Editorial Policies
Focus and Scope
SINET is a peer-reviewed, bi-annual journal of science published by the Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. The Journal is designed for an international readership both within Africa and overseas. Since its inception in 1978, SINET has been publishing original research articles, review articles, short communications and feature articles in basic and applied sciences.
Objectives:
To serve as a communication and information medium among professionals in science and related fields.
To publish original scientific works relevant to the solution of Ethiopian as well as global problems.
To encourage Ethiopian researchers to align their investigations in the direction of solving the basic needs of the country.
To promote the effective teaching of science in schools by publishing newer, better and more efficient ways of carrying out experiments.
To illustrate the applications of basic science principles to development; to pose problems and find solutions of practical nature.
Indexed and abstracted by American Mathematical Reviews, BIOSIS, CAB International and Environment Abstracts.
Section Policies
Articles
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Research articles
Report of original research in any branch of science will be considered for publication in this section.
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Review articles
Covering recent advances in an area in which an author has been actively engaged will be published under this column.
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Short communications
News of interest to researches including progress report ongoing researches, records of observations short comments, correction and reinterpretations of articles previously published in SINET, etc. Manuscripts submitted for this column should be prepared following the preceding instructions, and should not be more than six pages and should not contain more than two figures and/ or two tables
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Feature articles
These are articles that may be published in SINET feature columns covering a range of topics in science education, and science and society
Science education: Articles related to science education in schools and colleges, new or simple methods of scientific experiments for science educators, discussions of science curricula textbooks, teaching aids, etc.
Science and Society: Articles related to applications of science to solving daily problems of human; the scientific methods applied to solving humans’ problems; the role of science experiments in the “Third World”, etc., are considered in this column.
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Book review
A critical evaluation of recently published books in basic sciences, science education, technology and development will be published under this column
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Publication Frequency
Published biannually.
Indexing Services
Indexed and abstracted by American Mathematical Reviews, BIOSIS, CAB International and Environment Abstracts.