About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Jurnal Ilmiah Sains (Journal of Scientific Sciences) is published by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University. The journal is published twice a year (April and October) and welcomes full research articles in the area of Mathematics and Natural Sciences from the following subject areas:

Mathematics Statistics Computer Science Physics Chemistry Biology
Indexed By:
Dimension SINTA Google Scholar GARUDA DRJI ICI WorldCat Crossref OneSearch BASE

Peer Review Process

  • All articles submitted to Jurnal Ilmiah Sains (JIS) must be free of plagiarism and comply with the Focus & Scope and Author Guidelines.
  • Before the review process, all articles will be checked for plagiarism and formatting suitability. Plagiarism scanning is conducted using Anti-Plagiarism Software (Turnitin).
  • The research article will be evaluated by at least 2 (two) reviewers using a Double-Blind Peer Review process. Whenever necessary, an advanced reviewer will be assigned to evaluate the paper.
  • The final decision of article acceptance is made by the Editorial Board based on the evaluation reports. The overall review process generally takes 3-4 weeks.
  • All published articles will be immediately and permanently Open Access, free for everyone to read and download.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full-text articles without asking prior permission from the publisher or author.

Plagiarism Policy

All work must be free of falsification, fabrications, or omission of significant material. Similarity levels must be less than 20% (checked via Turnitin). Authors are expected to explicitly cite others' work. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Ilmiah Sains publishes original research articles twice a year.

APRIL OCTOBER

Journal History

October 2001

Firstly published with print ISSN (p-ISSN: 1412-3770). It is the first journal established at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado.

2016

Successfully obtained the online ISSN (e-ISSN: 2540-9840).

April 2021 (Vol. 21 Issue 1)

Implemented new Author Guidelines and manuscript template, including the use of APA style for citations and bibliography.

October 2021 (Vol. 21 Issue 2)

Applied Copyright Notice allowing authors to retain rights, governed under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 License.

October 2022

Migrated to the Open Journal Systems OJS 3 (3.3.0.12) platform to improve the management system and publication quality.

April 2023 (Vol. 23 Issue 1)

Updated Author Guidelines, transitioning manuscript formatting from a double-column to a 1-column layout.