Period of the Accreditation of Journal Quality

According to TCI’s announcement on June 30, 2021, regarding the Announcement of Journal Quality Assessment Results submitted for Tier Adjustment in the TCI Database, Round 4, 2020-2024, No. 2 (2021-2024), JSSNU has been promoted into the first tier of journals. The JSSNU first tier quality accreditation period is from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2024. Therefore, the journal would like to inform readers that any articles published in the JSSNU, Year 17, Issue 1 (January–June 2021), are considered as being published in the first tier of journals in the TCI database.

Note: Articles published in the JSSNU, Volume 16, Issues 1 and 2, 2020, are published in the second tier of journals in the TCI database, except for articles that received acceptance for publication before December 30, 2019, which are counted in the first tier of journals.