Submissions

Author Guidelines

Online Submission System

Publishing your research article in The University Journal is simple and efficient. This is by simply sending your article to journals.daea.or.ke and following the below guidelines.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscript between 3000 and 4000 words. The University Journal can exceptionally accept shorter or longer manuscripts, provided that the scientific content is of high value.. All submitted manuscripts must include the following items:

• Title
• List of authors, their affiliations and email addresses
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Main body
• Results and discussion
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgments (optional)
• References (APA Style of referencing is recommended)

Please download the checklist to examine your manuscript.

Title – Make sure that the title is specific and concise. Titles should be presented in title case – all words except the first word should be in lower case letters.

List of authors, their affiliations and email addresses – Provide the full names and affiliations of all the authors. Affiliations should include department, university or organization, city, and country. One of the authors should be designated as the corresponding author, and their email address needs to be included.

Abstract – The abstract should briefly introduce the manuscript, not exceeding 250 words. No citations should be included in the abstract.

Keywords – Between 3 and 5  keywords or phrases should be included and must be separated by commas to distinguish them.

Introduction – The introduction section should provide a context for your manuscript. When preparing the introduction, please bear in mind that some readers will not be experts in your field of research.

Main body – the main body part should include the main  ideas, results and discussions.

Conclusions – A conclusion is where you summarize the paper’s findings and generalize their importance, discuss ambiguous data, and recommend further research. An effective conclusion should provide closure for a paper, leaving the reader feeling satisfied that the concepts have been fully explained.

Acknowledgments – You as the author are free to decide whether to include acknowledgments or not. Usually, the acknowledgments section includes the names of people who in some way contributed to the work, but do not fit the criteria to be listed as the authors. This section of your manuscript can also include information about funding sources. Acknowledgement  should have 50 to 100 words

 Word Processing Formats

Before submission, please ensure that your articles are in the form of any Microsoft Word. This  form of the articles are acceptable for all of The University Journals in order to typeset the articles into The University Journal style.

Publication Presentation

After publishing in, The University Journal your article will be presented in the form of PDF and HTML. You can pay attention to DAEA website to check the Online Version of your article.

Journal Article Workflow

Be familiar with the process of article publishing, then you can know exactly where your article is in the whole publication process, such as

• Article Reviewed,
• Article Accepted
• Article rejected and
• Article Published.