Author Guidelines
AUTHORSHIP
The listing of authors should only include those who have made an intellectual contribution to the manuscript, who will publicly take responsibility for the data and conclusions and who have approved the final version. Every listed author must have made significant contribution to the conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged.
TYPESETTING
• The final manuscript, references, and author’s biography must be submitted electronically in MS Word after acceptance.
• Should manuscript make heavy use of equations, symbols, coding, etc., we kindly request that you also submit the PDFs in addition to the MS Word file.
• The text within the manuscript should be edited for proper use of the English language (UK or US but not mixed) with clear, concise sentences.
• Please proofread the copy for typographical, grammar and spelling errors
• All text should be single-spaced, left-justified in 11 point Times New Roman type.
• Manuscripts must be formatted on A4 paper, 11 point Times New Roman font type, single or 1.15 spaced, justified and single column not more than 10pages with 1” margin on all sides
• Authors’ information should be placed at the top of the first page followed by the abstract (no more than 250 words) and 3-5 keywords.
• Each author’s information should include full first name followed by last name and detailed affiliation.
• The corresponding author must provide the full postal corresponding address (including telephone and e-mail address) as footnote at the bottom of the first page.
• A reasonable structure should be adopted with well defined sectional headings such as Introduction, Related work Research Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References.
• Please put all primary section titles in UPPER CASE letters preceded by a point number and the next subheading in both Upper and Lower Case letters with appropriate section numbers. Please ensure that any subheadings under the second subheading are easily identifiable.
• Indent paragraphing should be used where each paragraph is indented uniformly across all sections.
• Tables and Figures should be well labeled with appropriate numbering and titles at top and bottom of table and figure respectively. Use “Table” in front of Table numbers and “Fig.” in front of figure numbers
• Equations should be well numbered and formatted as well.
• All images included within each of your manuscript must be submitted as separate high-resolution (600 dpi or more) image files after acceptance.
• Make sure complete editing of each manuscript is conducted to ensure proper use of English language, grammatical structure, spelling and punctuation. Attention to these details will contribute to clear, concise communication of your ideas.
REFERENCING STYLE
• References must be fully documented and organized strictly in the APA (American Psychological Association) style; this is similar to the Harvard style of referencing.
• References should relate only to material cited within the manuscript and be listed in alphabetical order at the end of each manuscript.
• The reference should be typed single-spaced and arranged alphabetically by the first author’s surname.
• Citation should use (Surnames, year); references with 3 authors or less must be cited with all authors' surnames. References with more than 3 authors should be cited as (First Author's Surname et al, year)
REFERENCE TEMPLATE:
▪ Published Journal Article:
Author-Last-Name, Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials (year), Title of journal article, Title of journal, vol. X, No. Y, pp. start-page – end-page.
First-Author-Last-Name, First-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials, and 2nd-Author-Last-Name, 2nd-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials (year), Title of journal article, Title of journal, vol. X, No. Y, pp. start-page – end-page.
▪ Journal Article in press:
Author-Last-Name, Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials (in press), Title of article, Title of journal.
▪ Book:
Author-Last-Name, Author-First-Name (year), Title of Book, Location/City, State: Publisher.
First-Author-Last-Name, First-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials, 2nd-Author-Last-Name, 2nd-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials and 3rd-Author-Last-Name, 3rd-Author-First-Name-And-Or-Initials (year), Title of Book, Location/City, State: Publisher.
▪ Edited Book:
Editor-Last-Name, Editor-First-Name (Ed.) (year), Title of Book, Location/City, State: Publisher.
▪ Book Chapter:
Author-Last-Name, Author-First-Name (year), Title of Chapter, Chapter X in Editor-Initials Editor-Last-name (Ed.), Title of Book, Location/City, State: Publisher.
▪ Report from a university:
Broadhurst, R. G., & Maller, R. A. (1991). Sex offending and recidivism (Tech. Rep. No. 3). Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia, Crime Research Centre.
Adeyeri, Joseph B. and Eruosanyin. I. O. (1995). Some Engineering Properties of Laterite Bricks from Soils in Ondo State: Geotechnical Laboratory Report no. 4. Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria: Ondo State University.
▪ Published Conference Proceedings:
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1991). A motivational approach to self: Integration in personality. In R. Dienstbier (Ed.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 38. Perspectives on motivation (pp. 237-288). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
▪ Unpublished doctoral dissertation or master’s theses:
Wilfley, D. (1989). Interpersonal analyses of bulimia: Normal-weight and obese. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia.
▪ Paper presented at … :
Lanktree, C., & Briere, J. (1991, January). Early data on the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSC-C). Paper presented at the meeting of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, San Diego, CA.
▪ Web sites:
VandenBos, G., Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001). Role of reference elements in the selection of resources by psychology undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5, 117-123. Retrieved October 13, 2001, from http://jbr.org/articles.html
For further information on the APA referencing style, visit www.apastyle.org
MANUSCRIPT CHARGES
Authors whose manuscript is accepted for publication will be required to pay a minimum publication charge of N20,000 (twenty thousand naira only) or $100 (for international Authors) before the accepted paper is published.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright will remain with Authors but all accepted papers will be published as open access under the creative commons CC BY NC license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Thus, published papers can be shared or adapted by FUOYEJET and others in any medium or format as long as appropriate attribution is given.
ETHICAL MATTERS
Authors using experimental animals and human subjects in their investigation must seek approval from the appropriate Ethical Committee in accordance with "Principles of Laboratory Animal Care" (NIH publication no. 85-23, revised 1985) and/or the declaration of Helsinki promulgated in 1964 as amended in 1996. The method section must include a statement to prove that the investigation was approved and that informed consent was obtained. Plagiarism, multiple publications of the same data or research and other unethical conducts will not be tolerated by the journal.
GALLEY PROOFS
Galley proofs will be sent to the address given for correspondence. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that the galley proofs are returned without delay. Further details on the Editorial board, Reviewers, Author’s instruction, Editorial policies and other information can be found on the FUOYE website www.fuoye.edu.ng
Copyright Notice
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