Author Guidelines
Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be submitted with a cover letter stating that all authors (in case of multiple authors) agree with the content and approve of its submission to the journal. Only materials that have never been published or being submitted for publication elsewhere will be considered. All submissions will be critically peer-reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers who will be looking for originality, relevance, clarity, appropriateness of the methods, validity of data, reasonability of the conclusion and support from data.
Manuscripts that are written in clear and grammatical English should be submitted in both electronic and hard copy to:
Editor-in-Chief
Huria Journal
The Open University of Tanzania
P. O. Box 23409
Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
Tel: 255+ (022) 2668820
(022) 2668445
Fax: 255+ (022) 2668759
e-mail: huriajournal.editor@out.ac.tz
and/or uminga@yahoo.com
There are no submission fees or page charges.
The Editorial Board reserves the right to accept or reject any manuscript and also reserves the right to edit the manuscripts as it sees fit. Authors may be contacted for clarification when necessary.
Manuscript Preparation
Page format
Page set-up of the manuscripts should be on A4 or 8.5” x 11 “paper, typed double-spaced (24-26 lines per page), with margins of top 25mm, bottom 25mm left 40mm and right 20mm.
Font
The font size of main text shall be 12 in Times New Roman
Depending on the areas of specialization, manuscripts should be arranged in the order of: title page, abstract (structured summary) including up to six key words, main text, acknowledgements, references, tables figures, and figure legends.
In case of science/experimental-based submissions, the order should be: title page, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements, references, figure legends, tables, and illustrations. Under this category, results and discussion sections may be combined if appropriate.
Title Page
This page must include the following information:
- The title of the manuscript which should be concise, specific, informative and clear.
- Should be in bold, using font 14.
- The names (spelled out in full) of the author(s) of the manuscript including their corresponding affiliation(s) should be indicated immediately below the title.
- A complete mailing address (including the e-mail) of the person to whom all correspondence regarding the manuscript should be addressed and must also be indicated.
Abstract
The first page following the title page should contain an abstract. Abstract should contain up to 250 words mainly of the object and main findings of the paper. Three to five key words representing concepts of the paper may be written at the end of the abstract. The Abstract shall be in italics.
Main Text
In the main text:
Introduction: Should describe the objective of the reported work and provide relevant background information.
Materials and methods (Where the study/research dictates): this part should identify the population, area of study, procedure employed and any other relevant input to the realization of the study.
Results: This section should explain all the important findings and provide information about the reliability of the results. Here, the use of tables and figures is allowed, but the use of text to emphasize important points is encouraged.
Discussion: it should describe the implications of the findings and any conclusions based on the findings.
Abbreviations in the body of the paper should be used after having been initially explained. If statistical analysis is applicable, it is important that the procedure is carried out following appropriate methods.
Tables
Tables should be as close as possible to the text explaining the concept. Tables should be numbered in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. A Table caption must be presented in upper case at the top. Explain in footnotes all non-standard abbreviations used in each table.
Figures
Figures must be clearly drawn, placed as close as possible to the related text. All Figures must be numbered according to the order in which they appear in the text. A Figure caption should be typed in bold immediately below the Figure.
Pagination
The page numbers should appear at the centre of the bottom edge of the page.
References
All references to books, monographs, articles, and statistical sources must be identified at appropriate point in text by author’s last name and publication year. The use of author’s name, year of publication and pagination in text citations remains optional, but not really encouraged. When author’s name is in text, cite (Williams, 2005). References should be cited in the text using (name, Year) style, in the text. The list of references should be presented at end of the paper, in alphabetical order.
Journal papers:
Author(s), (year). Article title, Name of journal, Volume Number, Issue Number, page range.
With dual authorship, give both names; for three or more, use et al., With more than one reference to an author in one year, distinguish them by use of letter (a, b) attached to publication year (2006a). For instance, (Agnes, 2000a; 2000b). Enclose a series of references within one pair of parenthesis, separated by semicolons, e.g., {Cornelia, 2001; Emmanuel, 2003; Juma et al., 2004; Pembe and Owino, 2005}.
On the page of references, list all the cited references alphabetically by author and, within author, by publication year. Examples of common references follow.
Print, M. (2000), Curriculum Development and design. Allen and Uwin, London;
Hellen, S., Joyce, K., and John, R. (2005), Schooling in Capitalist America. New York: Basic Books. p. 99;
Holleran, E.A., Karki, S., Holzbaur, E.L.F. (1998), :The Role of the Dynactin Complex” in Intracellular Motility. In Jeon, K.W. (Ed.) International Review of Cytology. Vol. 182. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 69-109;
Gao, S., McGarry M., Latham, K.E., Wilmut, I. (2003), Cloning of Mice by Nuclear Transfer. Cloning stem Cells, 5: 287-294;
Tanzania Bureau of Statistics (2002), Country Census data Book. Dar es Salaam: Government Printing Office.
Conference Proceedings:
Author(s), (year). Article title, Name of conference, Location of conference, page range.
Internet sources
Name of Author(s) or company or organisation, (year), Title of article, URL, date found.
Footnotes
They should be kept to a minimum. Two or more consecutive references to the same source should, where possible, be grouped in the same note; the reader should be able to follow the article without referring to the notes.
