Author Guidelines

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors who do not adhere to these guidelines. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format only. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided. The text is single-spaced, uses a 12-point font, employs italics rather than underlining (except with URL addresses), and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points rather than at the end. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author's Guidelines.

Instructions for authors

All submissions must be online HERE using the University of Ghana Journal submission portal. Papers submitted to the journal should follow the guidelines set out below. The manuscript, including illustration tables, references, etc., must carefully consider the guidelines given below:

Correspondence/Length of paper

• Research Articles should be a minimum of 4000 words and a maximum of 6000 words.
• Book reviews, opinion papers, and commentaries are shorter write-ups of between 1000 to 3000 words.
• Articles should contain between 3 and 6 keywords.
• Contributions are received with the understanding that they comprise original, unpublished material and have not been submitted or considered for publication elsewhere.
• The title page should include the name(s) of the author(s); a concise and informative title; the affiliation(s) and address (es) of the author(s); the e-mail address and telephone numbers of the corresponding author.

Abstract

Abstracts must be between 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Presentation

Manuscripts should be written in English (UK), Times New Roman font, 12-point font size, and double-spaced. Footnotes should be used sparingly. If English is not the author's mother tongue, please arrange for proofreading before submission.

Structure

Your paper should be compiled in the following order: Title page; abstract; key policy highlights (if appropriate); keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; and appendices (as appropriate).

Text

The text should be organized under appropriate section headings. All headings should be placed on the left-hand side of the text (left-aligned). The pages in the manuscript must be numbered. All illustrations, tables, etc. should be inserted in the text's appropriate locations. Only three levels of headings are accepted in the text. Do not number the headings. Avoid unnecessary formatting and codes. Avoid the automatic hyphenation function, and do not hyphenate manually at line breaks. All measurements should be given in metric units. Acknowledgments may be made briefly just before the list of references ONLY on the revised final manuscript.

Tables and Figures

All illustrations other than tables are to be numbered consecutively as Figures (e.g., graphs, drawings, photographs, etc.) using Arabic numerals. All Figures and Tables are to be referred to in the text by their number.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors must check off their submission's compliance with the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors who do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The submission has not been previously published, nor has it been before another journal for consideration.
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
• Where available, DOI/URLs for the references have been provided.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements in the Author Guidelines.

Reference Style

All references must follow either the Chicago Reference Styles, namely Chicago (Turabian) Author-date or Chicago (Turabian) notes and Bibliography or APA Style. Either way, consistency must, however, be maintained throughout the manuscript. We encourage manuscripts with limited notes.  Minimize self-citations.