Science Vision is a peer-reviewed and multidisciplinary journal published by the Mizo Academy of Sciences. It covers all branches of natural science and is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. It is published in print and online editions. The online edition with ISSN 2229-6026 is open access, while the print edition with ISSN 0975-6175 is available through subscription. The publisher, MAS is a not-for-profit, scientific and educational organisation for the advancement of science education and scientific research.
About the journal
Science Vision is a multidisciplinary science journal to provide a forum for the reporting and discussion of news and issues concerning science, and to disseminate the information to the public. It publishes original research, research reviews, letters and news. It maintains a single-blind peer reviewing system, and on request, an open reviewing with an author's suggestion of external experts.
Since 2001, the journal is published by the Mizo Academy of Sciences (originally as MIPOGRASS) with financial assistance from the Mizoram Science, Technology and Innovation Council (MISTIC), Directorate of Science and Technology, Government of Mizoram. It is registered with the Registrar of the Newspapers for India, Government of India, under registration number RNI MIZBIL/2001/4252. For eight year till 2008, its publication was entirely on general science education. As research activities among members of the society reached new levels, it became a fully peer-reviewed journal in 2009. In 2009, ISSN 0975-6175 for the print edition was assigned by the ISSN National Centre for India, National Science Library, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAR), New Delhi, India. To further promote information sharing, it went online. Then, ISSN 2229-6026 was given for an online edition in 2010.
Publisher
The Mizo Academy of Sciences (MAS) is a not-for-profit scientific organisation based in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. It was established in 1995 as the Mizo Post Graduate Science Society (MIPOGRASS) in Shillong, Meghalaya, by science students at the North Eastern Hill University. It was originally created ‘to promote and make further development of science for the Mizo community’, specifically for the welfare of postgraduate students. As higher education in science advanced among the Mizo people, the society changed into MAS in 2013. Now, membership has included university Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, professors, college principals, members of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly, engineers, medical doctors, pharmacists, veterinary doctors, architects, civil service officers, university teachers, college teachers, school teachers, and research scholars from different parts of the world.
The academy is registered under the Mizoram Societies Registration Act, 2005 with a registration number S.R. 42/96/MZ-RFS of 1996. As part of its regular activity, it organises annual conferences on trailblazing scientific themes and awareness campaigns, and publishes a peer-reviewed journal Science Vision.
The academy is the leading supporter of the Mizoram Science Congress, the largest scientific conference in Mizoram. The congress had been held in 2016 at Mizoram University campus in Tanhril, and in 2018 at Pachhunga University College in Aizawl.
Open access policy
We endorse open access publication. However, there are no fees for article processing and publication as financial expenses are met by grants from the Government of Mizoram.
Accessibility
All content in the website is made freely available to all users without restriction under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The print version is available only through subscription. Annual subscription fees are fixed at subsidised rates as follows:
For student (identity evidence required), ₹60 + ₹20 for postage (or US$15 outside India)
For personal (other than student), ₹150 + ₹20 for postage (US$40 outside India)
For institution and library, ₹400 + ₹20 for postage (US$100 outside India)
Financial support
The activities of the Mizo Academy of Sciences and publication of Science Vision have been supported by financial grants from the Mizoram Science, Technology and Innovation Council (MISTIC), an autonomous branch of the Directorate of Science and Technology, Aizawl, Government of Mizoram.
