Publication Scheduling
JASEM publishes twelve issues per annum in a Volume, which is one issue per month.
Aim and Scope
Aim: The aim of the JASEM is to communicate innovations and discoveries from primary research, reviews articles, case studies and short communications in a timely manner for the benefit of humanity through scholarly publications globally.
Scope: The journal publishes original research findings, review articles; case studies and short communications from pure and applied sciences, basic medical sciences, medicine and dentistry, allied health sciences and health technology, veterinary medicine and technology, all aspect of engineering and technology, agriculture & agricultural practices, forestry & wildlife science and management, geography & environmental management, brewing science & technology, environmental management & toxicology, forensic science & technology, military science & technology, architecture, computer science & computing technology, food and nutritional sciences, marine science & technology, maritime & naval science, water pollution, air pollution, atmospheric science, ocean science, consumer products, industrial & agricultural chemicals, agricultural extension services and management, pharmacy & pharmaceutical science and technology; pharmaceutical products, nursing science and care-giving; dental technology, safety, security & biotechnology, environmental contamination and toxicology. Studies addressing the physiological, anatomical, biochemical, biomedical and pathological changes produced by specific substances, techniques for assessing potential toxicity, and all aspects of in-vivo and in-vitro toxicology are covered.
Publisher
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management (JASEM) is an international journal established by the Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP) domicile in the Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt and currently journal published in the Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria
Sources of Support
Supported by the Ayebaemi Ibuteme Spiff Chair in Environmental Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria and Institute of Petroleum Studies (IPS), University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria
Peer Review Process
The Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management (JASEM) operates a single-blind peer-review structure where the reviewers know the names of the authors, but the authors do not know who reviewed their manuscript unless the reviewer chooses to sign their report. All submitted manuscripts are evaluated by the Executive Editor in a pre-submission suitability checks. Manuscript beyond the scope of the journal are rejected and corresponding Author is informed. Manuscript within the Scope of the Journal is acknowledged with Paper Tracking Number by the Secretary/Editorial Assistant and forwarded to the Technical Editor for handling. The Technical Editor screens the paper for quality assessment using the Duplicate Content Plagiarism Checker and 75% Unique Content (UC) is required in the preliminary submission check for an article to proceed to reviewers. If an Article UC > 75%, the Technical Editor will peruse the pull of reviewers in the appropriate subject area of specialization. Once appropriate reviewers are identified, the article will be forwarded to the Reviewer with the Author Guidelines and every reviewer is expected to return the peer-review comments within four weeks. However, article with UC < 70% is rejected and corresponding Author is informed. Based on the reviewer comments, the Technical Editor rejects, accepts or requests further revisions of the manuscript and the author is appropriately communicated.
Open Access Policy
JASEM is an Open Access journal hence, all articles published are open-access articles. The articles are made immediately available worldwide after publication. No special permission is required to reuse all or part of the article published including plates, figures and tables. However, users must appropriately acknowledge all sources of information by correct citations.
Copy Right Policy
In JASEM, the authors maintain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work concurrently licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (CC-BY-4.0). Hence, authors are responsible for the originality and quality of their manuscript. Therefore, permission is granted to anyone for unrestricted use, to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. Cite this journal as J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage.
Article Publication Charges
As an Open Access Journal, a non-refundable article publication charge of thirty thousand (N30, 000:00) will be paid by the corresponding author based in Nigeria and US $100 per accepted paper will be paid by corresponding authors outside Nigeria. Please note that Manuscript with Text, Tables, figures and plates combined that is more than 17 pages could be charged extra fee.
Waiver Policy
JASEM may grant partial waivers to some categories of authors at the discretion of the Executive Editor. Those eligible for partial waiver may include single author PhD students and authors from the 46 List Developed Countries (LDCs). Authors could apply for partial waiver and the Editorial Assistant will inform you of the level of waiver granted appropriately.
Abstracting and Indexing
Currently JASEM is indexed and abstracted by
AJOL Database; Bioline Database; Google Scholar; Cite Factor Index; Index Copernicus [ICI World of Journals]; WorldCat; SciSpace; Google Analytics; Open Access Library;
ScienceGate; JournalTOCs; J4F; Asian Science Citation Index (ASCI); Stanford Libraries
ResearchGate; Academic Accelerator; International institute for Primary Health Care Ethiopia (IPHCe); Scientometrics Impact factor; WikiData; Sciapse; ISSN Portal; Green Pages; Chemical Abstracts, ProQuest Database, BIOSIS Abstracts, NFAS Abstracts, Aqualine Abstract, Academix, CABS Database, African Index Medicus, Asian Digital Library
Correspondence
The Executive Editor
Ofrima Building Right Wing, 3rd Floor Room 349
Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry
University of Port Harcourt
Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: editor.jasem@uniport.edu.ng
Journal Homepages
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem
https://www.bioline.org.br/ja
https://www.uniport.edu.ng/publications/pub1/journals/management-science-journal/jasem.html
P-ISSN 1119-8362
E-ISSN 2659-1502
Privacy Statement and Editorial Policies
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
General Policy
The general principle of the journal is that the executive editor is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal shall be published being guided by policies of the journal's editorial board which are contained in the Author’s Guide and constrained by such legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. All articles published by JASEM are assigned Digital Identifier Numbers (DOI) and are therefore permanently stored Online and preserved by African Journal Online (AJOL) and several other domains. Once, papers are Online, there will be no content change.
Publication Ethics and Ethical Standards
In order to ensure that the Journal publishes accurate and credible data and in compliance with scientific publication guidelines for best publishing practices as provided by Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPSS) and the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (committee on Publication Ethics [COPE], authors will be required to declare the followings:
Declaration of Conflict of Interest: In compliance with our ethical standards, authors are to declare any conflict of interest in this work. Example: The authors declare no conflict of interest (if none).
Data Availability Statement: In compliance with our ethical standards, authors are to declare the availability of research data and indicate which author is in custody of such data upon request. Example: Data are available upon request from the first author or corresponding author or any the other authors
Author Approval to Publish: Corresponding author will receive approval form statin that all authors have read and agreed to publish the manuscript in JASEM.
Acknowledgement is only for Funding: Example: The author(s) extend their appreciation to ………………….for funding this research with a Grant Number…………….
Author Responsibilities
Authors should ensure that, results presented are clear and honest, without any false or inappropriate data manipulation. Methods and procedures adopted during any research should be described clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others. Submitted work should be original, not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere. Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed if any.
Editor Roles and Responsibilities
Editors will ensure to make fair, correct and unbiased decisions, free from commercial consideration to ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process, maintain the reliability of the published record by suggesting corrections when needed and rejecting suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct; critically assess the ethical issues regarding studies in humans and animals studies before consideration and observe conflict of interest and will apply appropriate policies to handle editorial conflicts of interest
Reviewers Responsibilities
Reviewers will provide written, unbiased feedback within 4 weeks, avoid personal comments and criticism, ensure to maintain the confidentiality of the review process and provide reason for rejection of publication of a manuscript.
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism is a serious issue everywhere in the world. Plagiarism means “Use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and present them as one’s own original work. Copying scientific data and information from the other published paper is an illegal practice in academic community. JASEM will not be responsible for any action of plagiarism issue. Therefore authors are advised to be cautioned while preparing their manuscripts for submission to JASEM. Authors must appropriately acknowledge all sources of information by correct citations. JASEM in its part will screen papers for quality assessment using Plagiarism Checkers.
Article Withdrawal/Retraction/Removal
Please note that once an issue is Online, the Journal is unable to make any content change again. Therefore, do not ask us to make corrections once the papers are Online. Authors are advice to take pains to read their papers for corrections during the Galley Proof stage.
Withdrawal of Article is only possible for Articles, which have not been formally published and have not yet been assigned volume/issue/page information.
Retraction of Article: Infringements of professional ethical codes, such as multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism issue, fraudulent use of data or the like. Retraction will be used to correct errors in submission or publication. This process attract a fee equivalent to the publication fee.
Removal of Article: To remove an article from the online database is possible only if the article is clearly defamatory, infringes on others ‘legal rights, or where the article is the subject of a court order, or where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk. This process attract a fee equivalent to twice the publication fee.
Replacement of Article: In cases where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk, the authors of the original article may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. This process attract a fee equivalent to twice the publication fee.
Invalid data type in setData: jasemInvalid data type in setData:Manuscripts must be in Word using English. Typed in double spacing, 12 Font, New Times Roman and No more than 17 pages. No more than 4 Tables. No more than 5 Figures. All figures and Tables must be reference or cited by the authors in the text.
Data Management: Experimental data should be managed in such a manner that only relevant data are provided. There should be no appendix. Duplication of content is NOT allowed, hence, the same data should not be presented as both a Table and a Figure. Results in Table should be presented as mean and standard deviation or standard error. Tables should not be too long or wide to be more than one page portrait orientation
Figures, Tables & Plates: Use appropriate Microsoft Table format to make Tables and use Microsoft Excel to make Graphs. Use clear pictures in-case of photographs. Use appropriate Microsoft equation editor to write all mathematical equations and chemical equations. Mathematical formula should not be placed in a Table. Tables, figures and plates should not be too large be numbered consecutively as 1, 2, 3 NOT 1a, 1b or 1c or 1.1, 2.1 etc
Provide a Table with a descriptive title above the table, and below the figure and plate; include units of measurement if applicable.
Original research papers; review articles; case studies and short communications
General: The manuscript should be organized under the following headings.
A. Title: The topic of the paper should be relevant, timely and be of interest to the audience in the scope
B. Author(s) Name: Author name should be written as Surname coma Initials (no full stop or space between initials). Two or More Authors Names should be separated by semicolon (;). Do not use ‘‘and’’ or “&” to separate names of two authors. Use only semicolon (;). Example: Chukwu, M; Olusegun, AW; Mohammed, SSD
C. Author(s) Addresses and Emails. Use asterisk * to distinguish Corresponding author Email from Co-authors Email. Provide the ORCID ID of the Corresponding Author if available
D. Abstract: Abstract should contain clear and concise summary of background, objective, methodology, results and discussion, conclusions and recommendations and contribution to knowledge in a single paragraph of not more than 250 words.
E. Keywords: Provide four or five keywords that describes the content of the manuscript. Separate each keyword with a semicolon
Abbreviations: if there are abbreviations in the text that require special attention, place them here
F. INTRODUCTION: The introduction should provide necessary background information. Two or three paragraphs only. Provide a clear, concise and achievable objective at the end of the introduction. There should be no subsections, figures or tables in this section, except review papers.
G. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research methodology for the study should be appropriate and applied properly. Procedures used should be clearly described with strong and reliable evidence (references) to support and validate the information in the paper. Use italics for subheadings.
H. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results of the analysis should be correctly interpreted. Provide a clear description of all results presented. All tables and figures should appear in the places they are first cited.
I. Conclusion: Conclusions should be sound, clear and concise. Conclusion should be restricted to six lines and should concentrate on your contribution to knowledge in this paper. There should be no results, figures or references in this section.
J. Acknowledgement: Only funding sources should be acknowledged not individuals The authors extend their appreciation to ………………….for funding this research with a Grant Number: ……..….
K. REFERENCE LISTING
Use the JASEM STYLE for the references as indicated below
*Do not number the references
*Reference should be listed in Alphabetical Order
*Use Surname coma INITIALS (without space or full-stop between the initials) semicolon then Surname coma INITIALS (without space or full-stop between the initials) and so on.
*Do not use ‘‘and’’ or ampersand symbol (&) to separate names of two or more authors.
*Use only semicolon (;) to separate names of two or more authors.
Abbreviation of Journal names:
*Abbreviate and capitalize significant words in the journal name. Significant words are the first letters in the Journal name.
*Put in Italics the abbreviated names of the Journal
*Delete or Omit conjunctions and prepositions words such as of, the, at, in, and, & while abbreviating Journal Names
Article DOI
As much as possible and if available, provide the DOI of each reference article listed in this section
Examples of Abbreviation:
The Journal of Biocommunication becomes J. Biocommun.
African Journal of Environmental Science & Technology becomes Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research becomes J. Cryst. Spectrosc. Res.
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management becomes J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage.
For Journals:
Adediji, A; Ibitoye, MO; Ekanade, O (2009). Generation of Digital Elevation Models for Gullies in Irele Local Government of Ondo State. Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 3(3): 067-077. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJEST08.144
Spiff, AI; Abia, AA (2003). Sorption of Cd (II) and Zn (II) from aqueous solutions by cassava waste biomass (Manihot esculenta Cranz). Wat. Res. 37: 4910 – 4923. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2003.08.020
Georges-Ivo, EE (2005). Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry and X-ray powder diffraction as complimentary techniques in characterizing clay size fraction of kaolin. J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage. 9 (2): 43 - 48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v9i2.17289
For Books:
Meltzer, YL (1971). Hormonal and Attractant Pesticide Technology. Noyes Data, Park Ridge, N.J. Pp. 40
For Work in an edited Collection:
Ekpete, OA (2013). Kinetic Methods of Analysis. In: Horsfall, M (Ed). Fundamental Principles of Analytical Chemistry. Soteria Publishing, Port Harcourt, p. 117
Manuscripts should be submitted with a Cover Note to:
Email: editor.jasem@uniport.edu.ng
Invalid data type in setData: Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting, or if already registered can simply log in and begin the 5 step process.Invalid data type in setData: JASEM has joined the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL). Therefore articles in JASEM are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Invalid data type in setData:The Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management (JASEM) is a Peer Reviewed, Open Access, International Journal established by the Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP) domicile in the Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria in April 1998. The World Bank project terminated in 2001, however, JASEM lives on and is currently managed by Prof. Michael Horsfall Jnr in the Department of Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria.
Other websites related to this journal: http://www.uniport.edu.ng/publications/journals/jasem and http://www.bioline.org.br/ja
Invalid data type in setData:Executive Editor
Prof. Michael Horsfall Jnr. Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: michael.horsfall@uniport.edu.ng
Managing/Technical editor
Dr. Pereware Adowei, Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: jasem.editorial@gmail.com
Editor
Prof. Francis David Sikoki, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Port Harcourt PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: francis.sikoki@uniport.edu.ng
Editor
Prof. Bio Lous Nyanayo, Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: bio.nyananyo@uniport.edu.ng
Editor
Prof. Ayebaemi I. Spiff Department of Chemistry, Federal University, Otuoke, PMB 12, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Email: emispiff@yahoo.com
Editor
Evita Omiete Onuah, No. 80 Gatcombe Road, Bristol BS1 9RG, UK. Email: evita.onuah@gmail.com
Editor
Prof. Georges-Ivo Ekosse Ekosse, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Teaching & Learning, University of Botswana, Plot 4775 Notwane Road, Pvt Bag 002, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: ekosseg@ub.ac.bw; ekosseg@gmail.com
Editor
Ochi Obuaku, 80 Booth Street, K1A 0E4, Ottawa, Canada
Email: ochi.obuaku@gmail.com
Editor
Prof. Tobins Ferguson Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Email: ftobins@tcd.ie
Editor
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Giao, College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University, Vietnam
Email: ntgiao@ctu.edu.vn
Editor
Dr. Chukwuka Bethel Anucha. Universite de Technologie de Compiegne UTC, Compiègne & Sorbonne Universite-SU, Paris, France
Email: c.b.anucha@ktu.edu.tr
Editor
Prof. dr. Courtie Mahamadi. Department of Chemistry, Bindura University of Science Education, Bindura, Zimbabwe
Email: cmahamadi@buse.ac.zw
Editor
Gbeye Akpoli, 934 Crestmond Trail Dr, Missouri City, TX, 22489-4400, USA
Email: gbeye91@mail.com
Editor
Prof. Ezekiel Dixon Dikio, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amasoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Email: ezekiel.dikio@gmail.com
Editor
Dr. Md. Shajedul Islam, Department of Chemistry, Govt. HSS College,
Magura 6700 Ministry of Education, Bangladesh
Email: t47207@nu.ac.bd; shajedulkst@gmail.com
Editorial Assistant/Secretary
Ms Green Ekwere Ufot, Faculty of Science Bookshop, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria:
Email: jasem.editorial@gmail.com
Tel (Office Hours Only):
Executive Editor: +234 – (0) – 7034422116
Editorial Assistant/Secretary: +234 – (0) – 8037819523
JASEM is an Open Access journal. JASEM articles are published under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (CC-BY-NC). Therefore articles in JASEM, permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Hence, authors are responsible for the originality and quality of their manuscript. This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. Citation should include the article DOI. When an article is published in JASEM, the author(s) of the article retain the copyright of article. Cite this journal as J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage.
As an Open Access Journal, page charges of twenty-five thousand (N25000:00) or (US $100) per accepted paper excluding postage for hard copy will be charged. Manuscript with Tables, figures and plates combined that is more than 20 pages will be charged extra fee.
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JASEM publishes twelve issues per annum in a Volume, which is one issue per month.
Aim and Scope
Aim: The aim of the JASEM is to communicate innovations and discoveries from primary research, reviews articles, case studies and short communications in a timely manner for the benefit of humanity through scholarly publications globally.
Scope: The journal publishes original research findings, review articles; case studies and short communications from pure and applied sciences, basic medical sciences, medicine and dentistry, allied health sciences and health technology, veterinary medicine and technology, all aspect of engineering and technology, agriculture & agricultural practices, forestry & wildlife science and management, geography & environmental management, brewing science & technology, environmental management & toxicology, forensic science & technology, military science & technology, architecture, computer science & computing technology, food and nutritional sciences, marine science & technology, maritime & naval science, water pollution, air pollution, atmospheric science, ocean science, consumer products, industrial & agricultural chemicals, agricultural extension services and management, pharmacy & pharmaceutical science and technology; pharmaceutical products, nursing science and care-giving; dental technology, safety, security & biotechnology, environmental contamination and toxicology. Studies addressing the physiological, anatomical, biochemical, biomedical and pathological changes produced by specific substances, techniques for assessing potential toxicity, and all aspects of in-vivo and in-vitro toxicology are covered.
Publisher
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management (JASEM) is an international journal established by the Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP) domicile in the Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt and currently journal published in the Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria
Sources of Support
Supported by the Ayebaemi Ibuteme Spiff Chair in Environmental Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria and Institute of Petroleum Studies (IPS), University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria
Peer Review Process
The Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management (JASEM) operates a single-blind peer-review structure where the reviewers know the names of the authors, but the authors do not know who reviewed their manuscript unless the reviewer chooses to sign their report. All submitted manuscripts are evaluated by the Executive Editor in a pre-submission suitability checks. Manuscript beyond the scope of the journal are rejected and corresponding Author is informed. Manuscript within the Scope of the Journal is acknowledged with Paper Tracking Number by the Secretary/Editorial Assistant and forwarded to the Technical Editor for handling. The Technical Editor screens the paper for quality assessment using the Duplicate Content Plagiarism Checker and 75% Unique Content (UC) is required in the preliminary submission check for an article to proceed to reviewers. If an Article UC > 75%, the Technical Editor will peruse the pull of reviewers in the appropriate subject area of specialization. Once appropriate reviewers are identified, the article will be forwarded to the Reviewer with the Author Guidelines and every reviewer is expected to return the peer-review comments within four weeks. However, article with UC < 70% is rejected and corresponding Author is informed. Based on the reviewer comments, the Technical Editor rejects, accepts or requests further revisions of the manuscript and the author is appropriately communicated.
Open Access Policy
JASEM is an Open Access journal hence, all articles published are open-access articles. The articles are made immediately available worldwide after publication. No special permission is required to reuse all or part of the article published including plates, figures and tables. However, users must appropriately acknowledge all sources of information by correct citations.
Copy Right Policy
In JASEM, the authors maintain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work concurrently licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (CC-BY-4.0). Hence, authors are responsible for the originality and quality of their manuscript. Therefore, permission is granted to anyone for unrestricted use, to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. Cite this journal as J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage.
Article Publication Charges
As an Open Access Journal, a non-refundable article publication charge of thirty thousand (N30, 000:00) will be paid by the corresponding author based in Nigeria and US $100 per accepted paper will be paid by corresponding authors outside Nigeria. Please note that Manuscript with Text, Tables, figures and plates combined that is more than 17 pages could be charged extra fee.
Waiver Policy
JASEM may grant partial waivers to some categories of authors at the discretion of the Executive Editor. Those eligible for partial waiver may include single author PhD students and authors from the 46 List Developed Countries (LDCs). Authors could apply for partial waiver and the Editorial Assistant will inform you of the level of waiver granted appropriately.
Abstracting and Indexing
Currently JASEM is indexed and abstracted by
AJOL Database; Bioline Database; Google Scholar; Cite Factor Index; Index Copernicus [ICI World of Journals]; WorldCat; SciSpace; Google Analytics; Open Access Library;
ScienceGate; JournalTOCs; J4F; Asian Science Citation Index (ASCI); Stanford Libraries
ResearchGate; Academic Accelerator; International institute for Primary Health Care Ethiopia (IPHCe); Scientometrics Impact factor; WikiData; Sciapse; ISSN Portal; Green Pages; Chemical Abstracts, ProQuest Database, BIOSIS Abstracts, NFAS Abstracts, Aqualine Abstract, Academix, CABS Database, African Index Medicus, Asian Digital Library
Correspondence
The Executive Editor
Ofrima Building Right Wing, 3rd Floor Room 349
Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry
University of Port Harcourt
Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: editor.jasem@uniport.edu.ng
Journal Homepages
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem
https://www.bioline.org.br/ja
https://www.uniport.edu.ng/publications/pub1/journals/management-science-journal/jasem.html
P-ISSN 1119-8362
E-ISSN 2659-1502
Privacy Statement and Editorial Policies
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
General Policy
The general principle of the journal is that the executive editor is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal shall be published being guided by policies of the journal's editorial board which are contained in the Author’s Guide and constrained by such legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. All articles published by JASEM are assigned Digital Identifier Numbers (DOI) and are therefore permanently stored Online and preserved by African Journal Online (AJOL) and several other domains. Once, papers are Online, there will be no content change.
Publication Ethics and Ethical Standards
In order to ensure that the Journal publishes accurate and credible data and in compliance with scientific publication guidelines for best publishing practices as provided by Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPSS) and the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (committee on Publication Ethics [COPE], authors will be required to declare the followings:
Declaration of Conflict of Interest: In compliance with our ethical standards, authors are to declare any conflict of interest in this work. Example: The authors declare no conflict of interest (if none).
Data Availability Statement: In compliance with our ethical standards, authors are to declare the availability of research data and indicate which author is in custody of such data upon request. Example: Data are available upon request from the first author or corresponding author or any the other authors
Author Approval to Publish: Corresponding author will receive approval form statin that all authors have read and agreed to publish the manuscript in JASEM.
Acknowledgement is only for Funding: Example: The author(s) extend their appreciation to ………………….for funding this research with a Grant Number…………….
Author Responsibilities
Authors should ensure that, results presented are clear and honest, without any false or inappropriate data manipulation. Methods and procedures adopted during any research should be described clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others. Submitted work should be original, not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere. Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed if any.
Editor Roles and Responsibilities
Editors will ensure to make fair, correct and unbiased decisions, free from commercial consideration to ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process, maintain the reliability of the published record by suggesting corrections when needed and rejecting suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct; critically assess the ethical issues regarding studies in humans and animals studies before consideration and observe conflict of interest and will apply appropriate policies to handle editorial conflicts of interest
Reviewers Responsibilities
Reviewers will provide written, unbiased feedback within 4 weeks, avoid personal comments and criticism, ensure to maintain the confidentiality of the review process and provide reason for rejection of publication of a manuscript.
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism is a serious issue everywhere in the world. Plagiarism means “Use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and present them as one’s own original work. Copying scientific data and information from the other published paper is an illegal practice in academic community. JASEM will not be responsible for any action of plagiarism issue. Therefore authors are advised to be cautioned while preparing their manuscripts for submission to JASEM. Authors must appropriately acknowledge all sources of information by correct citations. JASEM in its part will screen papers for quality assessment using Plagiarism Checkers.
Article Withdrawal/Retraction/Removal
Please note that once an issue is Online, the Journal is unable to make any content change again. Therefore, do not ask us to make corrections once the papers are Online. Authors are advice to take pains to read their papers for corrections during the Galley Proof stage.
Withdrawal of Article is only possible for Articles, which have not been formally published and have not yet been assigned volume/issue/page information.
Retraction of Article: Infringements of professional ethical codes, such as multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism issue, fraudulent use of data or the like. Retraction will be used to correct errors in submission or publication. This process attract a fee equivalent to the publication fee.
Removal of Article: To remove an article from the online database is possible only if the article is clearly defamatory, infringes on others ‘legal rights, or where the article is the subject of a court order, or where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk. This process attract a fee equivalent to twice the publication fee.
Replacement of Article: In cases where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk, the authors of the original article may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. This process attract a fee equivalent to twice the publication fee.
Invalid data type in setData: jasemInvalid data type in setData:Manuscripts must be in Word using English. Typed in double spacing, 12 Font, New Times Roman and No more than 17 pages. No more than 4 Tables. No more than 5 Figures. All figures and Tables must be reference or cited by the authors in the text.
Data Management: Experimental data should be managed in such a manner that only relevant data are provided. There should be no appendix. Duplication of content is NOT allowed, hence, the same data should not be presented as both a Table and a Figure. Results in Table should be presented as mean and standard deviation or standard error. Tables should not be too long or wide to be more than one page portrait orientation
Figures, Tables & Plates: Use appropriate Microsoft Table format to make Tables and use Microsoft Excel to make Graphs. Use clear pictures in-case of photographs. Use appropriate Microsoft equation editor to write all mathematical equations and chemical equations. Mathematical formula should not be placed in a Table. Tables, figures and plates should not be too large be numbered consecutively as 1, 2, 3 NOT 1a, 1b or 1c or 1.1, 2.1 etc
Provide a Table with a descriptive title above the table, and below the figure and plate; include units of measurement if applicable.
Original research papers; review articles; case studies and short communications
General: The manuscript should be organized under the following headings.
A. Title: The topic of the paper should be relevant, timely and be of interest to the audience in the scope
B. Author(s) Name: Author name should be written as Surname coma Initials (no full stop or space between initials). Two or More Authors Names should be separated by semicolon (;). Do not use ‘‘and’’ or “&” to separate names of two authors. Use only semicolon (;). Example: Chukwu, M; Olusegun, AW; Mohammed, SSD
C. Author(s) Addresses and Emails. Use asterisk * to distinguish Corresponding author Email from Co-authors Email. Provide the ORCID ID of the Corresponding Author if available
D. Abstract: Abstract should contain clear and concise summary of background, objective, methodology, results and discussion, conclusions and recommendations and contribution to knowledge in a single paragraph of not more than 250 words.
E. Keywords: Provide four or five keywords that describes the content of the manuscript. Separate each keyword with a semicolon
Abbreviations: if there are abbreviations in the text that require special attention, place them here
F. INTRODUCTION: The introduction should provide necessary background information. Two or three paragraphs only. Provide a clear, concise and achievable objective at the end of the introduction. There should be no subsections, figures or tables in this section, except review papers.
G. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research methodology for the study should be appropriate and applied properly. Procedures used should be clearly described with strong and reliable evidence (references) to support and validate the information in the paper. Use italics for subheadings.
H. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results of the analysis should be correctly interpreted. Provide a clear description of all results presented. All tables and figures should appear in the places they are first cited.
I. Conclusion: Conclusions should be sound, clear and concise. Conclusion should be restricted to six lines and should concentrate on your contribution to knowledge in this paper. There should be no results, figures or references in this section.
J. Acknowledgement: Only funding sources should be acknowledged not individuals The authors extend their appreciation to ………………….for funding this research with a Grant Number: ……..….
K. REFERENCE LISTING
Use the JASEM STYLE for the references as indicated below
*Do not number the references
*Reference should be listed in Alphabetical Order
*Use Surname coma INITIALS (without space or full-stop between the initials) semicolon then Surname coma INITIALS (without space or full-stop between the initials) and so on.
*Do not use ‘‘and’’ or ampersand symbol (&) to separate names of two or more authors.
*Use only semicolon (;) to separate names of two or more authors.
Abbreviation of Journal names:
*Abbreviate and capitalize significant words in the journal name. Significant words are the first letters in the Journal name.
*Put in Italics the abbreviated names of the Journal
*Delete or Omit conjunctions and prepositions words such as of, the, at, in, and, & while abbreviating Journal Names
Article DOI
As much as possible and if available, provide the DOI of each reference article listed in this section
Examples of Abbreviation:
The Journal of Biocommunication becomes J. Biocommun.
African Journal of Environmental Science & Technology becomes Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research becomes J. Cryst. Spectrosc. Res.
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management becomes J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage.
For Journals:
Adediji, A; Ibitoye, MO; Ekanade, O (2009). Generation of Digital Elevation Models for Gullies in Irele Local Government of Ondo State. Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 3(3): 067-077. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJEST08.144
Spiff, AI; Abia, AA (2003). Sorption of Cd (II) and Zn (II) from aqueous solutions by cassava waste biomass (Manihot esculenta Cranz). Wat. Res. 37: 4910 – 4923. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2003.08.020
Georges-Ivo, EE (2005). Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry and X-ray powder diffraction as complimentary techniques in characterizing clay size fraction of kaolin. J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage. 9 (2): 43 - 48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v9i2.17289
For Books:
Meltzer, YL (1971). Hormonal and Attractant Pesticide Technology. Noyes Data, Park Ridge, N.J. Pp. 40
For Work in an edited Collection:
Ekpete, OA (2013). Kinetic Methods of Analysis. In: Horsfall, M (Ed). Fundamental Principles of Analytical Chemistry. Soteria Publishing, Port Harcourt, p. 117
Manuscripts should be submitted with a Cover Note to:
Email: editor.jasem@uniport.edu.ng
Invalid data type in setData: Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting, or if already registered can simply log in and begin the 5 step process.Invalid data type in setData: JASEM has joined the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL). Therefore articles in JASEM are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Invalid data type in setData:The Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management (JASEM) is a Peer Reviewed, Open Access, International Journal established by the Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP) domicile in the Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria in April 1998. The World Bank project terminated in 2001, however, JASEM lives on and is currently managed by Prof. Michael Horsfall Jnr in the Department of Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria.
Other websites related to this journal: http://www.uniport.edu.ng/publications/journals/jasem and http://www.bioline.org.br/ja
Invalid data type in setData:Executive Editor
Prof. Michael Horsfall Jnr. Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: michael.horsfall@uniport.edu.ng
Managing/Technical editor
Dr. Pereware Adowei, Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: jasem.editorial@gmail.com
Editor
Prof. Francis David Sikoki, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Port Harcourt PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: francis.sikoki@uniport.edu.ng
Editor
Prof. Bio Lous Nyanayo, Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: bio.nyananyo@uniport.edu.ng
Editor
Prof. Ayebaemi I. Spiff Department of Chemistry, Federal University, Otuoke, PMB 12, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Email: emispiff@yahoo.com
Editor
Evita Omiete Onuah, No. 80 Gatcombe Road, Bristol BS1 9RG, UK. Email: evita.onuah@gmail.com
Editor
Prof. Georges-Ivo Ekosse Ekosse, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Teaching & Learning, University of Botswana, Plot 4775 Notwane Road, Pvt Bag 002, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: ekosseg@ub.ac.bw; ekosseg@gmail.com
Editor
Ochi Obuaku, 80 Booth Street, K1A 0E4, Ottawa, Canada
Email: ochi.obuaku@gmail.com
Editor
Prof. Tobins Ferguson Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Email: ftobins@tcd.ie
Editor
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Giao, College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University, Vietnam
Email: ntgiao@ctu.edu.vn
Editor
Dr. Chukwuka Bethel Anucha. Universite de Technologie de Compiegne UTC, Compiègne & Sorbonne Universite-SU, Paris, France
Email: c.b.anucha@ktu.edu.tr
Editor
Prof. dr. Courtie Mahamadi. Department of Chemistry, Bindura University of Science Education, Bindura, Zimbabwe
Email: cmahamadi@buse.ac.zw
Editor
Gbeye Akpoli, 934 Crestmond Trail Dr, Missouri City, TX, 22489-4400, USA
Email: gbeye91@mail.com
Editor
Prof. Ezekiel Dixon Dikio, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amasoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Email: ezekiel.dikio@gmail.com
Editor
Dr. Md. Shajedul Islam, Department of Chemistry, Govt. HSS College,
Magura 6700 Ministry of Education, Bangladesh
Email: t47207@nu.ac.bd; shajedulkst@gmail.com
Editorial Assistant/Secretary
Ms Green Ekwere Ufot, Faculty of Science Bookshop, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria:
Email: jasem.editorial@gmail.com
Tel (Office Hours Only):
Executive Editor: +234 – (0) – 7034422116
Editorial Assistant/Secretary: +234 – (0) – 8037819523
JASEM is an Open Access journal. JASEM articles are published under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (CC-BY-NC). Therefore articles in JASEM, permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Hence, authors are responsible for the originality and quality of their manuscript. This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. Citation should include the article DOI. When an article is published in JASEM, the author(s) of the article retain the copyright of article. Cite this journal as J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage.
As an Open Access Journal, page charges of twenty-five thousand (N25000:00) or (US $100) per accepted paper excluding postage for hard copy will be charged. Manuscript with Tables, figures and plates combined that is more than 20 pages will be charged extra fee.
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Publication Scheduling
JASEM publishes twelve issues per annum in a Volume, which is one issue per month.
Aim and Scope
Aim: The aim of the JASEM is to communicate innovations and discoveries from primary research, reviews articles, case studies and short communications in a timely manner for the benefit of humanity through scholarly publications globally.
Scope: The journal publishes original research findings, review articles; case studies and short communications from pure and applied sciences, basic medical sciences, medicine and dentistry, allied health sciences and health technology, veterinary medicine and technology, all aspect of engineering and technology, agriculture & agricultural practices, forestry & wildlife science and management, geography & environmental management, brewing science & technology, environmental management & toxicology, forensic science & technology, military science & technology, architecture, computer science & computing technology, food and nutritional sciences, marine science & technology, maritime & naval science, water pollution, air pollution, atmospheric science, ocean science, consumer products, industrial & agricultural chemicals, agricultural extension services and management, pharmacy & pharmaceutical science and technology; pharmaceutical products, nursing science and care-giving; dental technology, safety, security & biotechnology, environmental contamination and toxicology. Studies addressing the physiological, anatomical, biochemical, biomedical and pathological changes produced by specific substances, techniques for assessing potential toxicity, and all aspects of in-vivo and in-vitro toxicology are covered.
Publisher
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management (JASEM) is an international journal established by the Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP) domicile in the Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt and currently journal published in the Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria
Sources of Support
Supported by the Ayebaemi Ibuteme Spiff Chair in Environmental Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria and Institute of Petroleum Studies (IPS), University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria
Peer Review Process
The Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management (JASEM) operates a single-blind peer-review structure where the reviewers know the names of the authors, but the authors do not know who reviewed their manuscript unless the reviewer chooses to sign their report. All submitted manuscripts are evaluated by the Executive Editor in a pre-submission suitability checks. Manuscript beyond the scope of the journal are rejected and corresponding Author is informed. Manuscript within the Scope of the Journal is acknowledged with Paper Tracking Number by the Secretary/Editorial Assistant and forwarded to the Technical Editor for handling. The Technical Editor screens the paper for quality assessment using the Duplicate Content Plagiarism Checker and 75% Unique Content (UC) is required in the preliminary submission check for an article to proceed to reviewers. If an Article UC > 75%, the Technical Editor will peruse the pull of reviewers in the appropriate subject area of specialization. Once appropriate reviewers are identified, the article will be forwarded to the Reviewer with the Author Guidelines and every reviewer is expected to return the peer-review comments within four weeks. However, article with UC < 70% is rejected and corresponding Author is informed. Based on the reviewer comments, the Technical Editor rejects, accepts or requests further revisions of the manuscript and the author is appropriately communicated.
Open Access Policy
JASEM is an Open Access journal hence, all articles published are open-access articles. The articles are made immediately available worldwide after publication. No special permission is required to reuse all or part of the article published including plates, figures and tables. However, users must appropriately acknowledge all sources of information by correct citations.
Copy Right Policy
In JASEM, the authors maintain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work concurrently licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (CC-BY-4.0). Hence, authors are responsible for the originality and quality of their manuscript. Therefore, permission is granted to anyone for unrestricted use, to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. Cite this journal as J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage.
Article Publication Charges
As an Open Access Journal, a non-refundable article publication charge of thirty thousand (N30, 000:00) will be paid by the corresponding author based in Nigeria and US $100 per accepted paper will be paid by corresponding authors outside Nigeria. Please note that Manuscript with Text, Tables, figures and plates combined that is more than 17 pages could be charged extra fee.
Waiver Policy
JASEM may grant partial waivers to some categories of authors at the discretion of the Executive Editor. Those eligible for partial waiver may include single author PhD students and authors from the 46 List Developed Countries (LDCs). Authors could apply for partial waiver and the Editorial Assistant will inform you of the level of waiver granted appropriately.
Abstracting and Indexing
Currently JASEM is indexed and abstracted by
AJOL Database; Bioline Database; Google Scholar; Cite Factor Index; Index Copernicus [ICI World of Journals]; WorldCat; SciSpace; Google Analytics; Open Access Library;
ScienceGate; JournalTOCs; J4F; Asian Science Citation Index (ASCI); Stanford Libraries
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Correspondence
The Executive Editor
Ofrima Building Right Wing, 3rd Floor Room 349
Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry
University of Port Harcourt
Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: editor.jasem@uniport.edu.ng
Journal Homepages
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem
https://www.bioline.org.br/ja
https://www.uniport.edu.ng/publications/pub1/journals/management-science-journal/jasem.html
P-ISSN 1119-8362
E-ISSN 2659-1502
Privacy Statement and Editorial Policies
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
General Policy
The general principle of the journal is that the executive editor is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal shall be published being guided by policies of the journal's editorial board which are contained in the Author’s Guide and constrained by such legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. All articles published by JASEM are assigned Digital Identifier Numbers (DOI) and are therefore permanently stored Online and preserved by African Journal Online (AJOL) and several other domains. Once, papers are Online, there will be no content change.
Publication Ethics and Ethical Standards
In order to ensure that the Journal publishes accurate and credible data and in compliance with scientific publication guidelines for best publishing practices as provided by Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPSS) and the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (committee on Publication Ethics [COPE], authors will be required to declare the followings:
Declaration of Conflict of Interest: In compliance with our ethical standards, authors are to declare any conflict of interest in this work. Example: The authors declare no conflict of interest (if none).
Data Availability Statement: In compliance with our ethical standards, authors are to declare the availability of research data and indicate which author is in custody of such data upon request. Example: Data are available upon request from the first author or corresponding author or any the other authors
Author Approval to Publish: Corresponding author will receive approval form statin that all authors have read and agreed to publish the manuscript in JASEM.
Acknowledgement is only for Funding: Example: The author(s) extend their appreciation to ………………….for funding this research with a Grant Number…………….
Author Responsibilities
Authors should ensure that, results presented are clear and honest, without any false or inappropriate data manipulation. Methods and procedures adopted during any research should be described clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others. Submitted work should be original, not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere. Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed if any.
Editor Roles and Responsibilities
Editors will ensure to make fair, correct and unbiased decisions, free from commercial consideration to ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process, maintain the reliability of the published record by suggesting corrections when needed and rejecting suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct; critically assess the ethical issues regarding studies in humans and animals studies before consideration and observe conflict of interest and will apply appropriate policies to handle editorial conflicts of interest
Reviewers Responsibilities
Reviewers will provide written, unbiased feedback within 4 weeks, avoid personal comments and criticism, ensure to maintain the confidentiality of the review process and provide reason for rejection of publication of a manuscript.
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism is a serious issue everywhere in the world. Plagiarism means “Use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and present them as one’s own original work. Copying scientific data and information from the other published paper is an illegal practice in academic community. JASEM will not be responsible for any action of plagiarism issue. Therefore authors are advised to be cautioned while preparing their manuscripts for submission to JASEM. Authors must appropriately acknowledge all sources of information by correct citations. JASEM in its part will screen papers for quality assessment using Plagiarism Checkers.
Article Withdrawal/Retraction/Removal
Please note that once an issue is Online, the Journal is unable to make any content change again. Therefore, do not ask us to make corrections once the papers are Online. Authors are advice to take pains to read their papers for corrections during the Galley Proof stage.
Withdrawal of Article is only possible for Articles, which have not been formally published and have not yet been assigned volume/issue/page information.
Retraction of Article: Infringements of professional ethical codes, such as multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism issue, fraudulent use of data or the like. Retraction will be used to correct errors in submission or publication. This process attract a fee equivalent to the publication fee.
Removal of Article: To remove an article from the online database is possible only if the article is clearly defamatory, infringes on others ‘legal rights, or where the article is the subject of a court order, or where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk. This process attract a fee equivalent to twice the publication fee.
Replacement of Article: In cases where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk, the authors of the original article may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. This process attract a fee equivalent to twice the publication fee.
Invalid data type in setData: jasemInvalid data type in setData:Manuscripts must be in Word using English. Typed in double spacing, 12 Font, New Times Roman and No more than 17 pages. No more than 4 Tables. No more than 5 Figures. All figures and Tables must be reference or cited by the authors in the text.
Data Management: Experimental data should be managed in such a manner that only relevant data are provided. There should be no appendix. Duplication of content is NOT allowed, hence, the same data should not be presented as both a Table and a Figure. Results in Table should be presented as mean and standard deviation or standard error. Tables should not be too long or wide to be more than one page portrait orientation
Figures, Tables & Plates: Use appropriate Microsoft Table format to make Tables and use Microsoft Excel to make Graphs. Use clear pictures in-case of photographs. Use appropriate Microsoft equation editor to write all mathematical equations and chemical equations. Mathematical formula should not be placed in a Table. Tables, figures and plates should not be too large be numbered consecutively as 1, 2, 3 NOT 1a, 1b or 1c or 1.1, 2.1 etc
Provide a Table with a descriptive title above the table, and below the figure and plate; include units of measurement if applicable.
Original research papers; review articles; case studies and short communications
General: The manuscript should be organized under the following headings.
A. Title: The topic of the paper should be relevant, timely and be of interest to the audience in the scope
B. Author(s) Name: Author name should be written as Surname coma Initials (no full stop or space between initials). Two or More Authors Names should be separated by semicolon (;). Do not use ‘‘and’’ or “&” to separate names of two authors. Use only semicolon (;). Example: Chukwu, M; Olusegun, AW; Mohammed, SSD
C. Author(s) Addresses and Emails. Use asterisk * to distinguish Corresponding author Email from Co-authors Email. Provide the ORCID ID of the Corresponding Author if available
D. Abstract: Abstract should contain clear and concise summary of background, objective, methodology, results and discussion, conclusions and recommendations and contribution to knowledge in a single paragraph of not more than 250 words.
E. Keywords: Provide four or five keywords that describes the content of the manuscript. Separate each keyword with a semicolon
Abbreviations: if there are abbreviations in the text that require special attention, place them here
F. INTRODUCTION: The introduction should provide necessary background information. Two or three paragraphs only. Provide a clear, concise and achievable objective at the end of the introduction. There should be no subsections, figures or tables in this section, except review papers.
G. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research methodology for the study should be appropriate and applied properly. Procedures used should be clearly described with strong and reliable evidence (references) to support and validate the information in the paper. Use italics for subheadings.
H. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results of the analysis should be correctly interpreted. Provide a clear description of all results presented. All tables and figures should appear in the places they are first cited.
I. Conclusion: Conclusions should be sound, clear and concise. Conclusion should be restricted to six lines and should concentrate on your contribution to knowledge in this paper. There should be no results, figures or references in this section.
J. Acknowledgement: Only funding sources should be acknowledged not individuals The authors extend their appreciation to ………………….for funding this research with a Grant Number: ……..….
K. REFERENCE LISTING
Use the JASEM STYLE for the references as indicated below
*Do not number the references
*Reference should be listed in Alphabetical Order
*Use Surname coma INITIALS (without space or full-stop between the initials) semicolon then Surname coma INITIALS (without space or full-stop between the initials) and so on.
*Do not use ‘‘and’’ or ampersand symbol (&) to separate names of two or more authors.
*Use only semicolon (;) to separate names of two or more authors.
Abbreviation of Journal names:
*Abbreviate and capitalize significant words in the journal name. Significant words are the first letters in the Journal name.
*Put in Italics the abbreviated names of the Journal
*Delete or Omit conjunctions and prepositions words such as of, the, at, in, and, & while abbreviating Journal Names
Article DOI
As much as possible and if available, provide the DOI of each reference article listed in this section
Examples of Abbreviation:
The Journal of Biocommunication becomes J. Biocommun.
African Journal of Environmental Science & Technology becomes Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research becomes J. Cryst. Spectrosc. Res.
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management becomes J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage.
For Journals:
Adediji, A; Ibitoye, MO; Ekanade, O (2009). Generation of Digital Elevation Models for Gullies in Irele Local Government of Ondo State. Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 3(3): 067-077. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJEST08.144
Spiff, AI; Abia, AA (2003). Sorption of Cd (II) and Zn (II) from aqueous solutions by cassava waste biomass (Manihot esculenta Cranz). Wat. Res. 37: 4910 – 4923. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2003.08.020
Georges-Ivo, EE (2005). Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry and X-ray powder diffraction as complimentary techniques in characterizing clay size fraction of kaolin. J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage. 9 (2): 43 - 48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v9i2.17289
For Books:
Meltzer, YL (1971). Hormonal and Attractant Pesticide Technology. Noyes Data, Park Ridge, N.J. Pp. 40
For Work in an edited Collection:
Ekpete, OA (2013). Kinetic Methods of Analysis. In: Horsfall, M (Ed). Fundamental Principles of Analytical Chemistry. Soteria Publishing, Port Harcourt, p. 117
Manuscripts should be submitted with a Cover Note to:
Email: editor.jasem@uniport.edu.ng
Invalid data type in setData: Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting, or if already registered can simply log in and begin the 5 step process.Invalid data type in setData: JASEM has joined the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL). Therefore articles in JASEM are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Invalid data type in setData:The Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management (JASEM) is a Peer Reviewed, Open Access, International Journal established by the Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP) domicile in the Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria in April 1998. The World Bank project terminated in 2001, however, JASEM lives on and is currently managed by Prof. Michael Horsfall Jnr in the Department of Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria.
Other websites related to this journal: http://www.uniport.edu.ng/publications/journals/jasem and http://www.bioline.org.br/ja
Invalid data type in setData:Executive Editor
Prof. Michael Horsfall Jnr. Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: michael.horsfall@uniport.edu.ng
Managing/Technical editor
Dr. Pereware Adowei, Department of Pure & Industrial Chemistry, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: jasem.editorial@gmail.com
Editor
Prof. Francis David Sikoki, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Port Harcourt PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: francis.sikoki@uniport.edu.ng
Editor
Prof. Bio Lous Nyanayo, Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: bio.nyananyo@uniport.edu.ng
Editor
Prof. Ayebaemi I. Spiff Department of Chemistry, Federal University, Otuoke, PMB 12, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Email: emispiff@yahoo.com
Editor
Evita Omiete Onuah, No. 80 Gatcombe Road, Bristol BS1 9RG, UK. Email: evita.onuah@gmail.com
Editor
Prof. Georges-Ivo Ekosse Ekosse, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Teaching & Learning, University of Botswana, Plot 4775 Notwane Road, Pvt Bag 002, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: ekosseg@ub.ac.bw; ekosseg@gmail.com
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Ochi Obuaku, 80 Booth Street, K1A 0E4, Ottawa, Canada
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Keywords: Heavy metals, dumpsite, Transfer factor, vegetables.
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