About the Journal
Concept
The Bavarian Journal of Applied Sciences (BJAS) was launched in 2015 with the aim of offering researchers and young scientists at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) a platform for putting applied research topics and scientific results to discussion, analyzing problems, reviewing research and offering solutions. It is the first scientific journal to provide a multidisciplinary forum for applied research in the German-speaking area.
As of May 2022, there is a revised concept, a new editorial team and a new scientific advisory board.
The BJAS addresses researchers in applied sciences. It is specifically aimed at academic readers from various disciplines who conduct application-oriented research. In the spirit of the principle of transparent science, it is an open access journal, which means that beyond the scientific community, society has access to the results of scientific research. The Deggendorf Institute of Technology is guided by the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.
The BJAS offers researchers from different academic levels the opportunity to publish according to high scientific standards and in compliance with the principles of Good Scientific Practice. The journal is open to application-oriented researchers from other institutions - You are more than welcome to submit a paper. The BJAS is designed as an English-language-only journal. However, we will also consider papers in German. We recommend publishing in English as the scientific audience you reach will be much larger.
Quality Control
Compliance with the principles of Good Scientific Practice as well as the scientific and methodological standards of the respective disciplines are central to our publishing ethics. The BJAS, as well as its authors and reviewers, are committed to adhering to the rules of Good Scientific Practice and to avoiding scientific misconduct. However, BJAS it’s editors and staff and reviewers will not be responsible for checking the accuracy of the data submitted and/or the copyright of the paper submitted. Authors will be asked to guarantee the compliance. All violations of scientific standards and ethics will be followed, reported and authors will have to retract their paper.
Accordingly, there is a double-blind peer review procedure based on scientific standards. Reviewers play a decisive role in the scientific publication process in order to safeguard the quality of the publications. For each publication, a qualified, non-involved reviewer from the DIT and at least one other person, who is not affiliated to the DIT, are providing reviews.
Recommendations for reviewers and the applicable principles may be found below. Reviewers are also asked to adhere to scientific standards and to reject papers that do not meet these standards.
The principal editors and the editorial board monitor and advise the compliance with scientific standards. They are supported and advised by a scientific advisory board consisting of DIT scientists with research and publication experience as well as external members from other universities and scientific institutions. On the basis of the expert opinions, the editors decide on the acceptance of contributions. In case of conflict, the advisory board is consulted and, if necessary, a third expert opinion is obtained.
Contributions are initially forwarded to reviewers in anonymous fashion (double blind). If the decision to publish the article is positive following the peer review process - and only in this case - the author(s) and the reviewer are disclosed to each other.
Recommendations for Reviewers
As reviewers, you have a crucial role in the scientific publication process to ensure the quality of the articles. Please follow the recommendations of the Council of Science Editors‘ White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications regarding your responsibilities towards authors, editors and readers. We ask reviewers to respect the ethical standards of peer reviewing processes, which include the following:
- Maintain confidentiality in dealing with the contribution to be reviewed,
- provide constructive feedback,
- outline your competencies,
- evaluate objectively and with integrity,
- disclose potential conflicts of interests,
- keep to the agreed time or be available in case of delays.
Open access and copyright
The BJAS is an open access journal. The content is available free of charge.
The contributions are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Upon acceptance of the contribution, the authors grant the editors a right of use, unlimited in time and space, for all types of digital utilization. The authors grant the journal permission to publish the work under the Creative Commons License, which allows others to use the work provided they give appropriate credit to the authorship and publication in this journal.
Authors are encouraged to make their work available online alongside the publication in this journal (e.g. to publish the PDF version on the homepage of their institutions or on their personal websites), because this encourages productive exchange as well as early and extended reference to the published work.
Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. Diane Ahrens, DIT - Applied Economics (logistics and data analytics)
Prof. Dr. Tobias Bader, DIT - European Campus Rottal-Inn |ECRI (energy management)
Prof. Dr.-Eng. Günther Benstetter, DIT - Electrical Engineering and Media Technology (material sciences and microelectronics)
Prof. Dr. Robert Feicht, DIT - ECRI (sustainability)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Fischer, DIT - Applied Informatics (machine learning)
Prof. Dr. Mario Lanza, King Abdullah University for Sciene and Technology|Kaust (Materials and Science Engineering)
Prof. Dr. Melanie Kappelmann-Fenzl, DIT - Applied Informatics (biomedicin)
Prof. Dr. Agnes Nocon, DIT - Applied Health Sciences (psycology)
Prof. Dr. Gerald Schönwetter, FH Oberösterreich Steyr (Logistikmanagement)
Prof. Dr. Christian Steckenbauer, DIT - ECRI (tourism)
Prof. Dr. Javier Valdes, DIT - Applied Informatics (economics/statistics, energy management)
Prof. Dr. Bernd Valeske, HTW Saar/Fraunhoferinstitut für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfsysteme|IfZP (Systems Engineering/Kognitive Sensorsysteme)
Prof. Dr. Roland Zink, DIT - Applied Informatics (geoinformatics)