FULAFIA Journal of Science and Technology
FULAFIA
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is an International journal published
by the Faculty of Science, Federal University Lafia. It is a
peer-reviewed journal that publishes papers that contribute immensely to
all areas of Agricultural, Biological, Environmental, Natural and
Physical Sciences. The goal of this journal is to provide a global
platform for scientists and academics from all over the world to
promote, share, and discuss new issues and developments in different
areas of Sciences.
The
Journal welcomes the submission of manuscript(s) that meet the general
scope and criteria of FULAFJST. Our objective is to inform authors of
the decision on their manuscript(s) within a few weeks of submission.
Authors should submit their original manuscripts of research–based
papers via email attachment to
fulafjst@fulafia.edu.ng or
fulafjst@gmail.com.
Papers
must be written in English Language, attached in a Microsoft word
document, and should have thorough grammar and proper terminologies.
Following acceptance of a manuscript, the paper will be published in the
next issue.
COPYRIGHT
Authors
are advised to ensure that articles submitted to the FULafia Journal of
Science have never been submitted to any other journal. Papers will be
subjected to editorial peer review process. By submitting a manuscript,
the author agrees to transfer the copyright of the manuscript
automatically to the FULafia Journal Science at the time of acceptance
for publication. The decision of the editors on the acceptability of a
paper or otherwise is final.
PREPARATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts
should be prepared in English language and should be clearly written.
The subsections should include the Abstract, Introduction, Materials and
Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations and
References.
Manuscripts
should be typed in word form or Latex format in Time Roman 12 font
size, double-spaced with margins of 4cm. A manuscript should be divided
into cover page (title, names of author(s), author’s affiliation, and
address for correspondence and reprints, including e-mail addresses),
abstract and keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results and
discussion, conclusion, acknowledgement (if any) and references. A
maximum of 10 printed pages is allowed.
TITLE
Title
of manuscript should not be ambiguous and must be concise and
reflecting the content of the paper. A maximum of 20 words is
recommended for the title.
ABSTRACT
A
concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state
briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major
conclusions. The abstract should be structured with a minimum of 250
words and a maximum of 300 words.Abbreviations should be avoided and if
used should be explained at first mention.
INTRODUCTION
Should contain the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background. Avoid a detailed literature review.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Provide
sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already
published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant
modifications should be described.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Results
should be clear and concise. Discussion should explore the significance
of the results of the work and this should not be repeated. Avoid
extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
CONCLUSION
The
main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions
section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or
Results and Discussion section.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Acknowledgements
should be made in a separate section at the end of the article before
the references. List here those individuals who funded or provided help
during the research.
REFERENCES
References
should be listed on a separate sheet and should be listed
alphabetically without numbering at the end of the text. References
should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted
chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same
author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b",
"c", etc., placed after the year of publication. For example,
Kwon-Ndung et al., 2009a, 2009b, 2009c).
All citations within the text should follow these formats:
1. Single author: the author's name (without initials) and the year of publication;
2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by "et al." and the year of publication.
2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by "et al." and the year of publication.
Groups
of references should be listed first alphabetically, then
chronologically.Examples: "as reported (Kwon-Ndung, 2009a, 2009b, 2012;
Salihu and Chuku, 2009). Nja (2014) recently reported ……"
Only
published papers can be mentioned in the manuscript. Reference to a
journal publication, books, chapters in a book, thesis etc should be
listed as follows:
Journal Article:
Edache, J.A., Ehiobu, N.G and Njike, M.C. (2003). Performance of laying Japanese quail (Cortunixcortunic japonica) fed different levels of protein under Nigerian environment. J. Agric Sci. & Tech.13(2):110-116
Book
Helleiner, G.K. 1966. Peasant agriculture, government and economic growth in Nigeria. Homewood, Illinois, Irwin Press.
Chapter in an edited book: Jonathan, G. (1999). Agriculture and national development. In: Oduye, M.L. and Suswan, J.T. (Eds.), Politics and the agrarian revolution in Africa. Inter-Academy Publishers, Lagos, pp. 324-334.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Tables
Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
FiguresAll
illustrations, whether diagrams or photographs, are referred to as
Figures. If any figures appear in colour, please note that they will
only appear in colour in the online version; in the printed version they
will be in black and white. If the quality of the colour figure
supplied is not suitable to be produced in colour, it will also be shown
in black and white in the online version. Figures should ideally be
black and white, not colour, and numbered sequentially. However, if
colour is essential to the figure please send a good quality colour
image. Please place them at the end of the article, rather than
interspersed in text.
Please
prepare all figures, especially line diagrams, to the highest possible
standards. Bear in mind that lettering may be reduced in size by a
factor of 2 or 3, and that fine lines may disappear.
Units of MeasurementFULafia
Journal of Science and Technology follow the Système International (SI)
for units of measurement. Similarly IUPAC and Authors and editors are,
by general agreement, obliged to accept the rules governing biological
nomenclature, as laid down in the International Code of Botanical
Nomenclature, the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria, and
the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.All crops, plants,
insects, birds, mammals, etc. should be identified by their scientific
names when the English term is first used, with the exception of common
domestic animals.
Math formulaePresent
simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible and use the
solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms,
e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics.
Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number
consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from
the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).Imperial units will be
converted, except where conversion would affect the meaning of a
statement, or imply a greater or lesser degree of accuracy.
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