FOR AUTHORS

Submission Guidelines

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Formatting style

All manuscripts must be prepared by using the APA Style Guide (7th Edition) and submitted as a Microsoft document. Manuscripts must be in 12-point Gill Sans MT; single spaced. Main text of the manuscript should not exceed 25 pages and all pages must be numbered sequentially. Manuscripts must include margins of 1 inch on all four sides.

Manuscripts Sections

The manuscript must contain the following sections:

Title Page

  • The title must be concise and informative;
  • It must include full names of authors, contacts, and their respective institutional affiliation(s);
  • A corresponding author must be identified.

Abstract

An abstract of 150 to 250 words should briefly explain the purpose of the study, theory (if any), methods, key findings, and conclusion. The abstract should have between 4 and 7 key words reflecting themes of the study drawn from the title and main text of the paper.

Main text

The main text must contain;

  • Introduction
  • Theoretical & Empirical Review/Hypothesis development
  • Methods
  • Results and Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements (if any)
  • Conflict of interest
  • Funding disclosure
  • References

Numbering subsections of manuscripts

Manuscripts must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1, 2. (then 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2), 1.2, etc. Each section and subsection must be left-aligned, bold, and title case capitalization.

Referencing style

All references should follow the APA 7th Edition Guide.

Article Template

Authors are advised to use journal template in preparing their manuscripts 

Duties of authors

Authors have the following duties;

  • To ensure that submitted articles are their original work
  • To submit papers based on journal scope and other journal’s guidelines
  • To ensure that submitted papers have not been published before or are under consideration in any other journal or publisher
  • To state any conflict of interest regarding submitted papers
  • To acknowledge all sources of information and data used in their submitted papers
  • To immediately communicate all errors of their papers to the Chief editor after being submitted