Science Vision is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary science journal published by the Mizo Academy of Sciences. From 2001 to 2008 it was published as a comprehensive journal for science education. In 2009, peer reviewing was introduced as Mizoram experienced an increased development in scientific research. It became the first peer-reviewed journal with standard indexing from Mizoram. It also began to run an online edition and adopted an open access policy in 2010.

Brief history

The first issue of Science Vision was launched in March 2001. Its publication was supported by the Mizoram Science, Technology and Innovation Council (MISTIC), under the Department of Planning (now under the Directorate of Science and Technology), Government of Mizoram. The Registrar of Newspapers for India, Government of India, allotted a registration number RNI MIZBIL/2001/4252. Articles of scientific information were then published quarterly.

To keep pace with the growing scientific research among members of the society, fueled by the development of research institutes in Mizoram such as Mizoram Univeristy, Regional Institute of Paramedical and Nursing Institute, and Central Agricultural University, it started to publish peer-reviewed articles in 2009. In November that year, the ISSN National Centre for India, National Science Library, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAR), New Delhi, India, assigned ISSN 0975-6175 for the print edition vide NSL/ISSN/INF/2009-10 of 10/11/2009. An online edition was immediately started, so that by the next year NISCAIR gave another ISSN 2229-6026 for the online edition, vide NSL/ISSN/INF/2010-11 of 16/11/2010.

In 2019, the Mizo Academy of Sciences became Crossref member and the journal became indexed with DOI number on 23 January 2019. On 25 January 2019, the International CODEN Service, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, assigned CODEN SVCIC9.

Aims and scope

Science Vision publishes scholarly articles from different streams of science. It aims to provide a forum for the reporting and discussion of news and issues concerning science, and to disseminate the information to the scientific community and the public. It publishes articles in the form of research article, review article, report, short communication, views, news and letters. It encompasses publications in biology, physics, mathematics, chemistry, medicine, and all allied scientific branches. Policies on science in the form of views, letters, and reports are also included.

The journal and the editorial board assume no responsibility for opinions and conclusions drawn, or accuracy of data therein – including those of editorials, research articles, news, commentaries and reviews – which merely reflect the personal views of the authors and not official points of view of the Mizo Academy of Sciences or the institutions/organisations with which the authors are affiliated.

Open access statement

All published works in Science Vision are licensed under under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, which is a Free Culture License that permits to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.
Provided the source (journal), with the authors, is properly credited.

Howver, it should be noted that the license may not give all of the permissions necessary for the intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how the material is used.