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Architecture, Construction & Urbanism Journal (ACUJ)
INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Preparation of Manuscript
Only original articles that have not been published elsewhere are invited. Articles, including Tables and Figures should not be more than 17 typed A4 pages (approx. 8500 words except theoretical and review papers that could be up to a maximum of 10,000), 2.5 cm margins, double-spaced and 12-point font size (Times New Romans). Papers must be written in English and word-processed using Microsoft Word. The SI units should be used. Tables should be clearly typed using the MS Word Table Template. This should be concise and appropriately informative. Names and contact addresses of all authors are to be stated. The corresponding author should in addition provide phone number and e-mail address. Abstract of a maximum of 200 words should be included. Keywords that are arranged in alphabetical order and best summarizes the paper should not be more than 5 (five).
All typing should be left justified. Pages, including figures and tables, should be numbered consecutively in the bottom middle with the title page as page 1. Manuscript should contain the following sections (except for review and commentary articles): Title page; Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results, Discussion (Results and Discussion could be combined for Qualitative Research designs); Conclusion; Acknowledgement (if any) and References. Figure legends, Tables and Figures should be typed on separate sheets and placed at the end of the text in this order.
Title Page: The first page of the manuscript should contain the title of the article, which should be concise but explicit, the forenames and family name (in full) of authors, full address of each author, telephone, and email address of the corresponding author (identified by an asterisk) and a short/running title of no more than 45 characters, including spaces. Use superscript to relate authors to their addresses.
Abstract: The next pages should contain the title and abstract in English. Abstract should not be more than 200 words and should provide sufficient information to give the reader a full understanding of the content of the article. Paragraphs, footnotes, references and undefined abbreviations should be avoided.
Keywords: Up to five keywords that best summarize the article and arranged in alphabetical order, separated by semi-column, should be provided to facilitate visibility in all search engines, research data bases, and indexes to assist the reader and facilitate information retrieval.
Body of text: The title of the article should be typed in lower-case letters and bold, except names and first word that should be in sentence-case. All other headings should be typed in upper-case letters and bolded while sub-headings should be in lower-case and bolded. The main headings should be separated by an empty line and not indentation. The SI unit system must be used. Standard abbreviations may be used without definition, and specialized abbreviations should be used only after they are defined when they first appear. Use capital 'T' for Table and 'F' for Figure. Texts should not be repetitions of contents of Tables. Mathematical formulae should be carefully typed with equation editor and symbols should be in correct alignment and adequately spaced. Each formula should be displayed on a single line if possible. Statistical evaluation of results should be described briefly and if necessary supported by references.
References: All citations must be in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition. List of references should show the last names of all authors followed by their initials. Year of publication should be in parenthesis. References should be listed in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the first author.
Tables: Format using the Table menu and not Tabs and Spaces. Tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals with an appropriate title. The title as well as the notes at the bottom of the table should be included inside the Table itself and not in the body of the text.
Figures: Each figure must be clearly numbered in Arabic numerals and the title and legends should be typed on a separate page.
Editorial Review
Manuscript when received would normally be acknowledged within few hours through email address of the corresponding author. All manuscript will be peer-reviewed by three referees. Please include 3 names of possible reviewers of your article. However, the Journal is not bound to engage these possible reviewers for your specific article.
Research Ethics and Originality
The Journal operates Plagiarism checks and only manuscripts that meet the global standard practice of originality would be published.
Copyright Assignment
Authors are required to submit the completed Copyright Assignment Form, which will be made available to them, together with the revised edition of their manuscript. As soon as the article is published, authors are agreed to have transferred the copyright to the journal publisher.
Page Proofs and Corrections
Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for checking prior to publication. Corrections at this stage are limited to essential alterations and printer errors. The corrected proof should be returned to the editor within 7 days.
Submission and Handling Charges
Papers should be submitted by e-mail attachment to [email protected] in editable format with an anonymous main document (self-citation should be limited and anonymized until acceptance) and title page containing information about the author (s). Submission of a manuscript implies that the results or opinion reported have not been published or being considered for publication elsewhere (except in conference proceedings). The journal assumes that all authors of a multi-authored paper agreed to its submission to ACUJ. A covering message or letter indicating these statements should accompany the submission.
Payment of Handling Fees
ACUJ charges authors for publication of their articles. The publication charge and subscription rate are subject to review at any time depending on the prevailing cost of production. Each article should be accompanied with non-refundable handling fees of N7,500 (or $ equivalence for authors from outside Nigeria). The covering letter by e-mail should contain details of bank payment and information of the corresponding author. After a peer review process, the corresponding author will be contacted via e-mail for required revisions. The publication charge for accepted article is N25, 000.00 (or $ equivalence for authors from outside Nigeria) payable before publication. Prospective authors should please note that ACUJ operates full open access online publications only.
Details for Handling Fees
Account Details: United Bank for Africa -2077393397
Purpose/ Narration: ACUJ Handling Fees
Amount: N7,500 or US $ 5
Name: Lead author’s name (as Payee)
Details for Publication Fees
Account Details: United Bank For Africa -2077393397
Purpose/ Narration: ACUJ Publication Handling Fees
Amount: N25,000 or US $ 20
Name: Lead author’s name (as Payee)
ACCESSIBILITY AND SUBSCRIPTION
ACUJ full articles will be freely available online immediately for global access on ACUJ webpage of Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Nigeria.
Enquiries
Please direct all correspondences to:
ACUJ Office,
Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
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