Sara Journal for Science, Engineering and Management (SJSEM) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to showcasing foundational ideas and emerging innovations across science, engineering and management disciplines. The journal provides a comprehensive platform for researchers, academicians, and industry professionals to present original research articles, review papers, and practical solutions spanning technical and managerial domains. By emphasizing the origin and evolution of engineering and management concepts, this journal encourages the exploration of novel ideas that contribute to technological progress, organizational effectiveness, and societal development.
The aim of Sara Journal for Science, Engineering and Management is to disseminate high-quality research that advances science, engineering and management knowledge while bridging the gap between theory and real-world applications. The journal promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, ethical research practices, and innovation-driven studies that address current and future challenges in science and humanities, engineering systems, industrial operations, and organizational management. It also seeks to nurture young researchers and professionals by providing a credible forum for knowledge exchange, leadership development, and professional growth.
The scope of the journal encompasses a wide range of core and emerging fields, including physics, chemistry, climatic studies, geoscience, space sciences, planetary sciences, astrophysics, astronomy, mechanical, civil, electrical, electronics, communication, instrumentation, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, aerospace, biomedical and computer engineering, as well as engineering management, project management, operations management, strategic management, supply chain management, human resource management, and business analytics. In addition, areas such as robotics, renewable energy, sustainable technologies, and techno-managerial studies are strongly encouraged. Applied research, experimental studies, case studies, and comprehensive reviews are welcomed, with a focus on solutions that offer practical, industrial, managerial, and societal relevance. Through global perspectives and cutting-edge methodologies, Sara Journal for Science, Engineering and Management to serve as a catalyst for science, engineering and management excellence and innovation.
About Saranathan College of Engineering
Saranathan College of Engineering is the brain-child of the great philanthropist Vidhya Seva Ratnam Sri.K.Santhanam, a charted accountant by profession. He named the college after his illustrious teacher (Guru) Prof. V. Saranathan, former Principal of National College, Trichy and an educationist par excellence of yester-years. The sprawling campus of the college is located on the Trichy-Viralimalai-Madurai National Highway (NH 45B). It offers ten Bachelor of Engineering Programmes and five Master of Engineering Programmes. Seven of the ten Bachelor’s programmes are accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), India. In 2021 the institution has been accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), New Delhi, India with A+ grade in the first cycle itself. All departments are affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, India. The college has a galaxy of well qualified and dedicated teaching faculty, spacious classrooms, smart lecture halls, conference halls, well-stacked library with online journals and well-equipped laboratories with advanced equipment for research and academic activities. The college is about 4 km from the Railway Junction and 12 km from the Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ).
Peer review process
All papers in the journal undergo peer-review by two reviewers. Acceptance grants when both the recommendations of reviewers’ are positive.
The Chief Editor assesses each paper to decide whether its topic and content are appropriate for thought by the Sara Journal. The article that doesn’t meet minimum criteria returns to the author inside a week of receipt. The authors decide to correct the issues and submit the paper to a more proper appropriate setting.
After the initial-review, Editor selects reviewers dependent on their mastery in that specific field. A minimum of two reviewers reviews each article under a double-blind peer review where both the reviewers and the authors are kept unknown. Reviewers are requested to evaluate the article depend on their originality, clarity, novelty, significance, completeness, research contribution and pertinence to design practices. Reviewers can choose any of the recommendations like Accept, Revisions required, Resubmit for review, decline submission. Reviewers are requested to finish their review within 1-3 weeks.
After collecting the reviewers’ reports, the Editor makes a final decision of the paper where it is accepted or resubmits to the authors to carry out the corrections marked by the reviewers. A revised article should be re-submitted within ten days of the decision. It will return to the original reviewers for evaluation. The review process may take 2 to 5 weeks depending upon the cycles of review required before the article is finally accepted. After this detailed review process, if an article is finally accepted, the Publisher and Editorial Board will take the decision in which issue that article will publish; and the author will intimate accordingly.
