About the Journal
OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL
The Revue Congolaise des Sciences et Technologies also known in English as the Congolese Journal of Science and Technology is a forum for researchers and practitioners from all spheres of science and technology to publish the results of their research. It is an open-access, specialized, peer-reviewed , and interdisciplinary journal dedicated to research and development in the fields of: – Innovation, -Engineering, – Science and technology.
The Journal is quarterly and bilingual (French and English).
ETHICAL ASPECT
In the cover letter, the author must also declare that the study was conducted in accordance with international, national and institutional rules concerning animal experimentation, clinical studies and biodiversity rights.
▪ Animal and clinical studies
Studies using laboratory animals must state in the "Methods" section that the research was conducted in accordance with internationally accepted principles for the use and care of laboratory animals (European Community guidelines : EEC Directive 86/609/EEC of 1986 or US guidelines: NIH Publication No. 85-23, revised in 1985). Research involving human subjects must state in the Methods section that the research followed the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and the Tokyo Declaration for humans, that it was approved by the institutional human experimentation committee or equivalent, and that informed consent was obtained. Editors will reject articles if there is any doubt about the appropriateness of the animal or human procedures used.
▪ Biodiversity rights
Each country has its own rights over its biodiversity. Therefore, to study genetic resources, it is necessary to respect international, national, and institutional rules concerning biodiversity rights.
STATUS OF SUBMISSION
▪ Submission Acknowledgement
After submission (via email), the editorial team will acknowledge receipt and send an email to the corresponding author with the document ID within three days. The corresponding author is advised to add the journal's email addresses (info@csnrdc.net, contact@csnrdc.net, revue@csnrdc.net) to their email address book to prevent our messages from being filtered into their spam folder.
▪ General review
After submission, the manuscript undergoes a general review process regarding format and plagiarism. If a manuscript is accepted for review, it proceeds to the peer review process.
▪ Evaluation report
Once the review process is complete, the editor-in-chief collects the reviewers' reports and decides whether to accept or reject the manuscript based on their comments . Finally, the letter of acceptance, rejection, or revision is sent to the author.
▪ Revised version of the manuscript
In the event of a revision, the manuscript is again submitted to the same peer review process (if necessary).
▪ Layout and proofreading
The author is asked to format the manuscript according to the template provided by the Congolese Journal of Science and Technology in its author guide. The manuscript is then submitted to the editor for typesetting and proofreading. The journal will send the text to the author in PDF format before it is published online. In case of an error in the published text, the author is responsible for notifying the editor or publisher of the problem for correction.
EVALUATORS' SUGGESTION
The authors must propose two potential reviewers. The editor-in-chief may contact the potential reviewers. The proposed reviewers must not be co-authors; they must not belong to the author's institution; they must not have published with the authors in the last 5 years; and they must have proven expertise in the field of study.
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Manuscripts submitted to the Congolese Journal of Science and Technology will undergo peer review. This journal uses a double-blind peer-review system, in which the identities of the reviewer and the author are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the entire review process. In the event of a disagreement between two reviewers, the journal will consult a third reviewer to break the tie. Any selected reviewer who does not feel qualified to evaluate the research presented in a manuscript, or who knows that it will be impossible to evaluate it quickly, must inform the editor-in-chief and decline to participate in the review process.
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
The Congolese Journal of Science and Technology is an open access journal, meaning that all content is freely available to the user or their institution. Users are authorized to read, download, copy, distribute, print, and search without requesting prior permission from the publisher or author.
COPYRIGHT POLICY
All articles published in the Congolese Journal of Science and Technology are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0). The journal allows authors to retain the copyright to their work (all uses are permitted, except for commercial purposes).
ITEM PROCESSING FEES
All articles published in the Congolese Journal of Science and Technology are freely accessible online. This is made possible by the article processing fees (USD 50 for authors from the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation and USD 70 for others), which cover all the publication services we offer. These services include providing online tools for editors, reviewers, and authors, as well as article production and hosting. The payment methods are:
▪ Western Union and MoneyGram under the name: Georges Christian MABIALA (only for those outside the DRC)
▪ M-PESA account number 082 014 7479 under the name Georges MABIALA Payment is made once the article is accepted and the corresponding author sends proof of payment to the journal by email.
