Information For Authors

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.

    1. Manuscripts for consideration should be typed in Microsoft Word Document, double-line spacing on a font type of New Times Roman, 12 font size with normal border margin of 1” all round. It should not be more than 6000 words – notes and references inclusive, and should also have an Abstract of not more than 200 words. The author should identify five keywords from the paper immediately below the Abstract for identifying the paper on web search. Paragraphing style should be indented with one tab in 0.5 inches (no block paragraphing, please).

    Note that an Abstract is necessary or important in any academic paper because it is the synopsis of the entire paper. It should sell the paper to the reader and indicate what the paper is all about (introduction), how the author went about doing the paper (method), what the author found out (results).

    1. The manuscript’s title, author(s)’ name(s) and affiliated institution/department and contact details (i.e. phone number and email address) should be identified on the Abstract page only. This is to help to maintain the blind peer review policy of the journal.
    2. The language of the journal is multilingual with English being the primary language, but any other language taught at the university level will be accepted.
    3. The documentation methods acceptable in this journal is the current APA style. The documentation style should be used in both in-text citations and on the Reference page. Furthermore, manuscripts should be rich in literature and references. Efforts should also be made to capture facts; as originality of the materials is of paramount importance.
    4. Tables and figures should be alluded to in the text while allusions to ‘notes’ should be indicated in superscript in the body text. Explanation of the notes should be presented as endnotes at the end of the article, just before the Reference page.
    5. Author(s) shall be responsible for securing any copyright waivers and permissions as may be needed to allow the use of copyrighted materials in their work. Manuscripts submitted to the RSUJOE shall be subjected to plagiarism check and only those that meet the acceptable threshold shall be published

        7. Any article submitted to RSUJOE shall attract N4500.00 non-refundable fee for Paper Assessment and if the paper is accepted as meeting the requirements for Publication in RSUJOE, shall attract N18,000 as publication fee. Papers submitted from outside Nigeria shall pay a one-off Article processing and publication fee of $50 when the paper is accepted for publication in RSUJOE, payable into: 

    Account Name: Telima Adolphus 

    Bank Name: First Bank 

    Bank Account No: 2014393947

    Submission deadlines for two editions of the Journal:  31st May and 30th November every year.

    ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO: [email protected] or [email protected]

  2. Annual Subscription Rates:

    Individuals within Nigeria N9,000.00

    Individuals within Africa (outside Nigeria) $24USD

    Individuals outside Africa $35USD

    Institutions within Nigeria N15,000.00

    Institutions within Africa (outside Nigeria) $45USD

    Institutions outside Nigeria $60USD