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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.
  • Submission of a manuscript to the journal implies that the work in whole or substantial has not been submitted or is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • Contributors to the journal shall accept the editor’s prerogative to effect changes to the manuscript as may be deemed fit for purposes of quality assurance.
  • Authors must submit details of their qualifications, institutional affiliation, and official e-mail contacts. In case of more than one author, all authors shall be required to endorse the submission of the manuscript
  • All Submissions will be subjected to a plagiarism check to ensure that the work is original. All articles shall be published on the understanding and assumption that they have not been published elsewhere.
    In the unlikely event that plagiarised material is published, liability for the offense of plagiarism shall be on the authors rather than the journal or its editors.
  • Contributors must not use sexist and biased language and all work must meet ethical standards. Standard United Kingdom English spellings and measurement conversions shall be preferred.
  • Information and views expressed in articles published in the journal are those of the authors and shall not be construed to be those of the editors or staff of the journal.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author's Guidelines here below.

Author Guidelines

  • All articles shall range between 4000-6000 words.
  • All articles shall be formatted in Times New Roman Font 12 and 1.5 line spacing and shall be submitted in Micro-Soft Word Format as an attachment by e-mail
  • Although articles may have various sections depending on the content and subject as may be deemed necessary by the authors, the following sections should be conspicuous; Introduction, Methodology, Findings, Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations.
  • All citations, Tables, Figures, and References must be in conformity with APA writing guidelines (Current Edition.)
  • Articles must be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 150 words.
  • All citations must be appropriately referenced and DOIs should be included where they are available.
  • Authors' email addresses should be clearly indicated on the first page of the article plus their affiliations.

Articles

This section is for academic articles. All submissions go through a peer-review process. Submissions must comply with submission guidelines

Copyright Notice

Copyright Holder: Authors retain copyright, and full publishing rights and grant the journal a right of first publication with the work as licensed under the Creative Commons License CC that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the author and initial publication in this journal.

Frequency: JODET is published quarterly in February, June, September, and November.

Subscription Rates

Journal articles are published online via https://jodet.bsu.ac.ug and through physical hard copies which are available for purchase by interested persons. Each author contributes a publication fee of USD 54 only per article, payable after the article has been deemed fit for publication. Learn More

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