Federal Polytechnic of Ekowe

ASUPFPE Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (AJMRI)

ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF POLYTECHNICS, FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC EKOWE JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (AJMRI)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

The ASUPFPE Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (AJMRI) accepts manuscripts from all disciplines and subject them to rapid peer review process and published in the respective dates after final acceptance. There are no submission charges, however, the Journal take nominal Article Processing Charge (APC) from author for publishing and maintaining the content online, outsourcing facilities, tools and resources towards publication of the article.

Manuscript Categories

The ASUPFPE Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (AJMRI) accepts four types of manuscripts (i) Full length research articles, (ii) Review articles, (iii) Short communications and (iv) Case studies.

  • Full length research articles should not generally exceed 10 double-spaced pages of text including the references and should not contain more than 8 figures and /or tables.
  • Reviews should not generally exceed 10 double-spaced pages of text including references and should not contain more than 4 figures and /or tables.
  • Short communications should not exceed 5 double-spaced pages of text including references and no more than 2 figures and /or tables.
  • Case studies should not exceed 5 doubled-spaced pages of text including the references and should not contain more than 2 figures and/or tables.

Manuscript preparation for full length research articles for Agricultural Development and Science and Technology

Manuscript format

The manuscript should be typed, double-spaced on A4 size paper with 1”margin on all sides in MS word format. Times New Roman font (12pt) and justify alignment should be used throughout the manuscript. The first page of the manuscript is a title page which should contains: Title of manuscript, Author’s full names, affiliations of all authors, and information for correspondence. The second page of the manuscript should contain Abstract and keywords. The subsequent pages should include introduction, materials and methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements (if any), Conflict of interest, References.

Title Section:

The first section of the manuscript is a title page which should contains: Title of manuscript, Author’s full names, affiliations of all authors, and information for correspondence.

  • Title of the manuscript should be clear, concise and informative. Title should be typed in sentence case and should have maximum 150 characters (should not be below 8 words count and not exceed 20 words count). Title should be in single line spacing and in bold capitalized letters, 12 font size in Times new Romans. Do not capitalize articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, but), or short prepositions (at, in, on, of).
  • Provide the name(s) of authors as Last name (Family name/Surname) and the initials of First name (Given name) and Middle name for each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Authors names should be in 12 font size, Times new Romans-not in bold characters.
  • Present the author’s affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names of authors. Indicates all affiliations with superscript numbers immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate affiliation address. Provide the full details of each affiliation.
  • Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Corresponding author of the manuscript must be marked with an asterisk. The corresponding Author must indicate his or her complete mailing address including cellular phone number and email address. Affiliation with corresponding authors email should be 11 font size (italics) and Times new Romans.

A sample of how to format your Manuscript for the rapid peer review process and get it published is below.

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