Author Guidelines
1. Submission of Manuscript
Authors can submit their manuscripts electronically through the following email: editor.njms@ium.edu.na. Alternatively, authors can submit their manuscript through the journal submission system.
2. Acknowledgement of Submission
- Upon receiving your manuscript, the Editor will send an acknowledgement email to the corresponding author with manuscript ID.
- The editor will send the manuscript (with all authorship and institutional identity removed) for double-blind peer review and provide the corresponding author with the review feedback after the review process is done.
3. Language and Formatting
- Authors should submit their manuscript written in the British English language. Manuscripts written in another language are not acceptable.
- The manuscript should be written in clear, concise and grammatically correct English
- The manuscript should be saved as an editable document, in word (not pdf)
- The entire manuscript should be typed in Arial, font size 12, single spaced, with margins of 2.0 throughout.
- A complete manuscript shall be no less than 8 pages and no more than 20 pages (including figures, tables, and references).
- Use APA 7th edition for references , include DOIs where available in the format http://doi.org/xxxx.
- Provide a structured abstract (150-300 words) and 4-7 keywords.
- Figures and pictures should be of good quality (and can be in colour)
- All figures and tables should include relevant titles, captions and descriptions, and must be referred to in the text.
- All pages should be numbered consecutively (1, 2, 3) in the bottom centre.
- Single indent the first line of every new paragraph. (no line between paragraphs)
- The manuscript should be limited to three-level heading, formatted as follow: - The first headings should be left justified, bold and in uppercase letters. - The second sub-headings should be left aligned, bold (first letter of each word shall be in upper case) - The third sub-headings should be justified & bold
4. Manuscript structure (research articles)
Title: The manuscript must have the full title, capturing key variables of the study.
Authors’ details: Authors full names, ORCID iDs are required for corresponding author and institutional affiliation (s) should be indicated. Numeric (1, 2, 3) should be used to indicate authors’ affiliation, asterisk (*) should be used to denote the corresponding and the e-mail address and contact number should be provided.
Abstract: The abstract is a self-contained summary of the paper, presenting concisely the objectives of the work being reported, the methodology used, the main results/ findings and discussion as well as the conclusions made. It should not be more than 300 words, written as one paragraph.
Keywords: The abstract should be followed by 4-7 keywords to assist with the indexing of the article.
Introduction: The introduction should provide sufficient background information on the subject of study, allowing readers to have more insights into what will be presented in the rest of the paper. An introduction contextualise the study by including the relevant literature on the subject, a clear statement of the problem, aims/objectives and the proposed approach to the problem by the study.
Materials and Methods: The materials, methods, techniques and procedures used during the study should be clearly explained to establish validity and allow possible replication of the research by other scholars. Techniques that have been administered should be described in detail. Any modifications or deviations from previously published methods should be explained in detail and justified.
Results and Discussions: The results should be presented clearly. The results can be presented in the form of themes, graphs, tables or figures as necessary. The results should be reported in the past tense as revelations of what was discovered. The results should be interpreted and discussed in view of the focus of current study, and drawing insights from past studies on the topic that was studied. Text should be used to explain the graphical and tabular results. The discussion should integrate current research findings with existing published literature to provide the readers with a knowledge base on which to rely on, accept or reject the hypotheses that was tested.
Conclusions: Present a brief discussion of the overall implications of the results to the multiple dimensions related to the study. Authors can also include recommendations for further studies at the end of this section.
Acknowledgments: There should be any acknowledgement of people or organizations that helped to make the study possible. Only those that directly contributed to the study should be acknowledged.
Funding and Conflict of interest: Disclose all financial and non-financial interest that could influence the work, and list all funding sources with grant numbers where available.
References: The reference section should contain the list of all the authors as cited in the manuscript, with a description of their work presented according to the APA 7th edition Referencing Style.
5. Ethics and Integrity
NJMS adheres to recognised best practice for publication ethics. Allegations of misconduct (plagiarism, data fabrication/falsification, redundant publication, authorship disputes, image manipulation, citation manipulation, undeclared conflicts of interests) are investigated by the Editorial Board. Sanctions may include rejection, retraction, corrections, or reporting to institutions/funders. We follow Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) style guidance when handling concerns.
Once you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.
