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ISSN 1118-1931
An international journal of Pure & Pure and Applied Sciences. The journal is abstracted and/or indexed by the African Journal On-line
Aims and Scope: Scientia Aficana seeks to encourage communication among scientists all over the world through regular through regular publication of their research findings. The journal will accept to publish results of original in all aspects of biological, chemical, earth, and mathematical, physical and applied sciences. It will also publish review articles, book reviews, research notes and short communications on all aspects of pure and applied sciences and accepts advertisements in related fields.
PUBLISHER DETAILS
Owner/Publisher: Faulty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Publishing house: University of Port Harcourt Press
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. G. O. Agu
Editors: Prof. B. J. O. Efiuvwevwere
Prof. A. A. Uwakwe
Prof. I. O. Owate
Prof. T. V. Otokunefor
Prof. E. N. Onyeike
Prof. A. S. Ekine
Prof. E. N. Elenwo
Prof. B. A. Usoukwu
Business Manager: Prof. G. Obute
Secretary: Okoro. John
Frequency: Biannual (June and December)
Impact Factor: Not available
Subscription Rates
Domestic International
Buying rate N1,000 per copy US$100 or £50 per copy
Submission of Manuscripts
Papers should be submitted to
Editorial Office
Scientia Africana
PMB 5323
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Email:
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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
1. ORIGINALITY: Papers submitted should report results of original research not published in full elsewhere.
2. PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT: Manuscript must be in English. A short running title (not exceeding 75 letters and spaces) must be provided in addition to the full title of the manuscript. Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced, on one side of A4 or 23 × 21cm paper, and the length should not exceed 25 pages (tables and figures inclusive) with a 30cm margin on all sides.
3. Title Page: It should be informative and concise {include name(s) of author(s) and addresses}.
4. Abstract: An abstract of single paragraph not exceeding 250 words should give the purpose, procedure, significant results and conclusions of research work.
5. Introduction: The introduction should contain only essential background information and important relevant references. The objectives of the work and its relevance/contribution must be clearly stated.
6. Materials and Methods: New methods and modification of established ones should be described in details to enable reproduction by other workers. For the established and published methods, refer to the relevant publications.
7. Results: The results should concise. Although computer drawn diagrams with black ink on transparency papers are also accepted. Three (3) photographs of good contrast which should be in black and white glossy paper and should be taken together as figures and numbered in Arabic numerical. The original and two copies of figures should be submitted. Tables (numbered in Arabic numerical) and figures with their captions should be submitted as part of the paper but numbered consecutively with the author’s names and title of paper on the back. The numbers, one through nine should be written in words except when they are quantitative measurements, e.g 3cm; when they are preceded by a capitalized noun, e.g Table 5, or when they are in a table.
8. Discussion: Avoid repetition of methodology and results in your discussion. Relate your work to published works. References should be cited as e.g Onumanyi (1996), Lierpool and Akueshi (1998), and Horsfall et. al. (2000) if there are more than two authors.
9. References: References should be listed alphabetically according to Harvard system and names of should be written in full as follows: Ikeh, E. I., Ajayi, J. A. and Bello, S. S. (1995) Mastomys natalensis and Tatera gambina as probale reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Nigeria. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 89: 25-26. Books and monographs should be cited as follows: Akpokodje, E. G. (2001) Introduction to Engineering Geology, Port Harcourt, Pam Unique Publishers, pp. 26-31.
10. Units and Abbreviations: Only international system of units (SI) is allowed and must be indicated clearly on figures and Tables. Abbreviation should be written in full at first mention. For mathematical manuscripts, all directions and identification of letters and symbols must be clear. Use only signs and symbols in common use.
COPYRIGHT: copyright of all published articles belongs to Scientia Africana.
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