Information For Authors
Guidelines for Authors
Papers for consideration should be submitted electronically after registering on the journal website https://journals.lasued.edu.ng/index.php/LAJOCSE/
Receipt of any article will be acknowledged within 24 hours
Authors please note the following:
A cover page with the name, precise postal and email addresses of all authors, and corresponding author (s) should be identified. The abstract should be on a separate page with no title and must not be more than 250 words with five keywords to allow Google and other search engines to make the article accessible to researchers and to improve paper citation. Articles should be in MS Word with double spacing and 12 points Times Roman. The Abstract should contain the objectives, methodology, findings, and conclusion. Authors should ensure that the introduction is clear and the objectives are measurable. Authors should assign copyright or license, the publication rights in their articles, including the abstract, to Lagos Journal of Contemporary Studies in Education (LAJOSCE). The original manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter stating that the article has neither been submitted elsewhere for publication nor published previously.
The manuscript for submission should follow the American Psychological Association 7th edition publication format. Compliance must be on every item, letter, word, and sentence as corrected by the peer reviewers or editor. After the results are presented, the authors should discuss them. The tables and figures should be prepared according to the APA format. The tables should be self-explanatory. It should contain the Arabic numerals with the title at the Top for Tables and below in case of figures. The figure should be abbreviated to Fig. 1 in the order of the Figures. Full papers should not exceed 14 printed pages or 8000 words, including abstracts, tables, figures, and references. The Conclusion should be made up of the actual conclusion and recommendation or policy implication. There must be a disclosure statement, funding, conflict of interest, and acknowledgment. All authors will receive a hard copy of the printed volume, while a soft copy will be published online
Peer Review Policy: Any manuscript submitted to the journal will, as part of its quality control and assurance policy, first be screened by the Editorial Board to ensure that it complies with the guidelines for authors and falls within the goals and scope of the Journal. If it does, it will then be sent for double-blind peer review. There should be no prior knowledge between the reviewers and the author. The article will be withdrawn if there is prior knowledge
Integrity Policy: To maintain the integrity and reputation of the journal, manuscripts will undergo a plagiarism test, as plagiarism constitutes academic fraud.
Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.
