recent research and findings across diverse fields of science and technology (S&T) which contribute to the foundation of scientific knowledge. They may include interdisciplinary investigations, as well as the replication and validation of previously conducted studies, thereby strengthening the reliability and scope of existing research. The length of the research article should be generally 4,000-7,000 words inclusive of all parts of paper. Figures and tables are acceptable in a research article.
Review Articles
Review (including systematic reviews and perspective) articles provide a comprehensive evaluation of clearly defined topics, new insights or perspectives covering the scope of the journal. Submissions are expected to include a critical and integrative synthesis of literature drawn from diverse sources and, where relevant, multiple languages. A rigorous meta-analysis should be conducted when appropriate to quantitatively assess patterns and evidence across studies. Review articles must go beyond summarizing existing knowledge by offering new insights, conceptual advances, future research directions, and potential resolutions to key debates or unresolved questions in S&T. The length of the review article should be generally 7,000-10,000 words inclusive of all parts of the paper. Manuscripts that focus solely on publication trends or bibliometric patterns without substantive synthesis will not be considered.
Short Communications
Short communication needs to provide a novel, timely scientific findings with insightful glance of significance requiring rapid dissemination within the scope of S&T. These submissions should follow the same thematic and methodological standards as full research articles but focus on clearly defined objectives, streamlined analyses, and succinct presentation of results. The length of an article should be generally below 4000 words including all sections.
Letters to Editor
Letters to editor provides a critical scientific and technical comments to editor arising from published articles. The word limit in letters to editor should be less than 1,000.
Peer review process
This journal follows a double-anonymized peer review process. Upon submission, manuscripts are first screened for format checking, plagiarism and AI-content detection. If these criteria agreed, the manuscript is assigned to handling editorial teams to assess their suitability, their suitability and relevance to the journal’s scope and standards. If deemed appropriate for further consideration, the manuscript is typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers for a thorough assessment of its scientific quality, originality, and methodological rigor. The final decision regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection of the manuscript rests with the editors, who consider the reviewers’ comments and recommendations in making their determination.
Editors do not participate in the decision-making process for manuscripts in which a conflict of interest may arise. This includes submissions of their own authorship, or that have been authored by family members or close colleagues, or that relate to products or services in which they have a personal or financial interest. Such manuscripts will be handled in accordance with the journal’s standard procedures, with the peer review process managed independently of the editor concerned and their research group to ensure objectivity and transparency.
Authors may submit a formal appeal against an editorial decision, provided that the appeal complies with all requirements and follows the procedures outlined in the Journal’s Policy. Only one appeal per submission will be considered, and the decision made following the appeal will be final.
Instructions for preparing the manuscripts
A manuscript should normally consist of title, authors’ name and affiliation with corresponding email address. Standard font size for text should be set at 12 pt in Times New Roman. Line spacing of regular write up should be double spaced with a margin of 3 cm in A4 sized paper.
The page number and line number should be on every page. Language should be precise and clear without redundant words. Binomial names of organisms should be spelled out in full at first use (wherever application, add binomial nomenclature with author's citation). Latest citations are priorities.
Publication Frequency
The journal is published twice a year. The first issue is from January-June and the second issue is from July-December. The accepted articles will be made online immediately after acceptance.
Open Access Policy
JIST is an open-access journal. All the contents published in this journal are freely available without charge to the users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles or use them for any other lawful purposes. These uses do not need prior permission from the publisher or the authors. This policy complies with the DOAJ definition of open access.
References
Citations
Before submitting the manuscript, please check each citation in the text against the references and vice-versa to match exactly. Citations in the text should be formatted as follows (APA, 7th edition referring style, website: https://guides.library.uq.edu.au/referencing/apa7/author-info: Single author: The author's last name and the year of publication, e.g., (Sharma, 2008) or Sharma (2008).
Two authors: Both authors’ last names and the year of publication, e.g., (Gotelli & Ellison, 2004).
Three or more authors: First author's last name followed by 'et al.', e.g., (Sharma et al., 2019) or Sharma et al. (2019).
Groups of references: Many references, when cited in the parenthesis, should first be cited chronologically and then alphabetically, e.g., (Dickinson & Lukas, 1979; Singer, 1996; Adhikari & Bhattarai, 2014).
If the same author/s are cited in the same text it should be cited as Petri et al., 2002, 2013, 2014, 2018; Rexer & Weiss, 2006, 2007a, 2007b, 2007c.
List of References
The list of references should include only those works that are cited in the text. Personal communications should only be mentioned in the text (write as: P. K. Nepal Pers. Comm.), not in the references.
The reference list should be arranged alphabetically by the last names of the first author. If the last name of the first author is the same in two or more references, the last name of the second author and so on should be considered while preparing the list. Different kinds of publications should be listed in different styles, as mentioned below.
Journal articles
Sharma, C. M. (2008). Freshwater fishes, fisheries, and habitat prospects of Nepal. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 11(3), 289–297. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634980802317329
Ghimire, M. P., & Richter, M. (2017). Chemical gating of a weak topological insulator: Bi14Rh3I9. Nano Letters, 17(10), 6303–6308.
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1710.03466
Chhatkuli, D. N., Paudel, S., & Aryal, B. (2020). Study of star formation rate and metallicity of an interacting dwarf galaxy NGC 2604. Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 25(2), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v25i2.33736
Sharma, H. P., Belant, J. L., & Shaner, P. J. L. (2019). Attitudes towards conservation of the Endangered red panda Ailurus fulgens in Nepal: A case study in protected and non-protected areas. Oryx, 53(3), 542–547. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605317000990
Nath, A. P., Ritchie, S. C., Grinberg, N. F., Tang, H. H., Huang, Q. Q., Teo, S. M., Ahola-Olli, A. V., Wurtz, P., Havulinna, A. S., Santalahti, K., Pitkanen, N., Lehtimaki, T., Kahonen, M., Lyytikainen, L. P., Raitoharju, E., Seppala, I., Sarin, A. P., Ripatti, S., Palotie, A., . . . Inouye, M. (2019). Multivariate genome-wide association analysis of a cytokine network reveals variants with widespread immune, haematological, and cardiometabolic pleiotropy. American Journal of Human Genetics, 105(6), 1076–1090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.10.001
Book
Gotelli, N. J., & Ellison, A. M. (2004). A primer of ecological statistics. Sinauer Associates.
Schmidt, N. A., & Brown, J. M. (2017). Evidence-based practice for nurses: Appraisal and application of research (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Edited book
Sayyed, R. A., Singh, A., & Ilyas, N. (Eds). (2022) Antifungal Metabolites of Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture (p. 380). Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Book chapters
Richter, M. (2001). Density functional theory applied to 4f and 5f elements and metallic compounds. In K. H. J. Buschow (Ed.), Handbook of Magnetic Materials (pp. 87–228), Vol. 13, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bhattarai, B. P., Paudel, P. K., & Kindlmann, P. (2011). Conservation of Biodiversity: An Outline of the Challenges. In P. Kindlmann (Ed.), Himalayan Biodiversity in the Changing World (pp. 41–70). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1802-9_2
Sharma, C. M., Borgstrøm, R., & Rosseland, B. O. (2010). Biomanipulation in Lake Årungen, Norway: A tool for biological control. In A. Ansari, S. Gill, G. Lanza, & W. Rast (Eds.), Eutrophication: Causes, consequences and control (pp. 295–323). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9625-8_15
Report
Bhattarai, J. (2019). Investigation on physico-chemical and sintering properties of ceramic tiles and bricks available in local market of Kathmandu Valley. The University Grants Commission-Nepal, Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal. p. 121.
Conference paper
Swar, D. B. (2008). History of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) introduction in Nepal. In T. B. Gurung (Ed.), Proceedings of the first national workshop on scaling up rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farming strategies in Nepal (pp. 21–24), Kathmandu, Nepal.
Theses/Dissertations
Pyakurel, U. (2016). Evacuation planning problem with contraflow approach. PhD Dissertation, Central Department of Mathematics, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
Bhattarai, J. (1998). Tailoring of corrosion-resistant tungsten alloys by sputtering. MSc Thesis, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan.
Webpage on a website with a group author
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018, January 23). People at high risk of developing flow-related complications. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/index.htm
Manuscript submission and contact
The manuscript should be submitted through the journal portal after registration and login. https://nepjol.info/index.php/JIST/about/submissions If necessary, authors may contact the editorial office at the following address:
Office of the Chief Editor/Editor
Journal of Institute of Science and Technology
Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
E-mail: journal@iost.tu.edu.np
The decision of the Chief Editor will be final for publishing the manuscripts that have been submitted. The opinions expressed in the manuscripts are the author’s own and do not reflect the publisher's view or the Editorial Board.
Once the print version is available, a copy of the journal will be provided free of cost only to the reviewers and corresponding authors. The charge is NRs 300 per printed volume of the journal plus the postal charge depending upon the location of the addressee.
Plagiarism and artificial intelligence (AI)
All manuscripts submitted to the JIST are subjected to plagiarism (Similarity Index- SI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) check by using authentic software. The SI and AI of manuscripts should not exceed 10%.
Copyright Notice and Licensing Policy
The copyright of the articles is held by the Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University (IoST- TU). The views and interpretations in this journal are those of the author(s). They are not attributable to the IoST-TU and do not imply the expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The corresponding author is responsible for any conflict of interest between authors and others.
The articles in the Journal of Institute of Science and Technology are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Share Alike 4.0 International License (CC: BY-NC), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, remix, transfer, and build upon the materials for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited.
The articles in the Journal of Institute of Science and Technology are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC: BY-NC), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, remix, transfer, and build upon the materials for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited.
Allegations of Misconduct
The policies for identifying/dealing with allegations of misconduct, such as plagiarism, falsification/fabrication of data, will be dealt with by following the international standards such as COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). The manuscripts submitted will undergo a plagiarism check using iThenticate before sending them for peer review.
The complaint can be submitted to the Editorial Office of the journal. The Editorial Team meeting will deal with the complaints and make decisions based on international standards.
Authorship Change
If you require to change the authorship, including the order of the authors, during or after the review, you need to send the consent letter to the Editorial Office. The Consent Letter is available upon request. The change in authorship after the acceptance of the article is not entertained unless there are some technical errors. The Chief Editor will make the final decision in such cases.
Publisher
Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University
Sources of Support
The charges for the print and review process are supported by the Dean's Office of
Publication Charge
The Journal of Institute of Science and Technology (JIST) does not charge a fee to the authors for processing and submission of the article.
Journal History
It was first published as the Journal of Institute of Science (JIS) in 1978 and continued with the same name until the first five volumes. JIS has been changed into JIST in 1984 from the 7th volume.
(Last updated 01 July 2026)
