Author Guidelines

 
A. General Manuscript Requirements
  1. Written in English  
  2. The length of the manuscript is 4,000 - 7,000 words (not including references) 
  3. Manuscript formatted using the AIJOSH Template.
  4. The manuscript must not been previously published, nor currently under consideration by another journal. If there are any special circumstances, then an explanation must have been provided in Comments to the Editor.
  5. The manuscript file must be in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
B. Structure of the Manuscript
  1. TITLE. This is your opportunity to attract the reader’s attention. Remember that readers are the potential authors who will cite your article. Identify the main issue of the paper. Begin with the subject of the paper. The title should be accurate, unambiguous, specific, and complete. It should not contain infrequently-used abbreviations. 
  2. AUTHOR INFORMATION. Write Author(s) names without titles and professional positions such as Prof, Dr, Production Manager, etc. Do not abbreviate your last/family name. Always give your First and Last names. If you have a one-word name such as Isehu, write Isehu Isehu. Write clear affiliation of all Authors. Affiliation includes the name of the department/unit, (faculty), name of the university, address, and country. Please indicate the Corresponding Author (include email address) behind the name. Author addresses are indicated with superscripted numerals and centered over both columns of manuscripts (see the AIJOSH Template).
  3. ABSTRACT. The length of the Abstract is 200-300 words; No citations; State in the abstract a primary objective, methodology, main outcomes, results, and conclusions.
  4. SECTION STRUCTURE. Authors are suggested to construct their manuscript using the section structure: Introduction - Method - Results and Discussion – Conclusion
  5. Conflicts of Interest. Declare conflicts of interest or state “The authors declare no conflict of interest." Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. Any role of the funding sponsors in the design of the study; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in this section. If there is no role, please state “The founding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results”.
  6. REFERENCES. Expect a minimum of 15 references primarily with a minimum of 80% to journal papers. Use APA 6th style for your reference. Please use Reference Manager Applications like EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, etc.  

C. Manuscript Preparation Checklist 

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors if they that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration with another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. The paper conforms to the format of AIJSOH Template, Please download the paper template in *.docx
  4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which are found in About the Journal.
  5. The length of the submitted manuscript paper is 4,000 - 7,000 words, not including references.
  6. References conform to the APA 6th style. It is recommended that authors use a tool such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote for reference management and formatting.