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African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science is established mainly to provide a forum for librarians, archivists, documentalists, information scientists and other information related professionals in Africa to report their research findings but with emphasis on African setting. The Journal is refereed by distinguished scholars. Emphasis is on empirical research; however, manuscripts of high quality on theoretical aspects of the three information related disciplines will be considered for publication.
Please read the Author Guidelines to ensure that your manuscript meets ALL the requirements before you can proceed to submit your manuscsript.
Submit a manuscript for publication at Online Submissions
 

Topics and themes appropriate for African Journal of Management Research will come from and cut across organisational/institutional sectors (public, private, non-for-profit) and address matters of theory, research and practice from a variety of management and organisational disciplines including: Finance, Operations, Human Resource, Organisational Behaviour, Marketing Services, Public Administration, Health Services Management, and Information systems.AJMR aims to serve management and business academics.

ESARBICA Journal focuses on records and archives management and the related fields of indigenous knowledge systems.

The Ghana Library Journal is an open-access double-blind peer-reviewed journal intended for librarians, library administrators, information scientists, academics, educators and students from various backgrounds who are interested in all aspects of Librarianship and Information Science that are central to the information profession.

Information Impact: Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (IIJIKM) is a Journal of Library and Information Science published in Nigeria. IIJIKM is a peer review journal for librarians, information scientists, information specialist, library educators and other related practitioners to report their empirical research findings. However, articles written from a sound theoretical understanding will be considered for publication. The journal (IIJIKM) is aimed at keeping researchers and practitioners abreast with the most recent issues and developments in Information and Knowledge Management.
Other website associated with this journal: http://informationimpact.org/index.php

The Information Manager is an Interdisciplinary Journal which provides a forum for the publication of high quality articles on theory, practices, innovation and research covering knowledge management, public relations and other allied areas of information studies. It serves as a forum for new research in information dissemination and communication processes in general,
The basic focus of Information manager are:
i. to provide current thoughts and research reports on developments and trends in the various fields that relate to information management.
ii. To facilitate knowledge enhancement related to information management
iii. To provide a platform for new thinking and directions on the problems, prospects, strategies and techniques of information management.

The Information Technologist: An International Journal, of Information Communication Technology (lCT) is a referred Journal by Nigerians and foreign renowned Scholars who have distinguished themselves in the field of Library, Information, and Communication Technology (lCT).
Essentially the journal concerns itself with the pervasive impact and the changes in the basic character of library and information operations and services occasioned by the use of technology.
The journal deals mainly with the publication of the results of empirical research in the field of Library, Information Science, Communication and Information Technology as they affect Developing Countries. The journal is also devoted to articles of high quality on the theoretical aspects of its area of concern.
Book reviews, letters to the editor, news items and other brief communications are also welcome.
This journal has been positively evaluated in the Scientific Journal Impact Factor Journal List Evaluation Process with a score of 3.362.

The purpose of Innovation journal of appropriate librarianship and information work in Southern Africa is to publish material on libraries, information supply and other related matters in South and Southern Africa.

The journal is managed and published by Nigeria Computer Society (NCS). It is a knowledge resource for practitioners, academics, scientists, experts and researchers, among others, working in various fields of Information Security, Privacy, Trust, Digital Forensics, Hacking, Database Security, cybersecurity, communication security, digital Forensics, Security Issues in Emerging Technologies etc.. We welcome original contributions as high quality technical papers (full and short) describing original unpublished results of theoretical, empirical, conceptual or experimental research. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by members of the editorial board and selected reviewers and those accepted will be punished.
Other websites associated with this journal: https://library.ncs.org.ng/

The Aim of the Journal is to publish high impact original articles in Mathematical Sciences, including  Optimization theory, techniques and methods.  
 It is an open access peer-reviewed international Journal that publishes original research articles in  the broad range of Mathematical Sciences and Optimization, including articles that relate directly  and indirectly to Mathematical Sciences and Optimization. Consequently, good and original  articles relating to Computer Sciences, Statistics, Modelling, Differential Equations, Algorithms,  Iterative processes, Pure Mathematics etc. are also publishable in the Journal.
Other websites associated with this journal: ijmso.unilag.edu.ng

The Journal provides a platform for educational research dissemination in Africa, covering pedagogy, language policy, and ICT in education. Occasionally, papers on Special Education and  governance are featured. Lecturers and students are our target community.

The Journal of Development and Communications Studies (JDCS), published online and in print by Development Media Consulting, is a biannual academic, peer reviewed journal, ISSN 2305-7432, dedicated to research exploring linkages between communication and human development. The core aim of the JDCS is to make available to development planners, students, civil society, politicians and the public, research recommendations for the benefit of social development in Malawi and Africa, foremost, and the world, second.JDCS welcomes contributions from all over the world. Malawian academics, researchers, and university students are especially encouraged to submit their original research (completed and ongoing alike) reports for publication.JDCS  believes in the words of Dr Nyengo Mkandawire of the University of Malawi who said, during his professorial inaugural lecture  on 17 March, 2014, that:“Ideally, [research findings] must be published locally [because] it has been shown that research published in local journals has the highest likelihood of changing practice.”Other websites associated with this journal: www.devcomsjournalmw.org

The Journal of Librarianship and Information Science in Africa (JLISA)/Revue de Bibliotheconomie et Science de l'information en Afrique is expected to explore the range of issues and problems of concern to librarians, information scientists and other information professionals especially in Africa and aims to publish articles, short communication and conference reports.

Journal Aim and Scope
The Journal of the South African Society of Archivists (JSASA) is published annually by the South African Society of Archivists. The journal publishes original articles and book reviews in English on archival science, records, information management and oral history. The purpose of the JSASA is to disseminate research content that support high level learning, teaching, community engagement, research and practice-based experience in archives and records management. Articles submitted to the journal should not have been published before in their current or substantially similar form or be under consideration for publication by another journal. The main focus is on empirical research results, case studies and reports of innovative projects. However, opinion papers and articles of high quality on practical and theoretical aspects will be considered. This journal is especially useful to professionals, academics and students in the archives, heritage, museum and records management fields.
Other websites related to this journal: http://www.saarchivist.co.za/content/publications
Policies on Ethical consideration before manuscript submission for publication
Authors must ensure that their manuscript is ethically sound and compliant. The journal strictly follows guidelines provided in the   COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) website (https://publicationethics.org/).
 Policy on allegation of misconduct
Any allegation of misconduct reported to the journal editor or publisher before or after manuscript publication shall be taken very seriously and investigation will be undertaken to resolve the issue amicably.
 Policy on complaints and appeals
Any complaints against the journal will be investigated for appropriate resolution or improvements, and complainant will be provided with appropriate feedback.
Policy on conflicts of interest / competing interests
Any allegation or suspicion for Conflicts of interest and/or Competing interests shall be investigated for appropriate resolution. Conflict may be affecting authors, reviewers, editors, journals, and publishers, which may be realised or brought to the journal’s attention any time before or after manuscript is published.
Policy on data sharing and reproducibility
Author may keep data available for future studies in an appropriate research data repository or library, for sharing with other researchers. Research data must be retained for five (5) years and remain accessible from the date of publication.
Policy on Copyrights, Intellectual property and plagiarism
Copyright of all published materials is vested in SASA. However, articles reflect the views of the contributors. The editors, editorial board, sponsors and SASA are not responsible for the accuracy of the statements made by contributors. It is the responsibility of the author to make sure all sources cited and quoted in their work is duly cited and acknowledged. The author takes the responsibility to ensure that all information published in their papers are not subject to any copyrights infringements and should that be the case, author indemnify the publisher against breach of any such warrant. The author may also need to seek written permission for using materials produced by other parties in their articles before submission for publication.  By submitting manuscript to the journal for publication, the author affirms that:

• The manuscript has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication with any other journal or copyrighted publishing platform of any kind.


• Permission was granted for collection and publication of the presented identifiable data from target organisation (if applicable. NB: Permission letter must be provided with manuscript).


• Unlawful statements that infringe any existing copyrights is avoided in the manuscript.


• We/I have sought permission for copyright from 3rd parties by obtaining the necessary permission from the copyright holder/s to reproduce their materials in different media in the article, such as tables, diagrams and photographs owned by them.


• Manuscript and study meet all the ethical requirements of the journal and that of my institution or company, as well as legal requirements of the study country.


• There is no any potential conflict of interest for the research.


• All authors are familiar with the content of this manuscript and gave consent to co-publish.


• All authors contributed to the writing of the article manuscript.


• Authors take responsibility to keep participants information confidential as required by legislations including Protection of personal information Act.


• Author(s) gives copyrights and consent to the Journal of South African Society of Archivist to publish the manuscript.

 Policy on protection of personal information
Authors take responsibility to keep participants information confidential as required by legislations including protection of personal information and related legislation in South Africa and other affected countries.
 Journal management
Journal manuscripts are managed through African Journals Online (ajol.info) (https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajol) website/system at Journal of the South African Society of Archivists (ajol.info)   (https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsasa)
 Policy on declarations and acknowledgements
Author must make the following declarations and acknowledgements just before the list of references:
 Declaration

• The manuscript has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication with any other journal or copyrighted publishing platform of any kind.


• Permission was granted for collection and publication of the presented identifiable data from target organisation (if applicable. NB: Permission letter must be provided with manuscript).


• Unlawful statements that infringe any existing copyrights is avoided in the manuscript.


• We/I have sought permission for copyright from 3rd parties by obtaining the necessary permission from the copyright holder/s to reproduce their materials in different media in the article, such as tables, diagrams and photographs owned by them.


• Manuscript and study meet all the ethical requirements of the journal and that of my institution or company, as well as legal requirements of the study country.


• There is no any potential conflict of interest for the research.


• All authors are familiar with the content of this manuscript and gave consent to co-publish.


• All authors contributed to the writing of the article manuscript.


• Authors take responsibility to keep participants information confidential as required by legislations including Protection of personal information Act.


• Author(s) gives consent to the Journal of South African Society of Archivist to publish the manuscript.

Acknowledgements
Author must make acknowledgement for any contribution in the study such as the following:

• Contribution from any third party rather than co-authors.


• Support from any organisation in one way or the other, including funding for the study.

 Policy on the content of the manuscript
 Format of article
The article must be in MS Word typed in Times New Roman, in 12-point font size, in 1.0 line spacing.
 Length of article
Contributions should not be less than 3000 words or exceed 6000 words including the list of reference. Book reviews should not exceed 500 words.
Title of article
A short title of not more than 16 words should appear on the first page. A subtitle should not exceed 10 words if applicable. The title should also relate to the key issues (purpose) of the article.
 Author details
All authors names, affiliations, ORCID number and e-mail addresses details should appear on the first page just below the title of the article.         
 Abstract of article
Each article must be preceded by an abstract of not more than 300 words in length. The abstract should give the content of the article concisely covering purpose, problem statement, methodology, key findings, conclusions and recommendations.
 Keywords
Abstract must be followed by up to six key words for abstracting and indexing purposes
 Headings
Headings must be short, with a clear indication of the distinction between the hierarchies of headings. The preferred format is for headings to be presented in bold format, with consecutive numbering.
 Notes,  Endnotes or Footnotes
Notes,  Endnotes or Footnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the text by consecutive numbers in upper script and listed at the bottom of applicable pages (footnotes), or at the end of the article (notes and endnotes).
 Category of article
Categorise your article under one of these classifications:

• Research article


• Viewpoint


• Technical article


• Conceptual article


• Case study


• Literature review


• Practitioner paper


• Book review

 Figures and Tables

• Tables and figures must be submitted in the manuscript document.


• Discussion must make reference to the figures or tables in case they are included in the manuscript


• All tables and figures should be labelled sequentially.

 References
The Harvard author-date system of referencing is used within the text as the key to the full list of all references that appears at the end of the article. Full details about the technical referencing and in-text citation is provided in the journal author guideline at Information for Authors | Journal of the South African Society of Archivists (ajol.info)                                                   
The list of references should include every work cited in the article. Use the heading References. Do not right justify the list of references. Examples of how to cite books, journal articles, theses, websites and etc. are provided (please note capitalisation, punctuation and layout) at Information for Authors | Journal of the South African Society of Archivists (ajol.info) 
 Authors fees
Authors do not pay Article Processing Charges or page fees to publish in the journal.
Submitting to the journal
Manuscripts meeting all the requirements of the journal should be submitted to the editors via e-mail addresses provided in the author guidelines.
Direct marketing
Only appropriate direct marketing activities conducted about the journal, that are well targeted, and unobtrusive will be allowed. This must be free from untruthful information provided about the journal and/or publisher to mislead readers and authors.
 Advertising
Advertisements related to archives, oral history and records management may be only allowed in the publisher’s website at saarchivists.co.za on a determined fee.
 

Lagos Journal of Library and Information Science (LJLIS) aims to publish articles, short communications and conference reports which will: raise the level of awareness within the international library and information community of the potential for change and innovation; assist policy and decision-making in the medium term (five to ten years); help in reporting on present research, the implementation of research results, and the planning of future research; raise the standard of professional theory and practice.

The Nigerian Journal of Communication (TNJC) is a scholarly, academic, professional peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal of the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), Nigeria Chapter. It is devoted to publishing researches, book reviews and position papers in all functional areas of communication. The journal focuses on relevant and contemporary issues in all areas of communication including Print Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, Development Communication, Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing Communication, Business and Organisational Communication, Political Communication, Science, Health and Environmental Communication, International Communication, Traditional/Indegenous Communication, ICT and Online Communication, Film and Multimedia, Communication Theory and Methodology, Communication, Culture and Society, Media Language, and other communication-related disciplines or areas. While the journal is Nigerian-based, it also accept contributions from accross the world.
You can see this journal's website here.

Nigerian Libraries provides information on library science in Nigeria.

The Nigerian School Library Journal is a scholarly publication of the Nigerian School Library Association that focuses on issues relating to school library media centers’ establishment, administration, organization, media resources management, reading development, e-learning/m-learning, and other related topics of concern to researchers and school librarians or media specialists and those in the field of library and information sciences.

The Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management is a biannual open access scholarly journal. All the articles published in the journal are double blind peer reviewed by eminent information and knowledge management scholars. The journal provides a credible, safe and trustworthy platform for information and knowledge management professionals, researchers and scholars in Africa and beyond to engage, share and learn through the publishing of quality scholarly materials online.
This is a biannual open access scholarly journal. All the articles published in the journal are double blind peer reviewed by eminent information and knowledge management scholars. One print special edition is published annually. This edition publishes the most popular articles of the year.
Vision
To be the preferred academic journal on information and knowledge management in Africa
Mission
To provide a credible, authoritative and trustworthy platform for information and knowledge management professionals and scholars in Africa and beyond to engage, share and learn through the publishing of quality scholarly materials

The review aims at publishing research papers on any topic related to information processing at the digital age  which includes but is not limited to: digital Libraries, Digital Humanities and Heritage, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Semantic Web Technologies, Linked Data, Databases, big data, Machine Learning, deep learning, computer vision, ... and other issues related to information access, ethics and privacy.
Publication language is English but the review welcomes papers in Arabic language from native Arabic speakers.

The Samaru Journal of Information Studies addresses issues in the field of library science, information science and related fields including but not limited to, information and communication Technology (ICT) applications to effectively create, apply, and communicate knowledge in organization. including but not limited to knowledge management, information and communication Technology (ICT) applications and use, communication, public relations and other allied areas of information studies. The basic objectives of the journal are (i) to provide current thoughts and research reports on developments and trends in the areas of Library and information science, academic, school, national and special librarianship. (ii) to provide a platform for new thinking and directions on the problems, prospects strategies and techniques of library and information services and ICT applications in library, archive, publishing and information works. (iii) to provide a forum for discussion of library and information science education and training, and future trends in information access and delivery.

The University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal (UDSMLJ) is an  interdisciplinary academic journal that publishes scholarly articles on all aspects of Library, information Science and and related fields of study. These include organization of knowledge, information dissemination , information and knowledge management, Information Technology and its application, Management in  Libraries, Communication, Human Information Behavior, Records and Archives Management, Information Literacy, Information Retrieval, Reference Services and Information Systems. The journal is published twice a year in June and December. The journal is published twice per year, that is June and December.
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Authors are in invited to submit their articles to be considered for publication. See information for authors for details.
This journal can also be accessed at the following link http://www.ajol.info/index.php/udslj/issue/archive