About the Journal

Journal of Science & Engineering (J S&E) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed, original research, short articles, articles, letters, and reports by promising students of science and engineering.  J S&E is a publication of the Freehold Regional High School District Press. Our online ISSN is 3066-7623 and our print ISSN is 3066-7607. Metadata and digital object identifiers (DOI) are registered with Crossref. J S&E is an open access journal. 

Our primary aim is to highlight science and engineering original research done by secondary students. An ancillary goal is to teach science/engineering communication, technical writing, and the peer review process to secondary students. 

The Journal began providing content online in 2024. The Science & Engineering Program at Manalapan High School has existed and nurtured student work since 1985. J S&E is supported by Science & Engineering alumni, and by the Freehold Regional High School District. 

Open Access

J S&E is an open access journal and a paywall annihilator. There are no fees charged to authors. Articles are published under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC 4.0) and are open immediately upon publication. 

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. 

J S&E is archived. CLOCKSS system has permission to ingest, preserve, and serve this open access Archival Unit. LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve, and serve this open access Archival Unit. 

Editorial Responsibilities

J S&E is under the editorial direction of the editors. It is the editors who make the final publication decisions; they ensure the accuracy, completeness, and originality of every published article; they are accountable for all the content published in the journal. All editorial decisions are made following rigorous, fair, and timely peer review. Editors and peer reviewers should refer to COPE's Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers and are expected to protect the confidentiality of participants in the peer review process. 

This journal follows the guidelines and code of conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and take all possible measures against publication malpractice. All submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous, blinded peer review process to ensure academic integrity. Authors must ensure their work is original, properly cited, and free from plagiarism or data fabrication. All authors must disclose any financial or substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. Policies on consent to publication, research on vulnerable populations, and ethical conduct of research using animals or human subjects are strictly enforced.

All submissions are checked for AI use and plagiarism. JS&E is willing to publish corrections, clarifications, and retractions when needed. J S&E is committed to preserving the integrity of the scholarly version of record. Anyone who has reason to think that specific research exhibits research malpractice should bring their concern directly to the editor, or email at devangelista at frhsd.com.

Author Responsibilities

Authors should submit only original work that properly cites or quotes the work of others. JS&E will not accept work substantially written by generative AI and Large Language Models (LLM). Authors must provide AI and plagiarism checks as part of submission. Articles should not be simultaneously under consideration by another journal. Article submissions are routinely screened for plagiarism. 

Authors are fully responsible for the entirety of their work. Authors must guarantee that their submitted work contains no matter that can be construed as libelous or as infringing in any way on the copyright of another party. All listed authors must disclose in their submission any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their work. All sources of financial support for their research must be disclosed. 

Authors should be prepared to provide the raw data in connection with their work for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such data. 

If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate fully with the editor to correct the article with a published erratum or to retract it. 

Authors are not charged any submission or article-processing fees. 

Editors, editorial board members, reviewers, and authors are expected to communicate in a respectful and professional manner. Any form of intimidation, harassment, or discrimination is unacceptable and may lead to appropriate action. 

Authors may post their accepted article manuscript noncommercially, without embargo, on their personal website, in their university or school repository, and in other nonprofit or governmental open access repositories, with copyright and source information provided along with a link to the published version as soon as it is available. Where required by their funder or institution, authors may also apply a Creative Commons license (BY 4.0) to the AAM.