Author Guidelines
1. Manuscripts intended for publication with Tanzania Journal of Population Studies and
Development (TJPSD) should be submitted electronically in ‘WORD’ format, double spaced,
with normal margin setting in WORD, on standard A4 paper. This rule applies to the entire
manuscript, including the reference list, notes and appendix materials—if any. Be sure you have
numbered your pages using the WORD processing function for page numbers within the INSERT
command menu.
2. Title page. This should include the following: (i) title of the article; (ii) name of the author(s)
and title(s); (iii) institutional affiliation. Insure that you include accurate phone numbers to
expedite the house editing process if contact is needed while your paper is in production.
Your abstract should be 250 words or less. Please list 4-5 key words after your abstract.
3. Manuscript should be submitted in English (British or American).
4. Illustrations (artworks, maps, and photographs) should be clear, and of high resolution with
legible captions. These should appear inserted in the WORD file wherever you intend them within
your manuscript. Also send the plates, graphs, diagrams, photos again in a separate electronic file,
each carefully numbered with their locations in the manuscript again clearly indicated.
5. In case of mathematical expressions (e.g., subscripts and superscripts), they should be correctly
placed or clearly marked. Greek letters and unusual symbols should be identified by writing their
names in the margin, circling them, at the first occurrence in the paper. Any equation number
should go at the right margin. Mathematical symbols for vectors should be labelled as such, e.g.,
by a wavy underscore.
6. Manuscript should range between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including references and appendices),
with an abstract not exceeding 250 words.
7. Notes, Citations, and References:
Notes should be footnotes, using the footnote WORD function they should be numbered
consecutively.
In-text citation should follow ‘author-date’ system (e.g., Nyerere 1967). Direct quotations should
always show the page where it was extracted (e.g., Kjekshus, 1977:125). In case of more than two
authors, the name of the first author should be used, followed by “et al. and year (and page number if applies). E.g., (Hambati et al., 2022: 72). However, names of all authors should appear in the Reference List.
Reference list should appear at the end of the document, arranged in alphabetical order, using the
second name of the author, or of the first author in case of multiple authors. See the following
examples. COMPLETE and ACCURATE references are required including page span of the article
or chapter. Accurate and current URLs and/or DOI’s are required where relevant, including latest
access date for all URLs cited. Reference entries should follow a consistent standard format. Thesis
writing guides explain this in detail. TJPSD’s house format follows in the examples below; it is
best to follow these examples when constructing and proofreading your reference list before
submitting your final draft:
8. TJPSD is a peer reviewed journal. Articles submitted for publication are reviewed by at least
two referees anonymously who remain unaware of the author(s) or the affiliation of the
author(s), and who are experts or well-read in the respective subject. Blind reviews are fundamental and decisive in determining acceptance or rejection of a manuscript.
9. Copyright: It is a condition of publication that authors vest copyright of their articles, including
abstracts, in TJPSD. This enables the editors to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate
the article, and the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as
appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the published article elsewhere under permission from
the Chief Editor.
10. As of June 2018, TJPSD will be available online, this includes all back issues. Issues are
uploaded as soon as they are paged in production, shortly prior to the release of the hard copy
versions from the printer.
For further information and contributions, please contact:
Chief Editor, TJPSD
College of Social Sciences,
Population Studies and Research Centre
University of Dar es Salaam,
P.O. Box 35047,
Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA.
E-mail: psrc@udsm.ac,tz– the official email is unfortunately unreliable
Editor’s email: hhambati2020@gmail.com – this email is secure and recommended
Editor’s Phone: +255-784-452-028
Chief Editor
Prof. Herbert Hambati
