NexaAssist Journal of Inclusive Technology (NAJIT) publishes original research and rigorous review articles that contribute to the advancement of assistive technology, digital accessibility, and inclusive educational technology. The journal focuses on technological solutions, systems, applications, and research evidence that address disability-related accessibility barriers and support participation, independence, communication, and inclusive learning.
Authors must demonstrate a clear relationship between the technology under investigation and the needs of persons with disabilities, learners with disabilities, or individuals experiencing disability-related barriers. A general discussion of technology or special education without a substantive technological and accessibility contribution is insufficient for consideration.
NAJIT does not normally consider manuscripts that:
- Discuss general artificial intelligence or software development without a disability-related accessibility application.
- Address general educational technology without substantial relevance to inclusive or disability-oriented technology.
- Discuss special education practices without a significant technological component.
- Present a product description without adequate research methods, evidence, or evaluation.
- Report superficial accessibility claims without sufficient documentation or analysis.
- Present purely conceptual opinions or unstructured literature summaries without rigorous scholarly analysis.
- Contain unsubstantiated claims, unreliable evidence, or material outside the journal's scope.
Authors should prepare manuscripts using the current NAJIT article template and applicable formatting requirements. Manuscripts should be written in clear academic English, present coherent scientific arguments, and report methods, evidence, and findings transparently.
Original Research Articles should generally contain Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Declarations, and References. Review Articles should include a clearly defined review question, search strategy, eligibility criteria, screening or selection procedures, evidence synthesis, discussion, limitations, and conclusions.
The method section must describe the research clearly enough to permit critical assessment and, where appropriate, replication. Original research articles should report:
- Research design and methodological rationale.
- Study setting, participant characteristics, and sampling procedures.
- Disability-related needs or accessibility barriers investigated.
- Technology, prototype, application, intervention, or accessible system under study.
- Development framework, design stages, or implementation procedures where applicable.
- Research instruments, validation, and data-collection methods.
- Accessibility, usability, effectiveness, or other evaluation measures.
- Data-analysis techniques and relevant quality-assurance procedures.
- Ethical approval, accessible informed consent, and privacy safeguards where applicable.
For systematic and scoping reviews, authors should report databases searched, search dates and strategies, eligibility criteria, selection procedures, data extraction, evidence appraisal where appropriate, and synthesis methods. Relevant reporting guidelines, such as PRISMA, should be followed where applicable.
Tables and figures must be numbered, captioned, cited in the manuscript, and presented accurately. Authors should provide meaningful descriptions or alternative text for informative visuals where feasible. Screenshots, interface diagrams, accessibility testing outputs, and assistive technology prototypes must be presented with sufficient explanation for readers to understand their relevance. Third-party permissions must be obtained where required.
All citations and references must be accurate, complete, and consistent with the current NAJIT manuscript template. Every in-text citation must correspond to a reference-list entry, and vice versa. Authors should prioritize relevant, high-quality research on assistive technology, digital accessibility, disability studies, inclusive education, and related technologies. Citation manipulation, irrelevant citation padding, and coercive citation are prohibited.
Research involving human participants must comply with applicable ethical requirements. Authors must disclose ethical approval or institutional permission where required, explain informed-consent procedures, and protect participant confidentiality.
Studies involving persons with disabilities should consider accessible consent procedures, appropriate communication support, voluntary participation, privacy protection, and respectful representation. Identifiable disability-related information must not be disclosed without appropriate authorization and consent.
Submitted work must be original and free from plagiarism, fabricated data, undisclosed duplicate publication, and inappropriate text recycling. Manuscripts may undergo similarity screening in accordance with NAJIT's Screening for Plagiarism Policy. A numerical similarity score alone does not establish plagiarism.
Generative AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain responsible for accuracy, originality, proper citation, confidentiality, and research integrity. When AI tools materially assist manuscript preparation, authors should disclose the tool and its purpose.
AI systems investigated as research objects, such as speech-recognition aids, adaptive accessibility tools, or AI-assisted communication applications, must be described transparently in the methodology, including relevant limitations and evaluation procedures. AI must not be used to fabricate data, invent references, conceal plagiarism, or compromise participant privacy.
NAJIT applies double-blind peer review. Authors should:
- Remove author names and affiliations from the anonymized manuscript.
- Remove identifying metadata from document properties where possible.
- Avoid unnecessary self-identifying statements.
- Place author details, acknowledgments, and identifying information in separate submission fields or files.
- Anonymize supplementary materials intended for reviewers, including identifiable file paths or repository links where applicable.
NAJIT provides immediate open access to published articles. Under the journal's proposed open-access framework, published works are licensed using Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) . The final license must be consistent with the journal's official copyright statement and OJS settings.
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 LICENSEBefore submitting, authors should confirm that:
- The manuscript falls within the NAJIT focus and scope.
- The research addresses a disability-related technological or accessibility issue.
- The submission is an original research article or a rigorous review article.
- The technological contribution and research evidence are clearly demonstrated.
- The manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
- References and citations have been checked.
- Ethical approval and accessible informed consent are documented where applicable.
- Funding, conflicts of interest, and author contributions are disclosed.
- Material AI assistance is disclosed where relevant.
- The manuscript and reviewer-accessible files have been anonymized.
- The manuscript follows the current NAJIT article template.
Submission does not guarantee external peer review. The Editorial Team may decline manuscripts that fall outside the journal's scope, lack a substantive disability-related technological contribution, do not meet minimum methodological or scholarly standards, or fail to satisfy originality and ethical requirements.