About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Nepalese Journal of Agricultural Sciences (NepJAS) is a peer reviewed and open access journal published by Directorate of Research and Training (DoRT), Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (HICAST), Kathmandu, Nepal. The scope of Nepalese Journal of Agricultural Sciences Agriculture include the following fields of agricultural and veterinary sciences: Agri-economics, Agri-business, Agricultural extension, Agricultural engineering, Animal science, and Veterinary, Aquaculture and fisheries, Agronomy, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Food Science, Genetic engineering, Horticulture, Irrigation Science, Land use and waste management in agriculture, Agro-Ecology, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and genetics, Sociology of agriculture, Agro-chemistry, Sustainable/ Conservation agriculture, Agro-forestry, Veterinary sciences.

Publication Frequency

NepJAS is published annually.

Open Access Policy

NepJAS provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Peer Review Policy

The Nepalese Journal of Agricultural Sciences (NepJAS) is a peer reviewed scientific journal of international standard. It conducts evaluation of the manuscripts by peers (two) with an expertise in the relevant subject. A thorough peer review is conducted to maintain standard of quality.

NepJAS implements a double-blind peer review system to ensure unbiased review. That means all the articles published in the journal undergo integrated per review by peers and consequent revisions by author(s) as per requirement.

Benefits of the peer review system

  • The author received detailed and constructive feedback from the experts.
  • The process alerts authors to the gaps in literature that they might have overlooked.
  • Readers can be assured that the research articles they are reading have been verified by subject matter experts.

The peer review system assures that

  • The article is relevant to the journal’s aims, scope and readership.
  • The submitted article presents original research findings.
  • The submitted article offers a comprehensive critical review and evaluation of key literature sources for a given topic, and
  • The article is sound both methodologically and technically.

Publisher

Nepalese Journal of Agricultural Studies is published by the Directorate of Research and Training (DoRT), Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (HICAST), Kathmandu, Nepal.