AUTHOR GUIDELINES
PREPARATION OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH MANUSCRIPTS
All submitted manuscripts should be written in British English with correct syntax, grammar and punctuations. Authors are to use Times New Romans & font size 12.
Text of original research articles should not exceed 4,500 words (including abstract, references, legends, tables and figures).
The authors are to express all measurements & quantities in SI Units.
References numbers within the text should be in superscript at the end of a sentence, placed after the full stop. it should also be placed after a comma as the case may be. All et al should be in italics followed by either a full stop or a coma, as the case may be. The actual authors can also be referred to, but the reference number must always be given.
Original manuscripts should follow this order where applicable.
- Title: The title should be concise and reflect the nature of the research and findings. The title should not be more than 150 characters.
- Name(s) of Author(s)
- Address of Author(s): The author(s) should provide their email addresses, full names and institutional affiliations. The corresponding author’s contact details especially e-mail address and telephone number, should also be provided.
(Email addresses of other Co-Authors should be provided in the cover letter). - Abstract: The abstract should have a maximum word count of 250. There should be no paragraphing of the abstract (unstructured abstract).
- Keywords: A maximum of relevant 7 keywords, in alphabetical order, should be provided for indexing and coding.
- The main body of article text: This should consist of a maximum of 4,250 words and sectioned into the introduction or background, materials and methods, results, discussions, conclusion, recommendation and limitation.
- Introduction: This section should contain concise background information to the research, justification, hypotheses and objectives with citation of the relevant references.
- Materials & Methods: The authors should provide details of the research design, materials and equipment used, and any other details which will permit reproduction of similar results by other researchers. An explicit description of interventions (or treatments) should be given. Subjects, inclusion and exclusion criteria must be stated. Statistical tests or tools for the analysis of data including the version of software employed must be provided. There must be a clear demonstration that ethical clearance was obtained before commencement of the study and all relevant regulations were followed for both human and animal studies. The anonymity of patients or diagnostic materials must be preserved.
- Results: This section must be explicit, concise and free from any form of ambiguity or unnecessary repetition. Tables and figures should be placed as much as possible, in proximity to the part of the text referring to them. Pictures must be of very good quality. All illustrative items must have an in-text reference, annotated and should contain clear descriptive legends.
- Tables, figures, etc.
- Discussion: The results of the research should be discussed with particular attention to interpretation. A well-structured discussion will state the main findings, the strength and weakness of the study in comparison with similar studies, unanswered questions and future directions.
- Conclusion: A brief summary of key findings, implications and future research.
- Recommendation(s)
- Limitation(s)
- Acknowledgment: Significant contributors, if any, to the research who does not qualify as authors may be acknowledged.
- Reference
- Conflict of interests: The author(s) must issue a statement concerning conflict of interest in performing or reporting the research.
The authors should please comply strictly with this format for original manuscripts.
General guide
The reference list comes at the end of your document. Number the references in the list in the order in which they appeared in the text. List the authors’ names, starting with surnames, followed by a maximum of two initials. The initials should NOT be separated with a full stop or a comma. The authors’ names should be separated with a comma and Full stop should follow the final name.
Where there are more than six (6) authors the first 6 should be listed followed by ‘et al. and a full stop.
Specific Reference Examples
Print journal article reference:
- Denning PJ, Campbell RT, John HT. Computational thinking in science. Am Sci 2017;105(2):13-17.
Online journal article reference
- Kistner S, Vollmer R, Burns BD, Kortenkamp U. Model development in scientific discovery learning with a computer-based physics task. Comput Human Behav [Internet]. 2016 Feb 20 [cited 2017
Feb 13]; 59: 446-455. Available from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563216300930
Referencing a Print Book
- Susskind L, Hrabovsky G. The theoretical minimum: what you need to know to start doing physics. London: Allen Lane; 2013. 256p.
Referencing an e-book:
- Bonitz M, Lopez J, Becker K, Thomsen H, editors. Complex plasmas: scientific challenges and technological opportunities [Internet]. New York: Springer; 2014. 491 p. Available from: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-05437-7
Referencing a chapter in an edited book
- Kelsey S. Aristotle on interpreting nature. In: Leunissen M, editor. Aristotle’s physics: a critical guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2015. 31-45 p.
Referencing a chapter in an E-book
- Watermann T, Scherrer A, Sebastiani D. Linear response methods in quantum chemistry. In: Bach V, Delle Site L, editors. Many-electron approaches in physics, chemistry and mathematics: a multidisciplinary approach [Internet]. New York: Springer; 2014. 97-110 p. Available from http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-06379-9_5
Citation from unpublished work
- Eke B. Evaluation of frequency of abdominal surgeries at Benue State University Teaching Hospital Makurdi Nigeria. Ph.D. Thesis, 2017, Benue State University Makurdi Nigeria. 253pp.
Articles may be submitted online to the Editor-in-Chief by visiting http://wjmbs.com.ng, or as an email attachment to submit.wjmbs@gmail.com. Article submitted to the journal should not have been submitted for peer–review in another journal simultaneously, nor previously published. A research report submitted simultaneously to two journals or submitted twice for publication will attract appropriate sanctions.
Each submission should be accompanied by a cover letter in a Microsoft Word file. The content of the letter should include, a statement that:
- The research is original and has not been submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere;
- Potential conflict(s) of interest(s) do or do not exist;
- The manuscript has been read and approved by all the authors.
- E-mail addresses of all Co-Authors should be included.
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