Author Guidelines
Manuscripts are accepted for publication with the understanding that they represent original work that was not previously published in other peer-reviewed journals. Articles published as working papers may be submitted for consideration but this must be indicated.
Authors must include title, name(s) of authors and abstract of paper in the text of the email. Large files should be zipped. Please submit a Word .DOC manuscript file. (If you prefer, you may submit in PDF format, but for review purposes only; a Word .DOC file will later be required as a final version for production if the article is accepted.)
• LANGUAGE: Papers may be written in either ENGLISH or FRENCH. Authors who can submit articles in both languages are highly encouraged to do so. It is recommended that authors should proofread their articles or ask colleagues to proofread the manuscript before submitting. Articles containing careless errors especially typographical errors will be rejected as this will entail a long time to fix during editing before publication. Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field.
• Author-Suggested Reviewers. While the Journal maintains a large pool of reviewers drawn from all specialties, it is recommended that authors suggest the names and email addresses of up to 3 reviewers when submitting a paper. • Manuscript Preparation and Organization All manuscripts submitted to the journal must comply with the following instructions. Failure to do so will result in the return of the manuscript and a possible delay in publication.
We recommend the use of certain fonts: Times, Times Roman, Arial; please use the Symbol font for special characters. Using other fonts could make the PDF more difficult to read.
Text of the paper should be divided into the following sections, if appropriate:
- Introduction;
- Materials and methods;
- Results;
- Discussion;
- Conclusions;
- Acknowledgments;
- References;
- Tables;
- Figure legends.
• Abbreviations should be defined at first mention in the abstract and again in the main body of the text and used consistently thereafter.
• · Title of manuscript. Title of the manuscript should be concise, specific, and informative, and should contain the key points of the work. This is followed by the name of the author(s) (full first and last names), complete affiliation(s) followed by full mailing addresses. Corresponding author(s) should be clearly identified and details of the correspondence address and e-mail(s) should be included. For more details, refer to recent articles published by the journal.
Abstracts.
Unstructured (without headings) abstracts are required for quick referencing and an indication of the work presented. We use this version of your abstract to solicit referees to review your manuscript. Potential reviewers may view it before they accept or decline the assignment. Generally, an abstract should not exceed the word limit of 300 words. Please write your abstract so that it accurately summarizes your article, as it will stand independently of the article. Avoid passive voice except when describing methods, and use past tense for actions taken in the past. · Keywords. Up to six keywords In terms of the keywords, the Journal aims for generalizations. In this way, a searcher is more likely to find a range of information under any particular topic. Unfortunately, you have to limit the keywords for your paper and be more specific so that readers can search within the search engine on the online Journal. Use the keywords that generally cover your topic. ·
Introduction,
Titles, Subtitles and Headings. Titles should be concise, specific, and informative, and present the key points of the work. All headings should conform to a consistent pattern, using no more than 3 outline levels, and should be kept brief. Avoid acronyms and sentences. The paper should include appropriate numbered subheadings. "Appendices," if applicable, each with a title, should come after the references. Do not use footnotes within the text. · Acknowledgments. Disclosure of all financial and material support is required. Upon acceptance, the first author will be asked to certify that all persons who have contributed substantially to the work but who do not fulfill authorship criteria have been listed, and that written permission for listing them has been obtained ·
Tables and Figures.
Please note the following guidelines for the number of tables, figures, and images. Each table and figure should have a descriptive self-contained title that is fully comprehensible without reference to the text. Authors should ensure that each table or figure are mentioned in the text, as "Figure 2," or "Figure 2A," not "Fig. 2.".
If references are cited within a table or figure, they should be ordered as though they fall at the first callout (i.e., text mention) of that table or figure. FIGURES: all illustrations are considered as figures. These are to be numbered with consecutive Arabic numbers, referring to parts of figures by capital letters (A), B), etc. Figures should have captions and be mentioned in the text, for example: "Figure 2," or "Figure 2A," not "Fig. 2.".
Figures must be created with a computer program and submitted in their original formats, NOT placed in Word or PowerPoint. Legends and notes should be included in the article file and NOT the figure itself. Please avoid more than 4 charts per figure and submit each chart in a separate file. All figures must be done in black and white unless special arrangements have been made for the use of color.
TABLES: Tables should be numbered consecutively with roman numerals, and each table should be given a clear descriptive caption at the top. Footnotes to tables should be lowercase, subscript, italic letters etc. and should appear immediately below the table. Tables cannot include subordinate parts (i.e., no more than 1 column head is permitted per column) and cannot include charts. All items within a column must conform as much as possible--in identity and in units--to the column head. Avoid submitting text or simple lists as tables. Please note that confusion may arise between stub heads that indicate raw data and those that denote a variable.
Equations and formulae. Mathematical: Mathematical equations should preferably be type-written, with subscripts and superscripts clearly shown. To simplify typesetting, please use (1) the "exp" form of complex exponential functions; (2) fractional exponents instead of root signs; and (3) the solidus (/) to simplify fractions e.g.3/4, exp x1/2. Chemical: Please supply reproducible artwork for complex chemical matter such as ring formulae.
Chemical equations referred to in the text should be indicated with Arabic numbers set over to the right in parentheses. Marking: Where chemistry is straightforward and can be set (e.g. single line formulae) please distinguish between e.g. double bonds and equal signs, and single bonds and hyphens.
REFERENCES:
Special Note About Reference Format It is important that authors strictly adhere to the reference format that we use because a manuscript in which references do not follow the standard format can cost us both time and monies. The manuscript will be returned to the corresponding author(s) at anytime during the copyediting process for putting the references of a manuscript in order. Only references that are cited in the text should be listed.
- First of all, all entries are presented in the order they appear in the text.
- Secondly, all occurrences of names of authors and/or editors should be set in Caps and Small Caps. More than two authors require the Name of the first author followed by et al. (in italic), date.
In the reference section, the et al. should be replaced by the names of the entire line of authors in the order that they appear on the first page of the article. Please use full titles of journals, not abbreviations. Below is the reference format adopted by the journal. Since all of these references eventually will become part of the Citations Library, it is important that every effort be made to adhere to this format.
Text citations:
Bangura (1997) or (Bangura, 1997); Davies and Mikangou (1987); Harris et al. (1995) -- for more than two authors, but all the names of authors irrespective of their number (see example below) should be provided in the list of references.
For Journal papers: name(s) and initial(s) of all authors; year; full title; journal title; volume number; first and last page numbers •
Abdelbar, A.M. and Hedetniemi, S.M. (1998). Approximating MAPs for belief networks in NP-hard and other theorems. Artificial Intelligence 102, 21-38.
Sankoh, O.A. (1996). Making Environmental Impact Assessment Convicible to Developing Countries. Journal of Environmental Management 47(2), 183-188.
Sankoh, O.A.; Bonner, D.; Determann, T.; Gersten, J.; Gropp, A.; Hoelters, I.; Krueger, N.; Lehmann, U.; Marty, C.; Strauss, K. and Wegner, H. (1993). Finding and Assessing Route Alternatives. Journal of Environmental Management 38(4), 323-334.
Joseph, J. and Kurup, P.G. (1990). Stratification and salinity distribution in Cochin estuary, south west coast of India. Indian Journal of Marine Science 19, 27-31.
For books: name and initial(s) of all authors; year; title; publisher; place of publication
Ginsberg, M. (1987). Readings in Nonmonotonic Reasoning. Morgan Kaufmann, Los Altos, CA.
Jain, R.K.; Urban, L.V.; Stacey, G.S. and Balbach, H.E. (1993). Environmental Assessment, New York: McGraw-Hill. · United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (1991). Environmental Impact Assessment Good Practice Guidelines. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP.
For an article in a book of collection: name(s) and initial(s) of all authors; year; title of article; title of book; editor(s); edition; volume number; publisher; place of publication, page numbers.
Greiner, R. (1999). Explanation-based learning. In The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, R. Wilson and F. Keil (eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 301-303.
Oluwole, A.F. and Akerdolo, F.A. (1992). Ambient air and air-borne radiation pollution monitoring in Nigeria. In: Towards Industrial Pollution Abatement in Nigeria: FEOA Monograph 2, E. O. A. Aina and N.O. Adedipe (eds), Ibadan University Press, Nigeria, pp. 259-278.
For Conference Proceedings:
Marek, W. and Truszczynski, M. (1989). Relating autoepistemic and default logics. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Toronto, Canada, May 1989, H. Brachman and R. Reiter (eds.), Morgan Kaufmann, San Mateo, CA, 276-288.
Mercier, J-R. and Kjorven, O. (1996). Influence of EA on the Design of World Bank-financed Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Goodland, R., Mercier, J-R. and Mutemba, S. (eds.), Environmental Assessment (EA) in Africa: A World Bank Commitment, Proceedings of the Durban, World Bank Workshop, June 25, 1995, Washington:
World Bank, pages Internet publication/Online document : Internet articles based on a print source
Vanden Bos, G., Knapp, S., and Doe, J. (2001). Role of reference elements in the selection of resources by psychology undergraduates [Electronic version]. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5, 117-123. Retrieved October 13, 2001, from http://jbr.org/articles.html Article in an Internet-only journal ·
Fredrickson, B. L. (2000, March 7). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. Prevention & Treatment, 3, Article 0001a. Retrieved November 20, 2000, from http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume3/pre0030001a.html Article in an Internet-only newsletter
Glueckauf, R. L., Whitton, J., Baxter, J., Kain, J., Vogelgesang, S., and Hudson, M. (July 1998). Videocounseling for families of rural teens with epilepsy - Project update. Telehealth News, 2(2). Retrieved from http://www.telehealth.net/subscribe/newslettr4a.html1 Stand-alone document, no author identified, no date · GVU's 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved August 8, 2000, from http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/usersurveys/survey1997-10/. • Appendixes. On occasion data that may not be easily presented in text or figure form may warrant the use of an appendix. Appendixes should be created as a supplementary file to the manuscript; they will not be converted to PDF for review, but will be available exactly as uploaded. Appendixes will be linked to the online version of the article if they are accepted with the article. Review, Editing, and Production We acknowledge new, revised, and resubmitted manuscripts upon receipt. Approximately 60% of submissions are rejected upon initial screening by the editors, usually within 1-2 weeks of receipt. Peer review of the remainder takes 2-3 months from submission to initial decision. The review process is double-blinded, with authors unaware of the identities of reviewers and reviewers unaware of the identities of authors until acceptance. The time from submission to final acceptance of reviewed/revised papers averages 5 months. Upon acceptance, authors will be asked to submit final version source files for editing and production. PROOFS: Corresponding author(s) will receive page proofs (including) figures for correction of articles that have been accepted for publication. Corrected proofs must be returned immediately. .