Natural & Applied Sciences
Research in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, materials science, and related experimental, theoretical, and computational disciplines.
JSTA / JOURNAL PROFILE
Aims & Scope
Connecting rigorous inquiry with meaningful scientific and technological progress.
OUR PURPOSE
Journal Aims
The Journal of Scientific and Technological Advances (JSTA) is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary scholarly journal committed to supporting the publication and dissemination of original research and critical scholarship.
The journal provides an academic forum for research in natural and applied sciences, engineering and technology, health sciences, social sciences, and educational sciences. It welcomes both discipline-specific investigations and interdisciplinary contributions that demonstrate clear scholarly relevance.
JSTA aims to advance scientific knowledge, encourage methodological rigor, support responsible technological innovation, and facilitate the exchange of research findings across academic disciplines. Submissions are expected to address clearly defined research questions, apply appropriate methods, report findings transparently, and contribute meaningfully to the relevant scholarly literature.
Multidisciplinary coverage does not imply unrestricted subject acceptance. Each manuscript is assessed for its alignment with the journal's stated scope, originality, scientific merit, methodological quality, research integrity, and potential scholarly contribution.
SUBJECT COVERAGE
Research Areas
Five complementary research areas, supported by subject-appropriate editorial assessment and independent scholarly peer review.
Engineering & Technology
Research in computer science, artificial intelligence, data science, information systems, electrical and electronic engineering, automation, manufacturing, engineering design, and related technological applications.
Health Sciences
Methodologically rigorous research in nursing, rehabilitation, public health, biomedical sciences, health technologies, and clinical or nonclinical health-related fields, subject to applicable ethical approval and reporting requirements.
Social Sciences
Evidence-based research in management, economics, communication, sociology, public policy, organizational studies, and the social implications of scientific and technological development.
Educational Sciences
Research in teaching and learning, educational technology, curriculum studies, educational measurement and evaluation, higher education, educational policy, and learning environments.
EDITORIAL SUITABILITY
What We Look For
Manuscripts should address a clearly defined scholarly problem and explain their contribution in relation to relevant existing research.
Original contribution
A clear research question and a meaningful contribution to knowledge, methodology, theory, or scholarly understanding.
Methodological rigor
An appropriate research design, reliable analysis, transparent interpretation, and adequate reporting of limitations.
Research integrity
Compliance with applicable ethical requirements, accurate citation and attribution, transparent disclosures, and appropriate data availability or access statements.
Scope alignment
A clearly demonstrated connection to at least one of the journal's established disciplinary areas.
Scholarly transparency
Sufficient methodological and reporting detail to permit critical evaluation of the research and its conclusions.
PUBLICATION FORMATS
Article Types
JSTA considers the following scholarly contributions, subject to the requirements established in the Guide for Authors.
Original Research Articles
Full-length empirical, experimental, theoretical, or computational investigations presenting original findings and a clearly substantiated scholarly contribution.
Review Articles
Critical, methodologically transparent syntheses of published research that identify established knowledge, research gaps, and directions for future investigation.
Short Communications
Concise reports presenting significant and adequately supported findings that justify focused scholarly communication.
OUT OF SCOPE
Scope Limitations
Manuscripts may be declined during initial editorial screening if they fall outside the journal's stated disciplinary coverage, do not establish a clear original contribution, lack sufficient methodological detail, or fail to meet applicable research ethics and reporting requirements.
Promotional material, unsupported opinion, submissions lacking a substantive scholarly foundation, and manuscripts that do not present original research or critically synthesize scholarly evidence are generally not suitable for publication as research contributions.
Interdisciplinary relevance alone does not guarantee editorial suitability or acceptance. Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, scope alignment, methodological quality, and compliance with the journal's published editorial policies.
Planning a submission?
JSTA publishes in English, follows a Diamond Open Access model, and does not charge submission or article processing fees (APCs). Research manuscripts are subject to editorial screening and, where appropriate, independent double-anonymous peer review.
Please review the author guidelines and publication ethics policies before preparing your manuscript.