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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

AUTHOR’S GUIDELINES

The Abuja journal of economics and Allied fields (AJEAF) is a bi – annual academic journal published in June and December by the Department of Economics, university of Abuja. The journal publishes original research papers and review articles, all of which are referred. The papers range across the entire realm of the field of social science and humanities.

EDITORIAL REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE

The criteria for the acceptance of all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to the readership and field of social science and humanities. Manuscripts are subjected to double peer review. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the editorial board.

Manuscripts should be written in a clear, direct style. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of the content, the editor and the publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to ensure clarity. Manuscripts requiring major alterations will be returned to the author(s)

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

All articles submitted to the journal must comply with all the journal’s instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication. The original manuscript should be submitted electronically to: ajeaf@gmail.com

Submission should be double – spaced, with top, bottom and side margins at least 30mm. All pages should be numbered consecutively at the bottom center of the page.

The following instructions should be adhered to:

  • The entire article ( including figures and tables ) should be supplied as a single file
  • Authors should supply their accepted paper as formatted text.
  • Manuscripts are to be prepared and submitted in word document (. doc) or rich text format. Only manuscript prepared by MS Word 1997 – 2007 will be accepted for assessment.

COVERING LETTER

Papers are accepted for publication in the journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the signed covering letter accompanying the paper.

PARTS OF THE MANUSCRIPTS

The length of an article (including references and tables) should not exceed 8000 words.

Manuscripts should be presented in the following order:

  • Title page,
  • Abstract and key words,
  • Text,
  • Acknowledgment,
  • references,
  • Tables
  • figures

TITLE PAGE

Material that might identify authorship of the paper should be placed on a cover sheet. The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper, (ii) the full name(s) of the author(s) and (iii) the addresses of the institution(s) at which the work was carried out together with (iv) the full postal and email addresses plus facsimile and telephone number(s) of the author(s) to whom correspondence about the manuscript should be sent. The title should be short, informative and contain the major key words. No abbreviations should be included in the title. A short running title ( less than 40 characters) should be provided.

ABSTRACT AND KEY WORDS

All articles must have a brief abstract that states, in 250 words or fewer, the major points made and the principal conclusions reached. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references. Six key words (for the purposes of indexing) should be supplied below the abstract in alphabetical order. Journal of Economic literature ( JEL) Codes must be provided as well.

TEXT

The text should be organized into an introductory section, conveying the background and purpose of the paper, and then into sections identified with subheadings.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The source of financial grants and other funding must be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors’ commercial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged.

REFERENCES

The APA style of referencing should be used. (For example)

BOOKS

Yelwa, M.( 2016), Principles of Economics for undergraduate students, Fourth Dimension Ltd. Abuja P.123

Yelwa, M. and Awe, E. O. ( 2017), Introduction to Project Evaluation . p. 234 – 237 Crown Publishers Ibadan.

JOURNAL

Yelwa, M. and Awe, E.O. ( 2018), Informal financial sector and poverty reduction in N Nigeria. Abuja journal of Economics and Allied Fields; Vol.6.No.2 p.45 – 67

E – JOURNAL

Snell, D., & Hodgetts, D. The effect of Inflation and Unemployment in Nigeria. http://www.cbn.ng.org

THESIS AND DISSERTATION

Yelwa, M. (2012) Analysis of the Impact of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and Informal Financial sector in Nigeria: 1980 – 2011. An unpublished Thesis in the Department of Economics, Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto

Assessment fee (Non – Refundable): 10,000

Publication fee: 25,000

Account Name: Abuja journal of Economics & Allied Fields

Account number: 1770936969

Bank Name: Polaris Bank

CORRESPONDENCE:  The Editor in Chief

Abuja Journal of Economics and Allied Fields

Department Of Economics, Faculty of Social Science

University Of Abuja - Abuja

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