Mekelle University is one of the young establishments of higher learning institutions in Ethiopia with less than two decades since its foundation under the famous Momona tree (Faidherbia albida) which we are now to name the journal: Momona Ethiopia Journal of Science (MEJS). In the last few years the university has grown tremendously in: program diversity, depth and breadth of research, international collaborations, and overall institutional capacity in terms of human and material resources to undertake research. The inertia to undertake research in various fields of science is increasing as the number of people with their second and terminal degrees and the diversity in fields of specialization increase.
The growth in depth and breadth of both teaching and research is enabling the university to be a center of excellence in research. Many programs have already initiated teaching at the graduate level (for example: agriculture, applied geology) and the basic sciences (biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics) will start teaching at graduate level in the near future. The initiation of post graduate education in various disciplines is expected to increase the research outputs by many folds as the programs are basically research based. Thus, the establishment of a multidisciplinary journal devoted to disseminate knowledge gained in the different fields of science has many functions: encourage researchers to develop the habit of publishing, encourage researchers to carryout further research and produce competent researchers, and create a forum for scientific contribution to the country. The establishment of the Science Journal at Mekelle University will enable the university to create a publication and communication forum among scientists within the country and the outside world.
MEJS Volume I
Publication of research results and exchange of information is essential to the growth of any discipline. There are several International and National journals available for scientists to publish their research results. Among them some are highly specialized and dedicated to a particular profession or discipline. MEJS tries to provide platform for scientists related to Natural and Computational Sciences in general and Earth Scientists, Physicists, Biologists, Chemists and Mathematicians in particular and covers all aspects from basic to applied nature. Contrary to the paper journal, MEJS is launched as an EJOURNAL primarily with the desire to expand its base to more and more countries around the world and serve the international scientific community by providing a low cost journal. The idea of ejournal is in tune with the recent advances made in the electronic publishing sector which has resulted in the publication thousands of journals electronically globally and available on the World Wide Web (WWW). This makes the present initiative possible and provides a suitable mechanism for widespread dissemination of information. MEJS first volume is published in printed copy and here we have provided the PDF copy of the journal for download.
Click here to download the MEJS Volume I Issue I (PDF).
Click on the links below on each content to download each paper of the MEJS volume I Issue I
- Compositional Differences Between Felsic Volcanic Rocks from the Margin and Center of the Northern Main Ethiopian Rift (pdf) -- Kurkura Kabeto, Yoshihiro Sawada & Barry Roser
- Groundwater Suitability for Irrigation Purpose: A Case Study from Debre Kidane Watershed, Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia (pdf) -- Nata Tadesse, K. Bheemalingeswara and Asmelash Berhane
- The Positive Effect of Micro-Dams for Groundwater Enhancement: A Case Study Around Tsinkanet and Rubafeleg Area, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia) (pdf) -- Dessie Nedaw and Kristine Walraevens
- Silicon Status and its Relationship with Major Physico-Chemical Properties of Vertisols of the Northern Highlands of Ethiopia (pdf) -- Fassil Kebede
- Tillage Frequency, Soil Compaction and N-Fertilizer Rate Effects on Yield of Teff (Eragrostis Tef (Zucc) Trotter) in Central Zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopias (pdf) -- Haftamu Gebretsadik, Mitiku Haile and Charles F. Yamoah
- Multi-dimensional and Multi-parameter Fortran Based Curve Fitting Tools (pdf) -- Daniel Tsegay and Alem Mebrahtu
Click on the links below on each content to download each paper of the MEJS volume I Issue II
- Petrographic and Geochemical Study of Low Grade Metamorphic Rocks around Negash with Reference to Base Metal Mineralization and Groundwater Quality,
Tigray, Northern Ethiopia (pdf)-- K. Bheemalingeswara and Nata Tadesse
- Intestinal Helminthes Infections and Re-Infections with Special Emphasis on
Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Waja, North Ethiopia (pdf) -- Tadesse Dejenie, Tsehaye Asmelash and Mekonnen Teferi
- Screening Some Tef [Eragrostis Tef (Zucc.)Trotter] Accessions/Varieties for
Salt Tolerance during Germination and Seedling Stage (pdf) -- Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw and Fisseha Itanna
- The Effect of Indigenous Root-Nodulating Bacteria on Nodulation and Growth of
Faba Bean (Vicia Faba) in the Low-Input Agricultural Systems of Tigray
Highlands, Northern Ethiopia (pdf) -- Alemayehu Workalemahu
- Measuring on Farm Diversity and Determinants of Barley Diversity in
Tigray: Northern Ethiopia (pdf) --- Fetien Abay1, Asmund Bjørnstad and Melinda Smale
- A Dynamic Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench) diversity Management
in Situ and Livelihood Resilience in South and Central Tigray Region,
Ethiopia (pdf) -- Yemane Tsehaye, Zeratsion Abera, Afewerk Kebede and Berhane Ghebremichael
- Somatic Embryogenesis in Juniperus Procera using Juniperus Communis as a
Model (pdf) -- Seblework Belaineh