Aims and Scope

Aims

The Journal of Applied Science and Advanced Technology (JASAT) publishes research that turns scientific understanding into working materials, devices, systems and software. It takes original research, systematic and methodological reviews, and short communications.

Papers are judged on originality, sound method, reproducibility and a clear account of what the work makes possible in practice. Laboratory, computational and field studies are all welcome, as is work that crosses from one engineering or scientific discipline into another.

Scope

The scope covers four subject areas. The lists below give examples and are not exhaustive; a paper outside them but inside one of the four areas will be considered.

Advanced materials and energy

  • Batteries, solid-state electrolytes, supercapacitors and other energy storage
  • Renewable energy conversion, fuels and thermal systems
  • Functional, smart and self-healing materials
  • Polymers, composites, ceramics and high-entropy materials
  • Nanomaterials, thin films and surface engineering
  • Materials characterisation and computational materials science

Engineering systems, robotics and manufacturing

  • Robotics, mechatronics and autonomous systems
  • Control theory and safe control of physical systems
  • Additive manufacturing, 3D and 4D printing
  • Electrical and electronic engineering, power systems and embedded systems
  • Sensors, the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems
  • Mechanical, industrial and civil engineering applications

Computing, data and intelligent technologies

  • Machine learning and artificial intelligence applied to science and engineering
  • Software engineering and empirical studies of software development
  • Natural language processing, text mining and data quality
  • Explainable, reliable and safe AI
  • Data-driven modelling, simulation and digital twins
  • Information security and trustworthy computing

Applied physical, chemical and biological sciences

  • Applied physics and optics
  • Applied and materials chemistry, catalysis and electrochemistry
  • Biotechnology and bio-inspired engineering
  • Environmental science and sustainable technology

Examples of papers in scope

  • An interfacial layer that stabilises sulfide electrolytes in all-solid-state lithium batteries
  • A reinforcement learning controller with safety guarantees for a physical robot
  • Shape-memory polymer fibres for 4D-printed self-healing structures
  • An explainable model that predicts maintenance risk in open-source software projects
  • Detection of fraudulent online advertisements from text and missing metadata
  • A systematic review of machine learning methods for fault detection in power grids

Papers usually declined at the desk

Every submission is checked for fit, method and originality before it goes to reviewers. The following are normally declined at that stage:

  • Pure theory with no link to an application, device, material or system
  • Routine applications of an existing method to a new dataset with no methodological or practical contribution
  • Product descriptions, technical manuals or feasibility notes without a research contribution
  • Simulation-only results where the claims clearly need experimental or field validation that is not provided
  • Literature summaries that offer no methodological synthesis

If you are unsure whether a paper fits, send a short pre-submission enquiry through the Contact page.

Article types

  • Original Research Article. A full-length experimental, computational or theoretical study with new findings.
  • Systematic or Methodological Review. A structured synthesis following PRISMA, bibliometric or a comparable method.
  • Short Communication. A concise report of a focused finding or a brief methodological note.
  • Editorial. By invitation only, written by the editors or invited contributors.

Length and format for each type are given in the Author Guidelines.