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Author Guidelines
It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this Journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted to be published elsewhere. Authors should be aware that the electronic journals issues/articles can be accessed free (fully open access) online on our AJOL site: http://www.ajol.info/journals/ajcem Responsibility for accuracy lies
entirely with the authors. The original typescript should be sent online in Microsoft Word (default) to ajcem2002@yahoo.com. Manuscripts should be typewritten with double line spacing and wide margins, following the conventional form: Title, Author’s name and full correspondence address, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgment(s), References, Tables, Figures and Legends to Figures. Short Communications and Letters to The Editor are also entertained, and need not follow the above format.
If the research involves the use of human subjects, including collection of human blood or other human specimens, an institutional ethical clearance document should be submitted with the manuscripts. Alternatively, a statement should be made in the “Materials and Methods” section
that informed consent of the experimental subjects and the approval of the appropriate ethical committee had been obtained.
All necessary illustrations should accompany the manuscripts, but should not be in the text. The illustrations should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are referred to in the text. The top of illustration should also be indicated if this is not clear. All x-ray films must be
clear and should be in photographic prints. Legends to figures should give sufficient information to make the illustration comprehensive without reference to the text.
References should be listed in their order of appearance in the text; and be indicated in the text by Arabic numbers in brackets e.g. (1), (2, 3, 4), etc. (Modified Vancouver method). Accuracy of the references is the responsibility of the authors. The authors’ names and initials should be
followed by the title of the paper, abbreviated name of the journal, which should conform to those used in Index Medicus, year of publication, volume, and the first and last page numbers. Note the following examples.
For Journals
1. Nsanze, H. Recommendation for management of gonorrhoea and genital ulcers in Africa Afr. J. Sex Transm. Dis 1984; 1:5-7
2. Odugbemi I. O., Arko RJ. Differentiation of Kingella denitrificans and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by growth on a semi solid medium and sensitivity to amylase J. Clin. Microbiol. 1983; 17: 389-391
For books
3. Arya, O. P., Osoba, A. O., Bennett, P. Tropical Venerology, Churchhill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1980. OR when referring to a chapter in a book and where the names of authors are also given, the reference should be as follows:
4. Easmon, C. S. F. Host-Parasite relationship in experimental staphylococcal infections. In: Macdonald, A., Smith, G. (eds) The Staphylococci. University Press, Aberdeen 1981: 63-72
General a. To ensure rapid and accurate publication, it is essential that manuscripts conform to all instructions. Manuscripts, which are not in accordance with these specifications, may be returned.
b. An electronic copy send via email to ajcem2002@yahoo.com typed in Microsoft Word (default) is the only acceptable format.
c. An estimation of page charges will be mailed to the author(s) after the paper has been accepted for publication.
Contact:
Editor
Boaz Adegboro, MD
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital
Zaria Road, Kano
Nigeria
Email: ajcem2002@yahoo.com Email: ajcem2002@yahoo.com
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 Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect 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, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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