About the Journal

Nehru College of Engineering and Research Centre (NCERC), situated on the Bank of the river Nila, is a premier Engineering college that has pioneered engineering education, research and training in the private sector. Established in 2002 by the founder chairman Late Shri P.K. Das, NCERC is committed to impart world class quality education in engineering and research. Dedicated to the service in the realm of technical education in Kerala, it is an ISO 9001:2015 certified institution, approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), affiliated to A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University(KTU) and is accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with 'A' Grade. Over these years NCERC has grown to be one of the Best Self Financing College in Thrissur, Kerala.

NCERC International Journal of Advanced Science, Engineering and Technology (NIJASET), (e-ISSN: 2583-5726) is an international peer-reviwed journal started in 2022 for supporting distinguished scholars and students who are researching various areas of Science and Technology. NIJASET plans to provide good platform for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in various areas of Science and Technology.

Focus and Scope:

The main objective of NIJASET is to encourage profound research in the areas of science and engineering. NIJASET publishes novel research methods with novel analytics in all fields of science and engineering but not limited to advances in data, signal and image processing and its applications. NIJASET welcomes contributions from all over the world.  All submissions are double blind peer reviewed for possible publication.

The topics covered by NIJASET included but not limited to:-

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Smart Control
  • Bio-science and Bio-technology
  • Communication and Networking
  • Computer Science and its Applications
  • Control and Automation
  • Database Theory and Application
  • Grid and Distributed Computing
  • Security Technology and Information Assurance
  • Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
  • Software Engineering & Its Applications
  • u and e Service, Science and Technology
  • Ubiquitous Multimedia Computing
  • Other relevant topics.

Frequency of Publication: Two issues per year (June and December).

Language: English

Peer Review Process:

Once a manuscript is submitted to NIJASET, it is initially evaluated by the NIJASET Editors for contribution, originality, plagiarism, relevance and presentation. Only the manuscripts passed in the initial stage are forwarded for the review process. In order to maintain and improve the quality of publication, a double blind peer review is strictly followed by  NIJASET where the reviewers and authors remain anonymous. The editor will inform the author after receiving the reviewer's comments from atleast two members of the editorial board or external reviwers. The review process will take minimum 8 weeks to reach final decision. The manuscript should be revised as per the reviewer's comments if any. The Editors' decision is final and all the correspondence will be sent by e-mail only.

Plagiarism Policy:

The authors of NIJASET should confirm the following:

  1. The authors of the manuscript should ensure that they have written entirely original works.
  2. The submitted manuscript should be free from plagiarism.
  3. None of the part of article is extracted from other sources.
  4. Proper references should be provided if any contents extracted from other sources.
  5. If plagiarism is found at any stage of publication, NIJASET will sent a notification mail to author to rectify.
  6. Based on the percentile of plagiarism, the submitted article may be rejected without any review.
  7. If plagiarism is found after publication, the article is completely removed from the NIJASET archive. 

All submitted articles to NIJASET will be checked for plagiarism through Similarity Check by Crossref which uses Turnitin's powerful text comparision tool iThenticate.

Open Access Policy:

NIJASET supports the Open Access policy of distribution of published manuscripts, ensuring "free availability on the public Internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of [published] articles. NIJASET adhere to the best practice and high publishing standards.

Copyright Notice:

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Publication ethics and Malpractice statement:

The statements of publication ethics for NIJASET are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. All parties (Publisher (XLESCIENCE), Reviewer, Editors, and Author) involved in the publication of articles should agree the below standards of ethical behavior.

Responsibilities of Editor:

Accountability: The editors of the NIJASET journal are responsible for deciding which articles submitted to NIJASET should be published, and, moreover, is accountable for everything published in the journal. In making these decisions, the editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board as well as by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers when making publication decisions. The editor should maintain the integrity of the academic record, preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards, and always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.

Fairness: The editor should evaluate manuscripts for intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s). The editor will not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than the author(s), reviewers and potential reviewers, and in some instances the editorial board members, as appropriate.

Confidentiality: The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure, conflicts of interest, and other issues:  Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. The editor is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. The editor should seek to ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process. Editors should reuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers. Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.

Involvement and cooperation in investigations: Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct. Editors should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct. An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

Responsibilities of Reviewer:

Contribution to editorial decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communication with the author, may also assist the author in improving the manuscript.

Promptness:  Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its timely review will be impossible should immediately notify the editor so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the editor.

Standards of objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inacceptable. Referees should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published data of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest: Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider evaluating manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the submission.

Responsibilities of Author:

Reporting standards:  Authors reporting results of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the manuscript. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention:  Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism:  The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication: An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Parallel submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of sources:  Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of a manuscript: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and human or animal subjects: If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest:  All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal’s editor or publisher and cooperate with them to either retract the paper or to publish an appropriate erratum.

Responsibilities of Publisher:

The publisher will take all appropriate measures in close collaboration with the editors of NIJASET to clarify the situation and to amend the article in cases of plagiarism, fraudulent publication or proven scientific misconduct. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum or, in the most severe cases, the complete retraction of the affected work.