NAJOPS Aims and Scope

NAJOPS is not narrowed to any branch of Political Science, articles are welcome so far as they fall within the realm of Political Science and are found to be of an acceptable academic standard, and make a meaningful contribution to Political Science. The journal acknowledges the inter-disciplinary nature of social science studies and the rich value that multi-disciplinary research brings to the study of political science.

The objectives of NAJOPS include, but are not limited to:

1. Promoting excellence and research in the discipline of Political Science as well as discourses of development in Africa and the Third World;
2. Bringing together the opinions of scholars around the world and the development of the discipline as well as issues of our time

NAJOPS Ethics and Peer Review Statement

NAJOPS is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. All research articles published in NAJOPS must undergo rigorous double-blind peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees after initial suitability screening by the Editor. Author(s) are contacted by the Editor in relation to the outcome of this process. That is, whether the paper is to be accepted as it stands, revised in a major or minor way, or rejected. Where revisions are required, the Editor will make suggestions using the comments of the independent reviewers, and a time frame in which revision should be carried out will usually be negotiated.

NAJOPS considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to it, that they have not yet been published nor are under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere.

NAJOPS accepts the following types of article:

1. Original Articles: these are well-researched articles and should be written to comprise the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; introduction, main text; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (where appropriate);

• Should not be more than 8000 words, inclusive of the abstract, references, and endnotes.
• Should contain an unstructured abstract of not more than 200 words.
• Should contain between 4 and 5 keywords.
• Should have an acceptable plagiarism score of 0–15%. This is because all articles submitted to our journal are tested for plagiarism using the Plagiarism Checker X software, and any article for which the plagiarism score is higher than 15% is returned to the author for review.

2. Book Reviews: These are reviews of books relevant to the field of Political Science, and discourses on African and Third World Development. Book Reviews are accepted only for books published within the last five years. Book reviews are generally shorter in terms of word length, which should be between 1500 and 2000 words.

How to submit your paper to NAJOPS

Our submission process is seamless. To submit your manuscript, please send your manuscript (one copy with authors’ details and another copy anonymized without authors’ details) via electronic means through: submissions@najops.org.ng

Open Access

Articles published in NAJOPS are open-access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately upon publication, permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose. This increases the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.  Articles published Open Access are more visible and receive more citations compared to those that are not published Open Access.

Instructions for authors

Authors may submit their papers in any scholarly format or layout. Manuscripts may be supplied as single or multiple files. All articles should be submitted as Microsoft Word files. Figures and tables should be placed within the text.

All manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript: abstract, author affiliation, figures, tables, funder information, and references. Further details may be requested upon acceptance.

References can be in any style or format, so long as a consistent scholarly citation format is applied. Author name(s), journal or book title, article or chapter title, year of publication, volume and issue (where appropriate), and page numbers are essential. All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.

• Spelling can be in US or UK English, so long as the usage is consistent.

Using Third-Party Material in your Paper

Authors must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in their articles. Should you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Article Processing Charge

In view of the fact that articles are published as open-access. Authors will be asked to pay an article publishing charge (APC) to make their article open access. Payment is to be made in this order: an initial review fee of five thousand Naira (N5,000) shall be paid by authors when the editor accepts their paper for review; then, authors are required to pay the sum of Fifteen Thousand Naira (N15,000) when their papers are returned successful after peer reviews and therefore accepted for publication. This sums up to Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000) for authors in Nigeria.

Authors outside Nigeria are required to pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100) when their papers are returned successful after peer reviews and therefore accepted for publication. The payment shall be made to the account with the details below:

Bank:                         Zenith Bank PLC

Account Name:        Political Science Conferences & Journal

Account Number:    1223280523

For further information or inquiries, contact:

• Editor, Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Political Science (NAJOPS)

E-mail: editors@najops.org.ng

Phone: +2348034304649

• Journal Secretary, Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Political Science (NAJOPS)

E-mail:  info@najops.org.ng

Phone: +2347037000279