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Author Guidelines
Editorial Policy 1. EJOSSAH serves scholars in the social sciences and the humanities as a forum for the dissemination of the results of their research, for discussions and debates and as a vehicle for reporting their research activities. 2. EJOSSAH publishes original research articles, research reports and short communications, discussions and debates, and book reviews. 3. EJOSSAH gives priority to articles that deal with national issues pertaining to the Horn of Africa with special reference to Ethiopia. 4. EJOSSAH does not publish articles or other contributions that have previously been published. Abstract publishing as well as oral presentation is however possible. 5. Original articles submitted to EJOSSAH will be refereed by two scholars of proven competence in the particular field(s). However, the journal editors shall make the final decision regarding publication. 6. The responsibility for the views expressed in the articles and other pieces of EJOSSAH is solely that of their authors. 7. The authors of published articles, research reports and short communications, discussions and debates, and book reviews will receive five copies of the issue in which their piece appears and ten offprints of their contribution. 8. The copyright of all contributions in all the journal contributions is retained by the journal. Hoover, the editorial board will consider requests for republishing
Guide to Authors:
The authors are urged to strictly follow the guides provided below. Following the guide and preparing articles and other contributions as per the formats suggested will significantly enhance the review and publication processes. Significant deviation from the formats (styles), size and structure given in the guides may result in the rejection of a contribution submitted at initial screening, before it is sent out for review.
1. TYPESCRIPT SIZE
The size of research articles that authors submit should be a minimum of 10 pages and a maximum of 20 pages (single space) using A-4 size paper. Research reports, short communications, discussions and debates, and book reviews should not exceed a maximum of 10 pages.
2. ABSTRACT
The abstract must contain statement of the problem, methodology, findings and a list of key words. It should not be more than 250 words.
3. CITATION FORMATS
For a journal article:
Dessalegn Rahmato. 1998. “Environmentalism and conservation in Wallo before the revolution.” Journal of Ethiopian Studies 31 (1): 43-86
For a chapter in a book or an edited volume: Turton, David. 1986. “A problem of domination at the periphery: the Kwegu and Mursi” In
D. Donham and W. James, editors. The Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia: Essays in History and Social Anthropology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
For an entire book:
Mesfin Wolde-Mariam. 1991. Suffering Under God’s Environment: A Vertical Study of the Predicament of Peasants in North-Central Ethiopia. USA: Walsworth.Parenthetical citation format in text:
When author’s name is in text-Bahru (2003:25); when author’s name is not in text-(Bahru 2003:25)
Footnotes:
Citations from archival sources and oral information should be given in footnotes. Footnotes should be kept at acceptable length and in continuous numbers throughout the article.
4. COPY SUBMISSION
The author of an article or any of the other contributions should submit the manuscript on a 3 ½ floppy disk using word 6.0 and two copies in printout. The hard copy version must be typed only on one side of the paper, double-spaced and a 3 cm margins on both right and left sides.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that 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, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- 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 Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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