About the Journal

Focus and Scope

This is a biannual journal (June and December) which is published in June and December by Social Environmental and Biological Association (SEBA) with the mission of encouragement and dissemination of scientific knowledge on social, environmental and biological disciplines to people of all walks of life and among all strata of the society in India and abroad. It includes three main streams such as social, environmental and biological sciences, both full papers and short communications, as well as reports and reviews, news and notes, seminar proceedings and thesis abstracts, standards and patents, individual experiences and institutional/ laboratory reports, etc., useful for education and awareness of the community at large.

Peer Review Process

All the manuscripts submitted to JHSR will be subjected to double blinded peer review process;

The manuscript will be reviewed by two suitable experts in respective subject area. The reports of both the reviewers will be considered while deciding on acceptance/revision or rejection of a manuscript. Editor-In-Chief will make the final decision, based on reviewer's comments. EIC can ask the one or more advisory board members for their suggestions upon a manuscript, before making the final decision. Associate editor and review editors provide the administrative support to maintain the integrity of peer review process. In case, authors challenge editor's negative decision with suitable arguments, the manuscript can be sent to one more reviewer and the final decision will be made based upon his recommendations.

Publication Frequency

Biannual