The Berhan International Research Journal of Science and Humanities (BIRJSH) is a multi-disciplinary annual journal published by the Debre Berhan University (DBU). BIRJSH is a peer reviewed Journal devoted to the study and promotion of natural sciences, social sciences, agricultural science, natural resources, forestry, mathematical and computational sciences, and social and humanity science related to applied sciences from Ethiopia and elsewhere from worldwide.

BIRJSH is particularly designed to satisfy the scientific research needs of researchers, practitioners and other scholars from all disciplines working in the broader areas of natural sciences, applied sciences, social science, humanities, and computational sciences.

Publication Type

BIRJSH publishes original research articles, review papers and short communications. It is accessible in both print and online platform.

Publication Frequency

BIRJSH is published once a year - one volume in December.

Peer Review Process

The Berhan International Research Journal of Science and Humanities (BIRJSH) uses an online submission and review system. BIRJSH uses a double-blind peer review process, meaning that author(s) and reviewers remain anonymous in the review process. The review period will take from six to 12 weeks, although this can vary depending on reviewer availability. Reviewers are asked to provide formative, constructive, and valuable feedback, even if an article is not deemed suitable for publication in the journal. Overall editorial responsibility rests with the journal’s editors-in-chief.

Submissions to the journal will go through the following review process:

1. Upon the arrival of a manuscript, the editor makes a general assessment of its quality and it’s fit with the scope of the journal.

2. If approved, the manuscript is passed on to one or more associate editors for recommendations and suggestions of expert referees. Typically, each manuscript will be reviewed by three referees, sometimes including the associate editor.

3. The referees follow the BIRJSH guidelines.

4. Based on the reviews, the editor decides on one of the following assessments:

a. Acceptance

b. Acceptance pending minor revisions

c. Advise to revise and resubmit

d. Rejection

Authors will be properly and timely informed of the editor’s decision about their submitted manuscript. In the case of b and c, the editor will provide the authors with revision suggestions. In the case of c, the review process will begin again at point 2 after the resubmission of the manuscript.

5. Once the manuscript is accepted, the managing editor will prepare a definitive version in cooperation with a native English-language copy editor.

Members of the editorial board are permitted to submit their own papers to the journal. In cases where an author is associated with the journal, they will be removed from all editorial tasks for that paper and another member of the team will be assigned to handle the responsibility for overseeing peer review. A competing interest must also be declared within the submission and any resulting publication.

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