Policies
Focus and Scope
The YRU Journal of Science and Technology (YRUJST) publishes high-quality research articles and review articles that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in science and technology. The journal covers the following areas:
Physical Sciences: Physics and Chemistry
Biological Sciences: Agriculture, Biology, Microbiology, and Biotechnology
Applied Sciences: Food Technology, Cosmetic Science, and Environmental Science
Section Policies
Research Article: Open submissions, indexed, peer reviewed
Review Article: Open submissions, indexed, peer reviewed
Language
All manuscripts must be submitted in English.
Peer Review Process
All submitted manuscripts are screened for similarity using CopyCatch. Manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding 25% (excluding references) will be returned to the authors for revision, and manuscripts found to contain plagiarism will be rejected.
Manuscripts that pass the initial screening undergo double-blind peer review by at least two experts in the relevant field. Under this process, the identities of both the authors and the reviewers are concealed from each other throughout the review.
Based on the reviewers' reports, the section editor makes a recommendation, and the editor-in-chief makes the decision:
Accept: The manuscript is accepted for publication without further revision.
Revision Required: The author revises the manuscript in response to the reviewers' comments. If a reviewer has requested to see the revised manuscript, it is returned to that reviewer for re-evaluation. The revisions are then verified by the section editor.
Reject: The manuscript is not accepted for publication.
The entire process from submission to acceptance typically takes approximately 16–20 weeks. For more information, please see the Peer Review Process page.
Publication Frequency
The journal publishes three issues per year:
Issue 1: January–April
Issue 2: May–August
Issue 3: September–December
Each issue contains five to eight articles.
Open Access Policy
The journal provides immediate open access to all full-text articles, which are freely available to read and download online.
Publication Fees
The journal does not charge authors any submission fees, article processing charges (APCs), or other fees at any stage of the publication process.
Copyright and Licensing
Copyright of all published articles is held by the Southern Border Research and Development Institute, Yala Rajabhat University, Thailand. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Sources of Support
The journal is supported by Yala Rajabhat University. This funding has no influence on editorial decisions.