Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

PUBLICATION FEE AND PAYMENT GUIDELINES
Article processing and publication fee of One Hundred US dollars ($100) is paid for online, and Two hard copies.
Payment is via bank wire transfer upon acceptance of the article for publication to: Account Name: Peace Advocacy and Research Organization.
Account Number: 0693053779 Bank: Guarantee Trust Bank.
Sort Code: 058-075621 Swift Code: GTBINGLA
Payment Guidelines
i. After an article has passed peer-review successfully, an acceptance email will be sent to the corresponding author with payment details (Bank & Address details).
ii. The publication fee is expected to be paid within 7 days of receiving the acceptance
email. For any challenges in payment, please inform the editor thru: info@parojournals.com
iii. Then, email the following to the Editor at: info@parojournals.com
1. Author’s Name ___________________________________________
2. Manuscript ID: ___________________________________________
3. Transaction ID or Scanned Copy of Deposit Slip.________________
4. Name of the Bank, Branch & City ____________________________
5. Date of transfer / Deposit ___________________________________
6. Amount _________________________________________________
Note: Without these payment details, it may be difficult to know the person who sent the money. For any payment related queries please contact: info@parojournals.com
Journal

Author Guidelines and Paper Eligibility Criteria

  • Articles must be in compliance to the Journal’s Focus, Scope, Editorial Policy and
    Guidelines.
  • The Findings must be Significance to Knowledge Contributions.
  • Adequacy of the Literature Review.
  • Adequacy of the Methodology used.
  • Clarity of the Presentations (grammar, concepts, clarity of objectives, and
    organization of the manuscript)
  • Validity of Conclusion.
  • Pertinency of the recommendations.

Manuscript Submission Criteria

Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word file formats. Please do not submit PDF files. The text should be double-spaced and on 12-point font sizes and Times New Romans. All illustrations, figures, and tables should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Manuscripts should be formatted for printing on an A4 paper layout. The language of the JGPMC is English. The JGPMC accepts both American or British spelling and terminology, as long as the author(s) maintain consistency of each, throughout the manuscript. Articles should preferably not exceed 7,500 words.


Online Submission: Visit the Journal website at: journals.parogroup.org, click LOGIN ant the far right-hand side, then register as an Author. After the registration, follow the prompts to submit your paper.


Manual Submission: You can submit manually to: info@parogroup.org. The Editors will review your paper, and if it meets initial qualification, the editorial board will then assist you to resubmit online.

Review Process:

  • All submitted manuscripts will be subjected to a standardized double-blind peer review process, after passing an initial assessment by the editorial team.
  • Manuscripts will be subjected to a plagiarism checker (iThenticate) and blind peer-review before acceptance for publication.

Abstract
The abstract should not be more than 300 words but must capture all the technical areas of the work: a brief introduction of the subject matter, a tight summary of the problem or issues that motivated it, summarized objectives, a tight summary of the methodology, tight summary of the results and recommendations.


Keywords
Authors should provide a minimum of four and a maximum of six keywords below the abstract. The keywords must adhere to the contents of the manuscript.

Figures
All figures should be numbered in one consecutive series of Arabic numerals.


Tables
All tables should be numbered in one consecutive series of Arabic numerals.


Quotations
Use double quotation marks for direct quotations and single quotation marks for quotes within quotes.


Citations and References
Authors may use either the APA style or the Harvard style of referencing.


Please note that not following the instructions given above, in your submission(s) will most likely lead to the rejection of a paper without further evaluation!

Articles

Journal Paper Publication Policy

i. Multiple submission of the same paper to other journals is totally disallowed.

ii. All articles submitted to the JGPMC will be subjected to a plagiarism checker and blind peer-review before acceptance for publication.

iii. Only paper(s) that meet JGPMC’s publication policy, guidelines, and standards with evidence of contribution to knowledge, global peace, advancement, and research will be published.

iv. While the journal maintains an international coverage, papers from one country will not exceed 60% in every journal issue.

v. A maximum of two (2) papers from the same author(s) may be allowed in each issue of the journal 

vi. The journal will always adhere to international standards in the processing and publication of submitted

Copyright Notice

Copyright Form

Manuscripts submitted to JGPMC must not have been published previously or under consideration for publication by another journal. Authors are required to sign a Copy Right Transfer Agreement Form (CTA form), once the manuscript is accepted for publication. The corresponding author is required to download the form for authors signatures, or could secure their approvals to sign for all. The completed and duly signed CTA Form can then be sent as an attachment file after scanning to the journal, with the publication charges. Open Access authors retain the copyrights of their papers, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

Strict efforts will be made to ensure that all information contained in this journal are true and accurate on the date of its going to press. However, neither the editors, nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors that may be made, which is entirely the author’s.

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