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Authors Guide

PUBLISHING GUIDELINES

The following are the necessary guidelines to authors intending to publish in Crawford Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (CJMR):

      • Article title should be centralized, written in initial caps
      • Names of the authors (Surname highlighted), email address and corresponding author indicated.
      • Submit your manuscript in Microsoft word format.
      • Full paper should be between 12 and 16 pages, end-text references inclusive.
      • The manuscript should be typed in Times New Roman, Font 12, and 1.5 line-spacing.
      • Abstract should be between 200 and 350 words; should be self-contained and not free of citations; presented as Italics in block style and single-line spacing.
      • Should include five (5) Keywords.
      • Objectives of the study should be properly identified.
      • Sub-heads should not be numbered.
      • Sub-heads should be aligned to the left.
      • Any in-text listing should be in roman-numerals.
      • All figures and Tables should be labeled with source and year shown below them.
      • Conclusion should be distinct from recommendations; such recommendations should be as evidenced from the study.
      • Reference end-listing and in-text references should comply with APA 7th or 6th edition. Whichever is used, there should be consistency in application.
      • Appendixes if any should not be more than 4 pages.

 

TERMS OF SUBMISSION

      1. Manuscript submitted to this journal is expected not to have been submitted to any other publishing outlets or submitted elsewhere or under consideration by another publisher 
      2. The author(s) making the submission to CJMR takes responsibility for the article submitted, and liable for information contained therein.
      3. It is the author or authors’ responsibility to ensure that any institution under study gives necessary approval for the dissemination of such research findings into the public domain.

 

PROCESSING OF MANUSCRIPTS

      1. Manuscripts Submitted are peer-reviewed and plagiarism checks done for originality.
      2. The identities of the authors are not revealed to reviewers and the  reviewers are kept anonymous.
      3. Information on the status of your manuscript will be communicated to you in the week of your submission.
      4. Manuscript accepted for publishing cannot be withdrawn.

 

COPYRIGHT

Author(s) are expected to complete and submit the copyright form on acceptance for publishing.  The completed form should be emailed as a PDF format to CJMR editor@crawfordjmrspts.org.

In case of copyright infringement, the author(s)  CJMR Board reserve the sole right to investigate the issue and  the author(s) advised accordingly.

Click here to download the copyright form

 

PUBLICATION ETHICS

Ethics in publishing is vital to build trust and public confidence in the authenticity, legitimacy and reliability of such scientific research. CJMR places very high priority on ethics. Hence, all manuscripts go through Plagiarism checks and authors advised appropriately.

It is unethical for authors who have not contributed or contributed sufficiently to a study to be listed as authors. It is unacceptable to duplicate a single research into several related studies; and use of citations that are not properly aligned to the study just to add volume to the manuscript. It is similarly unethical to have falsified data or statistical output in a submitted manuscript.

In the event of any unethical practice in articles submitted, the manuscript will be utterly rejected and any review fee paid will be forfeited.