About the Journal

Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Arts and Sciences (JTRAS) published its first printed issue in 2011 and published its first online version in 2022. JTRAS is a rigorous peer-reviewed 'open access journal' that is published biannually. Submissions on a wide variety of topics are welcome. Most articles are STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) and healthcare research focus. The Journal also publishes invited review articles and opinion/perspective articles by scientists with long-standing expertise pertaining to the fields within its scope to highlight knowledge gaps and suggest possible courses for future research or new concepts.

Transdisciplinary Research is defined as research efforts conducted by investigators from different disciplines working jointly to create new conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and translational innovations that integrate and move beyond discipline-specific approaches to address a common problem.

Aim and Scope

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Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Arts and Sciences (JTRAS) provides a platform for researchers, academicians, professionals, practitioners, and students to impart and share knowledge in the form of high-quality empirical and theoretical research papers, case studies, literature reviews, and book reviews. The journal welcomes and acknowledges high-quality theoretical and empirical original research papers, case studies, review papers, literature reviews, book reviews, conceptual frameworks, analytical and simulation models, and technical notes from researchers, academicians, professionals, practitioners, and students from all over the world.

Manuscript Types

Research Article

Research articles represent the most common type of contribution to transdisciplinary research in arts and sciences. These articles report previously unpublished original research that is experimental (field or laboratory-based), methodological, or theoretical in nature. These articles report a single experiment or concept that is fully developed and includes a statistical analysis (when appropriate). This mechanism is not appropriate for the reporting of preliminary or pilot data.

Extended Multi-Phase Study

Multi-phase studies report on a sequence or series of closely related original studies that are best discussed collectively instead of through multiple original articles. Research approaches encompassed in such a series of studies could include more than one experiment or a mixture of experiments, observational studies, modeling, surveys, ethnographic studies, and so on. The series must have a theoretical underpinning that makes its inclusion in the same report a logical progression. This mechanism is not appropriate for single-experiment or single-model reporting, nor is it an appropriate mechanism for reporting pilot study results along with a single experiment. Each component (experiment) of the sequence of studies must be able to be statistically evaluated independently.

Review Article

Review articles present a synthesis of previously published work on a specific topic of interest to the human factors/ergonomics community. These articles are intended to scientifically analyze a body of literature and synthesize the information in an original manner. Review articles must provide an original perspective on the literature, not merely a summary but an extension of knowledge on a topic. Integrative literature reviews based on various methods (narrative, systematic, meta-analytic) are encouraged.

Replication Study

Authors who wish to reproduce prior research studies are invited to submit a proposal to submit a replication study. The journal intends to publish the resultant articles provided that the research follows all agreed protocols and meets the usual high standards of clarity and exposition expected by the journal. All articles will be subjected to peer review in the usual way, notwithstanding the purpose of the article, which is to attempt replication of a previously published study.

Short Papers/Extended Abstracts

These articles report previously unpublished original research that is experimental (field or laboratory-based), methodological, or theoretical in nature. These articles report a single experiment or concept that is preliminary or fully developed and includes a statistical analysis (when appropriate). This mechanism is appropriate for the reporting of preliminary or pilot data.

Special Issue/Section Articles

Proposals for consideration of a special section or issue should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief.