Friday, September 23, 2016

The Directorate of Research and Innovation (DRI) officially launched the University’s first African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID)

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The African Union Students' Council (AUSC)" For The Better Africa We Deserve" has this great pleasure to support this officially launched TUT University’s first African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID) .
The AUSC expects much to get more information from this 1st African Journal  of Sciences, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID). This Journal  will be generating an new knowledge for all Africans ,especially the Youth of Africa to be able to achieve the AFRICAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)  basing on African academically empowered Young Generations.
New journal covers wide array of topics
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The Directorate of Research and Innovation (DRI) officially launched the University’s first African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID) at the Prestige Auditorium on 14 September 2016. It is a multidisciplinary journal covering economics, science engineering and technology. The core focus is, however, on economics of innovation and development.
 According to Prof Mammo Muchie, Co-Chief Editor of AJSTID, and the DST-NRF South African Research Chair in Innovation Studies, the journal will provide an important outlet for research on process as well as the impact of science, technology and innovation at two levels. It will specifically cover and address the objective of achieving industrial growth, together with the successful achievement of broader socio-economic development, particularly in Africa and other developing economies.
“AJSTID aims to promote scientific research. Thus it provides an outlet for research work by scientists, academia, engineers, practitioners, doctoral scholars and postgraduate students, concerned with the impact of science, technology and innovation processes on industrial, economic and social development. It brings publishing to the doorstep of every emerging researcher in Africa and other developing countries,” says Prof Muchie.
“All manuscripts submitted for the journal should be original, previously unpublished and will be subject to appraisal. If found suitable for further consideration the manuscripts will be sent to an independent, anonymous expert referee for peer review,” added Prof Muchie.
He concluded that AJSTID follows the double blind review system, however, in some exceptional cases, peer review is single blind, such as highly specialised scientific papers. “AJSTID has definitely become more accessible to readers through growing online-only sales packages with institutions and as part of subscription to libraries.”

The other Co-Chief Editor of the journal, Dr Angathevar Baskaran, is from the Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Associate Editors include highly acclaimed academics from various institutions across the world.
Topics that were also covered during the launch, included presentations on Supporting and Dissemination of Research in Africa; Promoting African Research to the Global Platform, Essential Factors for Journal to Qualify in the Web off Science; and R&I: Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
AJSTID is listed with the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), SCOPUS, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), the Department of Higher Education and Training and in other citations like EBSCO.
Another new TUT journal on Creativity, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (JCISE) was also launched and is expected to start in January 2017 in collaboration with DRI, the SARChI and the Faculty of Management Science. A workshop is scheduled for the end of October to attract the best scientific papers for the inaugural issue.
In his address at the AJSTID launch, the acting DVC: Postgraduate Studies Research and Innovation, Dr Edgar Nesamvuni, emphasised the readiness of DRI to support both high level quality research and postgraduate training. Dr Rita Raseleka, the Director at DRI and programme director at the event, wrapped up the AJSTID launch by encouraging all TUT researchers to publish in the journal in order to build it to become one of the best journals at the University to be accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training. 


Pictured at the launch from the left are: Dr Rita Raseleka, Director
at DRI; Sibabalwe Oscar Masinyana, Managing Editor at Taylor &
Francis Africa; Prof Mammo Muchie, DST-NRF SARChI Research
Chair in Innovation Studies and founding Co-Chief Editor of
AJSTID; Tracey October, Director of African Research at Thomson
Reuters; and Lufuno Sinthumule, Innovation Practitioner at the
Directorate of Research and Innovation.

Some of the delegates that attended the official launch of AJSTID.
Prof Mammo Muchie, DST-NRF SARChI
Research Chair in Innovation Studies and
founding Co-Chief Editor of AJSTID.


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