Call for Papers (June 2025 Issue)

2025-05-12

The UNIZIK Journal of Marketing (UJofM) is an online, biannual publication (March and September) from the Department of Marketing at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. This open-access, peer-reviewed journal aims to disseminate scholarly discussions and practice from the diverse areas of marketing. It welcomes research manuscripts, including original research articles, reviews, case studies, and theoretical papers, particularly those with an interdisciplinary focus. The Journal is currently inviting submissions for its August, 2025 Volume 2  issue 1. Contributions from diverse areas related to marketing, such as global marketing, digital marketing, advertising, consumer behaviour, industrial marketing, purchasing etc., are highly encouraged.

Submission Guidelines:

  1. Manuscripts should not be more than 10,000-words including references, tables, and figure.
  2. UJofM encourages authors to submit high-quality, original research not published elsewhere. The Journal encourages authors to use plagiarism checker on their manuscript before submission.
  3. Please follow the journal's formatting and submission guidelines as follows:
    1. Font: Times New Romans 12                       
    2. Spacing: 1.5 line spacing
    3. Margins: 1” all around.
  1. Structure of Paper: For empirical papers, the Journal prefers the IMRAD structure for including an abstract, 5 -8 keywords, Introduction, Literature review, Method, Discussion, and references. Theoretical and Conceptual papers should include an Introduction, Literature Survey, Method, Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations.
  2. The manuscript must include a title page with author(s) name, e-mail address, affiliation, an abstract of not more than 250 words, and keywords.
  3. Tables, graphs, and figures, if any, should be placed at their relevant in the body of the work with appropriate legends and captions.
  4. Use the APA manual of style for referencing and reporting of results.

Mode of Submission:

Send your submissions to: [email protected]

 

Article Processing fee

For each paper submitted, authors are to pay the sum of N5,000 (Five thousand Naira - non refundable review fee) at the point of submission .

Thereafter, authors whose paper(s) are accepted are to pay N25,000 (Twenty-five thousand Naira, Only) for publication.

Contributors outside Nigeria should contact the editorial team on the e-mail provided for direction on how to make payment for processing fee

Payments should be made to:

Account Name: Department of Marketing NAU account

Account No: 1312832598.

Bank: Zenith Bank PLC

Please forward evidence of payment to [email protected]  or on WhatsApp no 08037106108. 

Important Dates:

  • Submission Deadline: July 31th, 2025
  • Acknowledgement of Submission; 72 hours after submission.
  • Notification of Acceptance: 4 weeks from the date of submission.
  • Publication Date: August 30th , 2025

Contact Information:

For further inquiries, please contact the editorial team on:

+2348037106108,   +2349052677263.