Author Guidelines
Aims and Scope
Journal of Economics and Allied Research (JEAR) is a peer-reviewed open access journal
published by the Centre for Contemporary Economics and Allied Research (CCEAR), Department of
Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka in collaboration with K-injo Publishers Limited.
The journal accepts state of the art research in the following areas: All areas of mainstream
economics as well as other areas such as education, environment, health, economics geography,
development issues, social and cultural issues, petroleum and energy economics, political
economy, and public policy.
The journal publishes articles quarterly (March, June, September and December Issues). The
journal can also publish more than four times a year depending on the rate of submission and also
based on editorial board’s decision. Articles involving cross sectional, cross country, time series
and panel studies are welcome. In selecting articles for publication (from articles that have passed
the review process) the journal will endeavour to strike a balance among the subject areas and
methodological approaches. In order to facilitate the speed of acceptance, articles addressing
current economic problems or challenges with specific policy relevance will be given priority.
JEAR-Author Guidelines:
Originality of Articles
Authors are required to follow these guidelines during the online submission to ensure that their submitted manuscripts are not returned without review. It is also a requirement that authors will agree to the Declaration before submission confirming that the following were strictly adhered to:
o That the research work submitted to this journal has not been submitted elsewhere for publication
or is not being considered for publication or has not been published elsewhere in any form.
o That the research work is original work of the authors and that any part of the work lifted from
other works were properly and adequately acknowledged.
o All persons included as authors to the paper must have their emails, phone numbers and full
addresses included at the relevant section of the paper. A confirmation of submission email will be
sent to each author. Where any particular author claims he or she is not aware of the submission
including his or her name, such submission will be rejected.
o The editors can request for the data used for the estimation and analysis of any paper. The authors are obligated to make such data available without hesitation. This is to ensure the replicability and reliability of any paper published by this journal.
Structure of the Manuscript
Submitted manuscripts must be 1.5 line spacing, font size 12, Times New Roman (with normal margin). All papers must be submitted in the following document formats: .doc, .docx, .rtf. Research papers should not be longer than 15 pages (including title page, abstract, references, tables, figures). Authors whose articles exceed the required number of pages will be required to revise their papers before review or pay extra charges (N1000 per extra page).
The title page should contain very informative and short title not more than two lines using Times New Roman and font size 12 (CAPITAL LETTERS AND BOLD). List of the contributing authors with their names (first names and surnames to be provided in full) and full addresses of institutions including emails and phone numbers. The name of the corresponding author should be indicated with asterisk as a standard practice even though the online submission has provision to indicate the corresponding author and the full correspondence address.
Before online submission, authors are advised to submit the following items:
o The main text which should contain the following sections (Main headings should be written in in
bold capital letters, while sub-headings should not): (1) INTRODUCTION (which includes the
research problem and research objectives) (2) LITERATURE REVIEW -the literature should be
thematised and discussed and not blow by blow (3) METHODOLOGY (including the theoretical
framework and Data) (4) RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS (5) CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (6) REFERENCES (7) APPENDIX (if any)
o Supplementary material not for review: This will contain the title of the article, authors’ names, institutional addresses, and emails (for online submission only).
o Abstract: the abstract should not be more than 200-250 words. Up to 8 key words can be provided and authors should avoid using phrases as key words in their works. Also up to 2 or more Subject area codes (Journal of Economic Literature Classifications) for the article should be provided by the authors.
o Articles can be submitted online at the journal website: http://jearecons.com/
o or as attachment to the journal email (jeareconunn@gmail.com and copy: jearecons@unn.edu.ng)
Referencing format
o References should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order as standard practice.
o All published citations inside the work must be included in the list of references. Please note that
incomplete references will unnecessarily delay process of your submitted paper.
o APA 6th edition is the referencing format adopted by this journal and authors should use the
appropriate styles for referencing journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, etc.
