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Journal of Science and Technology

ISSN 2456-5660 · IN · jst.org.in

Journal Trust Rating C · 61/100 · scored 25 Sep 2026 · 8 of 13 signals measured

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The fifteen signals

Points as the rules gave them today. "n/a" means the source did not give enough to judge — it never counts against the journal.

Publication volume surge of 152025: 47 articles against a prior three-year average of 110 per year (×0.4) · source ↗Rule: ≥3× the prior three-year average (and ≥100 articles) in the last complete year: 15 · ≥2× (and ≥60): 8

Output has stopped of 10most recent article year on record: 2026 · source ↗Rule: no articles in the last two complete years although the journal has published before: 10

Citations mostly from itself of 158% of 263 citing articles are from the journal itself (21) · source ↗Rule: share of citations to its most-cited recent articles that come from the journal itself — ≥40%: 15 · ≥25%: 8 (needs ≥20 citations)

Citations concentrated in one other journal of 104% of citing articles come from one other journal: International Journal of Computer Applications (10) · source ↗Rule: one other journal supplies ≥40% of those citations (≥30): 10 · ≥25% (≥20): 5

n/a

Authorship shifted to a new country of 10fewer than 30 author-country links in a period — not judged · source ↗Rule: the top author country of the last two years holds ≥50% and rose ≥30 points against the three years before: 10

Retracted articles of 15no retraction on record in OpenAlex or Crossref · source ↗Rule: ≥3 retractions and ≥1% of all articles: 15 · ≥3: 8 · 1–2: 3 (Retraction Watch via OpenAlex; Crossref retraction notices)

Scope spread thin across fields of 83 field(s) each hold ≥8% of 110 recent articles: Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine · source ↗Rule: recent articles spread over ≥6 top-level fields each holding ≥8% (with ≥50 articles): 8 · 4–5 fields: 3

Open-access journal not in DOAJ of 5OpenAlex records it as open access; DOAJ has no record · source ↗Rule: OpenAlex says open access, DOAJ has no record: 5

n/a

No digital preservation on record of 8ISSN Portal and DOAJ not readable · source ↗Rule: no archive in the Keepers Registry (ISSN Portal) and none declared to DOAJ: 8

n/a

Articles deposited without reference lists or abstracts of 8not a Crossref journal (no DOIs registered under this ISSN) · source ↗Rule: Crossref coverage for current articles — references <20%: 5 · abstracts <20%: 3 (needs ≥20 DOIs)

n/a

Title or website differ from the ISSN record of 12ISSN Portal record not readable · source ↗Rule: ISSN Portal key-title differs from the indexed title: 6 · the website on the ISSN record is a different host from the one OpenAlex indexes: 6

Title shared with another journal of 6no other journal with this exact title in OpenAlex · source ↗Rule: another OpenAlex source carries the same title under a different ISSN: 6

n/a

On a hijacked- or removed-journal list of 40no list loaded yet — the Retraction Watch hijacked-journal checker is fetched by the weekly job · source ↗Rule: Retraction Watch hijacked-journal checker (a clone of this journal exists): 25 · an admin-imported removed-journal list: 40

What Low means

The public record shows none of the patterns that precede delisting or hijacking, or only faint ones. Still read the Journal Trust Rating: a journal can be safe and untidy at the same time.

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