GUIDELINES FOR FORMATTING MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts for submission to AJATE must be formatted in accordance with AJATE formatting style before it is uploaded online on AJATE’s website or sent by email via ajate@uniport.edu.ng. Authors are required to follow the guidelines below:

SOFTWARE: Microsoft Word, Font: Times New Roman.

GENERAL: Apart from the manuscript title and author address lines, other lines should be in font size 12. The manuscript title should be font size 14 while the addresses should be font size 11. Each page and line should be numbered. The manuscript should be justified. Full manuscript should not exceed 18 A4-sized pages, double spaced. Set all margins to 25 mm. Do not use foot notes. Use capitals for all major subheadings, i.e., TITLE, ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, etc. Tables and figures should appear in text and appropriately captioned. For tables, the captions should come above the table, left aligned. For figures, the captions should come below the figure, left aligned. Graphs should not be in colour. Colour photographs are acceptable only where necessary.

TITLE: Title of the manuscript should be on the first page of your submission. The title of the manuscript should be font size 14, bold. Author(s) name should appear right below the title on a line by itself and the font size should be 12 regular. Author’s address line should come right below the author’s name, on a line by itself, using font size 11. Where author address exceeds one, use 1, 2, 3 superscripts to link authors to address. Use * to denote corresponding author. Include email address of corresponding author and other authors.

ABSTRACT: abstract should not exceed 250 words. Abstract must come right below email address of corresponding author. The next line after the abstract should carry the keywords. Use the word ‘Keywords’. There should be three to six keywords.

INTRODUCTION: introduction should come right after keywords.

MATERIALS AND METHODS/ METHODOLOGY: should come right after introduction

RESULTS: should come right after materials and methods.

DISCUSSION: should come right after results. (Results and discussion may be combined – in exceptional cases)

CONCLUSIONS: The paper’s conclusion should come right after discussion.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: single paragraph.

REFERENCES: references should come at the end of the paper and it should be single spaced. Use the 6^th edition of the modified APA Reference Style. Examples:

In-text ref.

The author’s last name and the work’s date of publication must always appear,

 E.g. According to Adedeji (2019)…(when one author is involved)

    According to Adedeji and Aiyeloja (2011)…(when two authors are involved)

    According to Adedeji et al. (2017)… (when more than two authors are involved)

  OR    … (Adedeji, 2019)

           …. (Adedeji and Aiyeloja, 2011)

           …. (Etela, 2014; Oyebade and Eguakun, 2015; Odunlami, et al., 2017)

           ……(Onoja, 2018a; Onoja, 2018b) – when citing different works published by an author the  same year.

List of references

A book in print: Chima, U. D. 2019. Ecology of Mangrove Forests. Ibadan: Evans Publishers.

A book chapter, print version: Chima, U. D. and Omokhua, G. E. 2011. Vegetation Assessment and Description. In: Aiyeloja, A. A. and Ijeomah, H. M. (Eds.), Book of Reading in Forestry, Wildlife Management and    Fisheries (pp. 104-132). Port Harcourt: Topbase/Green Canopy.

Journal article: Chima, U. D., Fredrick, C. and Osakwe, E. E. 2018. Evaluation of the impact of crude oil on early growth of Annona muricata L and Treculia africana Decne seedlings. International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 21(2), 3687 – 3696.

Journal article without volume or page numbers: Hong, I., Knox, S., Pryor, L., Mroz, T. M., Graham, J., Shields, M. F. and Reistetter, T. A. 2020. Is referral to home health rehabilitation following inpatient rehabilitation facility associated with 90-day hospital readmission for adult patients with stroke? American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000001435

Online document: Fagan, J. 2019. Nursing clinical brain. OER Commons. Retrieved January 7, 2020, from https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/53029-nursing-clinical-brain/view

Peer Review Process

The African Journal of Agriculture, Technology, and Environment (AJATE) operates a double-blind peer review process, where authors and reviewers are unknown to each other. All papers submitted to AJATE are initially evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and appropriate manuscripts are then assigned to the Managing Editor for handling. The Managing Editor check the pool of reviewers, calls upon two reviewers for their comments. AJATE makes every effort to reach an initial decision within six weeks of submission. Reviewers are encouraged to make suggestions for changes and improvements to the author. However, final decisions about whether or in what form a manuscript is published are left to the discretion of the editors. Based on the review comments, the Managing Editor rejects, accepts or requests revisions of the manuscript.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. U. Zakka

Managing Editor: Dr. G. A. Adedeji

Associate Editors:  Prof. A. O. Onoja, Dr. S. A. Nwafili, Dr. J. N. Ingweye, Dr. B.E. Udom, and Dr. O. Jike-Wai

Consulting Editors: Prof. M.O. Akorada, Dept. of Agronomy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria; Dr. P.Q. Craufurd, ICRISAT, India, Prof. J. Osuji, University of Port Harcourt, Dr. R. Asiedu, IITA Ibadan; Prof. N.E.S. Lale, Department of Crop and Soil, University of Port Harcourt; Prof. J. K. Kpomblekou-A, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tuskegee Uni. USA; Prof. N.A. Gwargwar, Department of Crop production, University of Maiduguri; Prof. W.S.K. Gbewanyo, Department of Biochemistry, University of Ghana, Legon; Prof N.A.A Okereke; Department of Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri; Prof. A. Nautcha, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, University of Port Harcourt; Prof. J.D. Amin, Federal University, Dutse; Prof. I.A. Ayodele, Department of Wildlife Management and Ecotourism, University of Ibadan; Prof. V.O.Chude, National programme for Food Security, Abuja; Prof. S.A. Rahman, Nasarawa State University, Keffi; Prof. E.S. Erondu, Institute of Agricultural Research and Development, University of Port Harcourt; Prof M.A. Bamikole, Department of Animal Science, University of Benin, Edo State; Prof. E.S. Udoh, Department of Forestry and Wildlife, University of Uyo; Prof. A. Togun, Environmental Biology Unit, University of Ibadan; Prof. I. Nwachukwu, College of Agriculture, Michael Okpara Univ. of Agriculture, Umudike; Prof. E.C. Wokoma, Department of Crop and Soil, University of Port Harcourt. Prof. A. Okorie, Faculty of Pharmacology, UNIPORT. Prof. O.Y. Ogunsanwo Department of Forest Products and Production, University of Ibadan, Prof. O.I. Ajewole, Department of Social and Environmental Forestry, University of Ibadan.