JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Guidelines for authors
The Journal of Sustainable Development
accepts manuscripts relevant to any aspect of sustainable development.
Contributions from any country are acceptable and can be written from the
perspective of a specific discipline or with an interdisciplinary view. The
language of communication is the English
language. Research papers and reviews are especially welcome. Position and
policy papers, commentaries, and letters to the editor are encouraged. Topics
can include, but are not limited to, innovative practices, new technology,
cropping systems, and farming systems (modified conventional, integrated pest
management; conservation); present and future trends; and the economic, social,
political, legal, and philosophical aspects of sustainable development. Books
relevant to sustainable development are welcome for review and should be sent
to the Editor. Books become the property of the reviewer. Books are not
returnable if not unaccepted for review. News and announcements, queries about
potential submissions, news items, announcements, and letters to the editor
should also be sent to the Editor.
Submission
of a
manuscript to this Journal represents a certification on the part of the
author(s) that it is an original work, and that neither this manuscript nor a
version of it has been published elsewhere nor is being considered for
publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are subject to peer review.
Manuscripts
should be submitted in triplicate to the Editor, Journal of Sustainable Development, Dr. K. Adebayo, Department of Agricultural
Extension and Rural Development, University
of Agriculture Abeokuta Ogun State , Nigeria
COPYRIGHT. Copyright
ownership of your manuscript must be transferred officially to The Books and
publishing before we can begin the peer-review process. The Editor’s letter
acknowledging receipt of the manuscript will be accompanied by a form fully
explaining this. All authors must sign the form and return the original to the
Editor as possible. Failure to return the copyright form in a timely fashion
will result in delay in review and subsequent publication.
Your
manuscript may be approximately 5-15 typed pages double-spaced (including
references and abstract). Lengthier manuscripts may be considered if they can be divided into sections for
publication in successive journal issues.
References,
citations, and general style of manuscripts for this journal should follow the Chicago
If
an author wishes to submit a paper that had been already prepared in another
style, he or she may do so. However, if the paper is accepted (with or without reviewer’s
alterations), the author is fully responsible for retyping the manuscript in
the correct style as indicated above. Neither the Editor nor the Publisher is
responsible for re-preparing manuscript copy to adhere to journal’s style. Many
times a paper is accepted by the Editor contingent upon changes that are
mandated by anonymous specialist
referees and members of the Editorial Board. If the Editor returns your
manuscript for revisions, you are responsible for retyping any sections of the
paper to incorporate these revisions [if applicable, revision should be put on
a disk].
You will not
be receiving galley proofs of your article. Editorial revisions, if any, must
therefore be made while your article is still in manuscript. The final version
of the manuscript will be the version you will see published. Typesetter’s
errors will be corrected by the production staff of the Amstys Books and
Publishing. Authors are expected to submit manuscripts, disk, and art that are
free of error.
Amstys Books
and Publishing typesetting unit is able to utilize your final manuscript
material as prepared on most personal computers and word processors. This will
minimize typographical errors and decrease overall production time. Please send
the first draft and final draft copies of your manuscript to the journal Editor
in print format for his final review and approval. After approval of your
manuscript, please submit the final approved version both on printed format
(“hard copy”) and floppy diskette. On the outside of the diskette package
write:
- The brand name of your computer
or your word processor
- The word processing program that
you used
- The title of your article and
- The file name
NOTE: Disk and
hard copy must agree. In case of discrepancies, it is The Amstys Book and
Publishing ‘policy to follow hard copy. Authors are advised that no revisions
of the manuscript can be made after acceptance by the editor for publication.
The benefits of this procedure are many with speed and accuracy being the most
obvious. We look forward to working with you on this, knowing we will be able
to serve you more efficiently in the future.
Manuscript
preparation
a.
Margin: leave at least a one –inch
margin on all four sides.
b.
Paper: use clean, white, 8-1/2”x11’’
bond paper.
c.
Number of copies: 3 (the original plus
two photocopies).
d.
Cover page: Important-staple a cover
page to the manuscript, that contains only the article title and abstract (this
is use for anonymous refereeing).
e.
Second
“title page”: enclose a regular title page but do not staple it
to the manuscript. Include the title again , plus:
f.
Full authorship.
g.
An ABSTRACT of about 100-250words. (Below the abstract provide 3-6 key
words for index purposes).
h.
An introductory footnote with authors”
academic degrees, professional title, affiliations mailing addresses, and any
desired acknowledgement of research support or other credit.
Spelling, grammar,
punctuation, and inconsistencies
You
are responsible for preparing manuscript copy which is clearly written in
acceptable, scholarly English, and which contains no errors of spelling,
grammar, or punctuation. Neither the Editor nor the Publisher is responsible
for correcting errors of spelling and grammar. The manuscript, after acceptance
by the Editor, must be immediately ready for type setting as it is finally
submitted by the author(s).Check your paper for the following common errors:
a. Dangling
modifiers
b. Misplaced
modifiers
c.
Unclear antecedents
d. Incorrect
or inconsistent abbreviations
Also,
check the accuracy of all arithmetic calculations, statistics, numerical data,
text citations, and references. INCONSISTENCIES MUST BE AVOIDED. Be sure you
are consistent in your use of abbreviations, terminology, and in citing references,
from one part of your paper to another.
Preparation
of tables, figures, and illustrations
All tables, figures, illustrations
,etc., must be “camera –ready”, that is they must be cleanly typed or artistically prepared so that they can used either exactly as they
are or else used after a photographic reduction in size . [Please note that dot-matrix type is often unacceptable for artwork].
If
submitted art cannot be used, the publisher reserves the right to redo the art
and to charge the author a fee of $35.00 per hour for this service. The Amstys
Books and Publishing is not responsible for errors incurred in the preparation
of new camera ready artwork.
Reprints
The senior
author will receive two copies of the journal issue and 5 complimentary
reprints several weeks after the issue is published. The junior author will
receive one copy of the journal issue. An order form will be sent to the
corresponding author for the purchase of additional reprints. Please do not
query the Journal’s Editor about reprints. All such question should be directed
to The Editorial Office, Amstys Book and Publishing, P.O Box 23 UNAAB Post
Office Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Copyright
and permissions
For permission
to reprint articles that have appeared in Journal of Sustainable Development,
please contact: Copyright and Permissions Department, The Amysts Books and Publishing
P.O Box 23 UNAAB Post Office Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Library
photocopying
If your library
subscribes to this journal, AMSTYS waives
all photocopying fees or any royalty payments for multiple internal
library use.
By “internal
library use” we mean:
- Photocopying multiple copies of
any article for your reserve room or reference area.
- Photocopying of articles for
routing to either students or faculty members
- Multiple photocopying by student
for coursework.
- Multiple photocopying by faculty
members for passing out to students at charge or for their own files.
- Other traditional internal
library multiple use of journal articles.
The annual
subscription fee for the Journal of
Sustainable Development is $50 or its equivalent. This amount is subject to
review. This sum is payable to: Amstys Books and Publishing, P.O. Box 23, UNAAB
Post Office, Alabata Road, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Editor
Dr. K. Adebayo, Department of Agricultural
Extension and Rural Development, University
of Agriculture , PMB 2240, Abeokuta , Nigeria
Editorial Board
Prof. C. J. Garforth, International and Rural
Development Department, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom. E-mail:
c.j.garforth@reading.ac.uk
Prof. P. A. Okuneye, Department of Agricultural
Economics and Farm Management, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
E-mail: b_okuneye@yahoo.com
Dr. John Richardson, Department of Agricultural
and Extension Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North
Carolina, USA. E-mail: john_richardson@ncsu.edu
Prof. A. Westby, Natural Resources Institute,
University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, United Kingdom.
E-mail: a.westby@greenwich.ac.uk
Dr. S. Babu, Communications Division,
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA. E-mail:
s.babu@cgiar.org
Dr. S. O. Akinleye, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of
Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail: akinleye@gmail.com
Dr. Kursat Demiryurek, Ondokuz Mayis University,
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, 55139, Samsun,
Turkey. E-mail: kursatd@omu.edu.tr
Dr. J. Cardina,
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio Agricultural Research &
Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, Ohio, USA.
E-mail: cardina.2@osu.edu
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