Author Guidelines

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EDITORIAL POLICY

AFNRJ Background

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Journal (AFNRJ) is an international peer-reviewed, open-access, multi-disciplinary online and print journal. AFNRJ is the official scientific journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. The scope of the journal is to publish peer-reviewed research papers, short communications, reviews, and comments. The emphasis is on Animal Science, Crop Science, Forest Science, Wildlife Management, Food Science and Technology,  Fisheries, Aquaculture Management, Climate Change and Environmental Management, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension, Horticulture, Rural Sociology, Soil Science, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Agroforestry Practice, Biotechnology, Biomass, Carbon, and Bioenergy;  Genetics and Breeding; Molecular Biology; Landscape Ecology, Biometrics and Remote Sensing, Conservation and Ecotourism, Rangeland Management, and other relevant fields.

What can you expect if you publish in the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Journal (AFNRJ)?

1. A straightforward and friendly publishing service
2. Immediate, free access to your article for anyone anywhere in the world
3. Rigorous peer review featuring constructive dialogue with experts
4. Retention of the full copyright in your work
5. Rapid publication on a state-of-the-art platform
6. Global marketing and indexing, including innovative article-level metrics
7. High production values
8. Perpetual archive preservation of your work

Peer Review Process

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Journal (AFNRJ) will be published. The Editor-in-Chief is guided by the Editorial Policy and constrained by legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

The Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to decide not to publish submitted manuscripts in case it is found that they do not meet relevant standards concerning the content and formal aspects. The Editorial Staff will inform the authors whether the manuscript is accepted for publication within 60 days from the date of the manuscript submission.

Editorial Board must hold no conflict of interest with regard to the articles they consider for publication. If an Editor feels that there is likely to be a perception of a conflict of interest in relation to their handling of a submission, the selection of reviewers and all decisions on the manuscript shall be made by the Editor-in-Chief.

Editorial Board shall evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content free from any racial, gender, sexual, religious, ethnic, or political bias.

The Editor and the Editorial Staff must not use unpublished materials disclosed in submitted manuscripts without the express written consent of the authors. The information and ideas presented in submitted manuscripts shall be kept confidential and must not be used for personal gain.

Editors and the Editorial Staff shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that the reviewers remain anonymous to the authors before, during and after the evaluation process and the authors remain anonymous to reviewers until the end of the review procedure.

Publication Ethics & Publication Malpractice Statement

These guidelines are fully consistent with the COPE Principles of Transparency and Best Practice Guidelines and the COPE Code of Conduct. More details can be found here: https://publicationethics.org

We encourage the best standards of publication ethics and take all possible measures against publication malpractices. The Faculty of Agriculture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria as a publisher, takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities.

Duties and responsibilities of editors

In addition to many general duties, such as constantly improving the quality and integrity of the journal, striving to needs of authors and readers, encouraging academic debate, and others, the editors accept the obligation to apply best will and practice to cope with the following responsibilities:

Editorial Board

Editorial board will be generated from recognized experts in the field. The editor will provide full names and affiliations of the members as well as updated contact information for the editorial office on the journal webpage (see: https://journals.unizik.edu.ng/afnrj/about/editorialTeam)

Publication decisions

The editor should be responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Peer review process

All of a journal’s content should be subjected to peer-review. Articles submitted for possible publication are subjected to a double-blind, peer review process. Articles are first reviewed by editors. The editor may reject it out of hand either because it is not dealing with the subject matter for that journal or because it is manifestly of a low quality so that it cannot be considered at all. Articles that are found suitable for review are then sent to two experts in the field of the paper. Reviewers of a paper are unknown to each other. Reviewers are asked to classify the paper as publishable immediately, publishable with amendments and improvements, or not publishable. Reviewers’ evaluations usually include an explicit recommendation of what to do with the manuscript. Reviewers’ comments are then seen by the author.

Editors should be ready to justify any important deviation from the described process. Editors should not reverse decisions on publication unless serious problems are identified.

Editors should publish guidance to both authors and reviewers on everything that is expected of them. This guidance should be regularly updated.

Fair play

The editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors. Editors´ decision to accept or reject a paper for publication should be based only on the paper´s importance, originality and clarity, and the study´s relevance to the aim of the journal.

Digital Archiving and Indexing

The editor will ensure digital preservation of access to the journal content by the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Repository within its UNIZIKSpace, Google Scholar, Zenodo, CERN Open Science. Furthermore, AFNRJ utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

Confidentiality

Editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher. Editors will ensure that material submitted remains confidential while under review.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers. Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication.

Procedures for dealing with unethical behaviour

Unethical behaviour may be identified and brought to the attention of the editor and publisher at any time, by anyone. Whoever informs the editor or publisher of such conduct should provide sufficient information and evidence in order for an investigation to be initiated. All allegations should be taken seriously and treated in the same way, until a successful decision or conclusion is reached. Every reported act of unethical publishing behaviour must be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication.

The editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher. Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration of the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies, depending on the misconduct seriousness.

Minor misconduct might be dealt with without the need to consult more widely. In any event, the author should be given the opportunity to respond to any allegations.

Serious misconduct might require the application of one or more following measures:

• Informing or educating the author or reviewer where there appears to be a misunderstanding or misapplication of acceptable standards.
• Publication of a formal notice detailing the misconduct.
• A formal letter to the head of the author's or reviewer's department or funding agency.
• Formal retraction or withdrawal of a publication from the journal, in conjunction with informing the head of the author or reviewer's department
• Imposition of a formal embargo on contributions from an individual for a defined period.

Duties and responsibilities of authors

Publication and Submission fee

AFNRJ has no funding or sponsorship; hence, the author pays the following one-time fees to cover the costs of peer review, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, and journal management.

• Authors, resident Nigeria:

Submission fee (non-refundable): N5,000

Publication fee (Payable only if manuscript is accepted): N20,000

• Authors resident outside Nigeria:

1. Low-income Countries

Submission fee (Non-refundable): $20

Publication fee (Accepted manuscript): $70

1. Middle-income Countries

Submission fee (Non-refundable): $30

Publication fee (Accepted manuscript): $100

1. High-income Countries

Submission fee (Non-refundable): $100

Publication fee (Accepted manuscript): $500

The manuscript received will be subjected to a thorough peer review. However, the decision on acceptance or rejection of an article rests entirely upon the reviewers’ reports and Editorial Board members. Authors of accepted papers will be required to proceed with payment of the publication fee and submit a corrected copy of the manuscript with evidence of payment.

Note: The category was based on the World Bank, kindly Click HERE to confirm your country category. In addition to Nigerian Naira (NGN), we also accept payment in Euros (EUR) and US Dollars (USD).

Payments should be made to:

Acc No.: 1312857748

Acc Name: Agric, Food & Nat Resources Journal

Bank: ZENITH BANK PLC

Full information about fees must be clearly stated on the journal´s website before authors begin preparing their manuscript for submission.

Open Access Policy

The journal is freely available online. Authors are required to agree with this open access policy which enables unrestricted access and reuse of all published articles. The articles are published under the Creative Commons copyright license policy CC-BY. Author retains copyright of their published manuscripts. Users are allowed to copy and redistribute the material in printed or electronic format and build upon the material, without further permission or fees being required, provided that appropriate credit is given.

Reporting standards

Authors of papers should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable. Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial „opinion‟ works should be clearly identified as such.

Data access and retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such, if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.          
Plagiarism takes many forms, from „passing off‟ another´s paper as the author´s own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another´s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication

An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour. In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper.

The copyright remains with the authors (CC-BY); thus, they can decide about eventual republication of their text. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.

Acknowledgement of sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as reviewing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

Authorship of the paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible. Readers should be informed about who has funded research and on the role of the funders in the research.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author´s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

Duties and responsibilities of reviewers

Contribution to editorial decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication. Authors who wish to contribute to publications have an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing.

Promptness
Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer´s own research without the written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

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GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Manuscripts for AFNRJ must be written in UK English. Authors whose native language is not English must have their manuscripts checked by a native English speaker before submission. The manuscript will be peer-reviewed by referees selected by the editor and will be published in approximately the order in which the final version is received. Manuscripts will be judged based on originality, innovativeness, relevancy, and acceptance based on reviewers’ recommendations. Upon acceptance for publication, the manuscript must not be published again in any form without the written consent of both the author(s) and editor.

Manuscript Submission

 Manuscripts for publication in AFNRJ must be submitted electronically as text files saved in MS Word to [email protected]. Submission must be by the author(s) to whom acknowledgment of receipt and other correspondence will be addressed. Any manuscript submitted must be unpublished work not being offered for publication elsewhere.

General Format

 The manuscript should be typewritten with double spacing on one side of standard A4. The text should be prepared in single-column format, 12pt New Times Roman. Headings except the abstract should be bold and capitalized. Subheadings should also be bold with keywords starting with a capital letter. Both headings and subheadings must be left aligned.  All pages must be numbered.

Original Full-Length Research Manuscript

This should include original empirical data that have not been published anywhere earlier (except as an abstract). The manuscript should not be more than 15 pages. As a general rule, this means that the manuscript should be limited to approximately 15 double-spaced typewritten pages from the abstract to the reference page or appendix, as the case may be.

Review Papers

The review paper should not have empirical data acquired by the authors but should include a discussion of papers published and data acquired in a specific area. All data used must be adequately referenced. The review paper must explore the topic thoroughly and should be approximately 18–20 double-spaced typewritten pages.

Short Communication

Short Communications should be urgent communications of important preliminary results that are very original, of high interest, and likely to have a significant impact on the subject area of the journal. There is no strict page limit for short communication, but not more than 5–7 double-spaced typewritten pages, plus 2–3 figures and/or tables, and 15 - 20 key references are recommended.

Manuscript Structure

 Authors should attach three (3) separate files in the following order:

✔  FIRST DOCUMENT (MS WORD FORMAT)- COVER

• Title of manuscript (maximum of 18 words)
• List for all authors, affiliations, emails, and phone numbers (WhatsApp preferable for each author)

The affiliations should contain the department, institution, city, state, and country. A superscript number must be provided after each author's name and in front of their addresses for identification. The corresponding author should be indicated with an asterisk and the e-mail address provided.

Authors’ names should be written in full: First name, Middle name and Surname in Capitals (e.g. Abubakar Bolaji SOMTOCHUKWU¹*, Sarah JOHN² & Kenechi Toyin HASSAN³)

• Open Researcher and Contributor IDentity (ORCID). All authors must provide their ORCID. Authors who don’t have ORCID should register for free using this link: https://orcid.org/signin.
• Acknowledgments
• Ethical Statement
• Funding information
• Conflict of interest

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Acknowledgements

A brief acknowledgment section may be given after the conclusion and recommendation section just before the references. The acknowledgments of people who assisted in manuscript preparation, funding for research, etc. should be listed in this section. All sources of funding should be declared as an acknowledgment. Authors should declare the role of the funding agency, if any, in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript. If the study sponsors had no such involvement, the authors should so state.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must declare any conflict of interest. If there are no competing interests to declare, the authors should include a statement in the article to confirm that there are no relevant financial or non-financial competing interests to report. Example: The authors declared that there is no conflict of interest.

Authors’ Contributions

"Authors A and B" (e.g., CJU and OPO) managed data collection, interpretation of data, writing of manuscript, material support, and review of manuscripts and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. “Authors B and C” (e.g., OPO and B.I.) managed the literature searches. “Author D” (e.g., SOC) managed the development of methodology, data analysis, and the development of the model. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Funding Information

Information on the source of funds for this study should be stated. If funded by grant, the grant references number and the organization should be stated. If self-sponsored, kindly indicate.

Ethical Statement

Provide Information on ethical approval for your research, especially research that involves animal or human. If your research did not involve ethical approval, kindly indicate “Not applicable”.

✔  SECOND (MS WORD FORMAT)- MAIN WORK

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TITLE

The title should be maximum of 18 words and not contain any abbreviation, and it should enlighten the contents of the manuscript. (DO NOT INCLUDE AUTHORS INFORMATION ON THIS DOCUMENT)

ABSTRACT

The abstract should be concise, informative, and not exceed 250 words. The abstract should be arranged in one paragraph, covering a brief description of the purpose of the work. Techniques, methods, and the design used. Major findings with relevant statistics, p-values, and confidence intervals.  Major conclusions and recommendations.

Keywords

Between 4 - 6 keywords should be provided. Authors should try as much as possible that keywords should contain the words not in the title and avoid general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of').

INTRODUCTION (TIMES NEW ROMAN, CAPITAL, BOLD, 12 FONT)

This section should provide a factual background, a clearly defined problem, a proposed solution, and the scope and justification of the work done. All these should be backed by relevant literature.  Ninety percent (90%) of the literature used should not be more than TEN years from the date the work was carried out, except in exceptional cases.

MATERIAL AND METHODS or METHODOLOGY (TIMES NEW ROMAN, CAPITAL, BOLD, 12 FONT)

This section should provide adequate information that will allow the experiment to be reproduced. Already published methods should be mentioned with references. Significant modifications of published methods and new methods should be described in detail. This section should include sub-sections based on the test or investigation carried out following the format below:

Subheading (Times New Roman, Bold, 12 Font) - Second Level Heading. Note: All the keywords must start with a capital letter.

Sub-subheading (Times New Roman, bold, 12 font) - Third-level heading. Note: Only the opening word in the caption must start with a capital letter.

Sub-sub-subheading (Times New Roman, italics, bold 12 font) - Forth level heading. Note: Only the opening word in the caption must start with a capital letter.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Results should be clearly described concisely. Results for different parameters should be described under subheadings or in separate paragraphs.  Table or figure numbers should be mentioned in parentheses for better understanding. Discussion must not repeat the results but provide a detailed interpretation of the data. This should interpret the significance of the findings of the work. Recent citations should be given in support of the findings (note: 90% of the citations must be from literature published not more than TEN years from when the work was carried out). The results and discussion may be separated. But it is recommended that the sections be joined. As in the material and method section, this section must include sub-sections based on the results of the test or investigation carried out following the format below:

Subheading (Times New Roman, Bold, 12 Font) Second Level Heading. Note: All the keywords must start with a capital letter.

Sub-subheading (Times New Roman, bold, 12 font) - Third-level heading. Note: Only the opening word in the caption must start with a capital letter.

Sub-sub-subheading (Times New Roman, italics, bold 12 font) - Forth level heading. Note:

Only the opening word in the caption must start with a capital letter.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be placed inside the text. Tables and figures must be presented in relation to their appearance in the text. It is suggested that the discussion about the tables and figures should appear in the text before the appearance of the respective tables and figures. No tables or figures should be given without discussion or reference inside the text.

Tables should be explanatory enough to be understandable without any text reference. Single spacing should be maintained throughout the table, including table headings and footnotes. Table headings should be placed above the table. Footnotes should be placed below the table with superscript. lowercase letters.

Each figure should have a caption. The caption should be concise and typed separately, outside the figure area. Figures should be self-explanatory. Information presented in the figure should not be repeated in the table. All symbols and abbreviations used in the illustrations should be defined clearly. Figure legends should be given below the figures.

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Conclusions should be based strictly on the major findings from the study. The conclusion should be followed immediately with a concise recommendation based on your results.

REFERENCES

Authors are required to pay special attention to the accuracy and correct presentation of references. All references must be arranged first alphabetically and then chronologically. Author(s) should follow the latest edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) style in referencing. Please visit www.apastyle.org to learn more about APA style or Click to DOWNLOAD APA Reference Example Guide (PDF).

In-text references should be cited by giving the author's name and year of publication (Ebenebe, 2024). In the case of two authors (Meludu & Chukwu, 2023), and in the case of more than two authors (Igwe et al., 2006). If the reference is provided by the same author(s) in the same year, it must be identified by the letters "a," "b,"  "c,"  etc., which are placed after the publication year (Ikeogu, 2022^a). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically. Examples: "as demonstrated (Agu, 2011^a, 2011^b, 2011; Agu & Obasi, 2012; Chukwu et al., 2012; Ezenwenyi and Umeh, 2013; Ojomah 2020).

Example of in-text citation: According to Obidiebube (2024), the impact of climate change has been reported on natural and human systems (Okeke, 2023).

Use “&” not “and” for authors’ names in bot in-text citation and reference list.

 References to unpublished personal communications or in the press should be avoided. DOIs or URLs of 90% of articles in your reference list should be provided. The references should conform to the following style and punctuation:

Journal Article

Ogana, FN., Chukwu, O. & Ajayi, S. (2020). Tree Size Distribution Modelling: Moving from Complexity to Finite Mixture.  Journal of Forest and Environmental Science, 36(1), 7-16. https://doi.org/10.7747/JFES.2020.36.1.7 

Kiribou, R., Tehoda, P., Chukwu, O., Bempah, G., Ku¨hl, H. S., Ferreira, J., Sop, T., Carvalho, J., Mengel, M., Kulik, L., Mucyo, J.P.S., Hoek, Y.V.D, & Heinicke, S. (2024). Exposure of African ape sites to climate change impacts. PLOS Climate, 3(2), e0000345. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000345

Conference Proceedings

• Conference proceedings published in a journal

Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116

• Conference proceedings published as a whole book

Kushilevitz, E., & Malkin, T. (Eds.). (2016). Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 9562. Theory of cryptography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49096-9

• Conference proceedings published as a book chapter

Bedenel, A.-L., Jourdan, L., & Biernacki, C. (2019). Probability estimation by an adapted genetic algorithm in web insurance. In R. Battiti, M. Brunato, I. Kotsireas, & P. Pardalos (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 11353. Learning and intelligent optimization (pp. 225–240). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_21

Conference presentations

• Conference presentation

Evans , AC , Jr. , Garbarino , J. , Bocanegra , E. , Kinscherff , RT , & Marquez-Greene , N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, USA. https://convention.apa.org/2019-video

 Abstract of a conference presentation

Cacioppo, S. (2019, April 25–28). Evolutionary theory of social connections: Past, present, and future [Conference presentation abstract]. Ninety-ninth annual convention of the Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA, United States. https://westernpsych.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WPA-Program-2019-Final-2.pdf

Book

Nwoboshi LC (1982). Tropical silviculture: Principle and techniques. Ibadan University Press, Ibadan, Nigeria. 333p. https://doi.org/10.1037/JANH168-000

Contribution to a Book (book chapter in an edited book)

Mettam, G.R. & Adams, L.B. (1999). How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.S., Smith, R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281–304.

Web pages

Bologna, C. (2019, October 31). Why some people with anxiety love watching horror movies? HuffPost.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror-movies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e  Accessed 26 June 2024.

 

Note: Authors are strongly requested to include the DOI in the reference if a journal article has a DOI. If the journal article does not have a DOI but does have a URL (HTTP, www) that will resolve for readers (e.g., it is from an online journal that is not part of a database), include the URL of the article at the end of the reference.

Units of Measurement: Units of measurement should be presented simply and concisely using System International (SI) units.

Preparation of Figures

All figures should be cited and presented in the paper in consecutive order (e.g. Figure 1:). Figures should be supplied as JPEG or PNG formats. Images should be of 300 dpi resolution at least unless the resolution is intentionally set to a lower level for scientific reasons. If an image has labels, the image and labels should be embedded in separate layers. The title of the image or figure should be provided below the image or figure.

Figure 1. This is a figure. Schemes follow the same formatting

(a)

(b)

Figure 2: A sample figure showing (a) a blank canvas and (b) another blank canvas.

Preparation of tables

Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title, and if numerical measurements are given (e.g., Table 1: Table showing the number of crops utilized for this study), the units should be included in the column heading. Vertical rules should not be used (please see the table below or refer to an already published paper in AFNRJ).

Table 1: Bird species composition in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Habitat	Forested	Open	Parties
Number of Families	25	24	28
Number of bird species	57	55	73
Total number of individual birds	1019	965	1984
Shannon Weiner's diversity index (H-)	3.20	3.18	3.19
Pielou’s species evenness index (E)	0.461	0.463	0.46

Source: Ukpeli et al. (2024)

 

Equations

All equations should be numbered in order from starting, and the notations used in the various equations should be given after the abstract.  Authors are insisted on following standard notations and SI units’ systems, even though it’s not mandatory. All equations should be prepared using Microsoft Equation Editor.

✔ THIRD DOCUMENT (PICTURE OR PDF FORMAT)- EVIDENCE OF SUBMISSION FEE PAYMENT

Authors should submit evidence of payment of submission fee alongside with the other two documents above.