About the Journal

The Caritas Journal of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities (CJMSSH) is a publication of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Caritas University, Amorji-Nike, Enugu Nigeria. CJMSSH is an international peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to publish high quality research articles on various disciplines in management, social science and humanities such as Business Management, Business studies,Communication studies, Corporate Governance, Corporate organization, Criminology, Anthropology, Demography, Development Studies, Economics, Literature, Entrepreneurship, ethics, General History, Geography, Industrial relations, Information Science, International relations, International studies, Law, Legal Management, Library Science, Linguistics, literature, Business strategy and policy, Entrepreneurship, Human resource management, Organizational behavior, Organizational theory, Research methods, Local Languages, Market Management, Media studies, Music,  Operational Management, Paralegal studies,  Performing arts ( i. e. Dance, Theatre, and Music), Philosophical Research, Philosophy, Physical Geography, Political science, Population Studies, Psychology, Public and business administration, Publications and advertising, Social Welfare, Sociology, Special Education, Sport Management, Women studies, Visual arts, Gender studies, Cultural studies and ethnic studies, Social Work, Sociology, Archaeology, Business, Divinity, Library and Museum Studies, Journalism, Mass media and Communication, and other studies etc. The journal will consider submissions from all over the world, on research works not being published or submitted for publication towards publication as full paper, review article, short communication and research note. The Papers are published in English.

 

FOCUS AND SCOPE

The Caritas Journal of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities (CJMSSH) is an open access, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal, anchored on a philosophy of academic excellence through proper and effective dissemination of output of development studies. The mission is to be one of the most referenced Journals by scholars and professionals in the field of Development Studies. In achieving this, the Journal will:

(a.)  Serve outlets for scholar and practitioners involved in research at both theoretical and empirical levels towards challenging current thinking ad proffering new solutions to problems of the society.

(b.)  Help to promote cross-fertilization of ideas among scholars and practitioners with a view to enriching the standard of practice and elevating scholarship.

(c.)  Serve as a major source for coverage of global policy issues, thereby contributing to not only re-engineering the society, but also bridging the gap between town and gown.

(d.)  Serve as a forum for disseminating information on conferences and seminars in the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences.

(e.)   Focus on issues of economic and business issues such as economic growth and development, international trade, youth unrest, accounting standards, relevant interdisciplinary discuss and other economic and business related contemporary issues etc.

(f.) Focus on issues of human behaviour, behaviour modifications, clinical and forensic analysis, social and interpersonal relationships, attitude, inter-group relations, gender studies, demography, social work and all behavioural sciences.

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

Manuscripts submitted to the Caritas Journal of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities (CJMSSH) will generally be blind reviewed by set senior academics in the relevant fields’ usually two set of reviewers, and those that satisfy the assessment of the editorial board peer review process will be published subject to the authors consent and requirements of the Journal.

The Caritas Journal of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities (CJMSSH) aims for very fast publication and will endeavor to reach a first decision within the first four weeks of submission.  The time line for review will usually be a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of four weeks for final decision.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

ETHICS AND MISCONDUCTS

Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Editors of Caritas Journal of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities (CJMSSH) strictly ensure that all research must have been carried out within an appropriate ethical framework. If there is suspicion that the work has not taken place within an appropriate ethical framework, Editors will follow the misconduct policy and may reject the manuscript, and/or contact the author(s), institution or ethics committee. On rare occasions, if the Editor has serious concerns about the ethics of a study, the manuscript may be rejected on ethical grounds.

Confidentiality: Editors will treat all manuscripts submitted to all CJMSSH Journals in confidence. Reviewers are also required to treat manuscripts confidentially. CJMSSH will not share manuscripts with third parties outside of CJMSSH, except in cases of suspected misconduct. Manuscripts may be shared with other Editors of CJMSSH, unless authors indicate on submission that they do not wish their manuscript to be passed on beyond the journal they submitted to.

Consent: For all research involving human subjects, informed consent to participate in the study should be obtained from participants (or their parent or guardian in the case of children under 18) and a statement to this effect should appear in the manuscript.

Misconduct: CJMSSH takes seriously all allegations of potential misconduct. As members of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), all Caritas University Journals (CUJ) will follow COPE guidelines outlining how to deal with cases of suspected misconduct. In cases of suspected research or publication misconduct, it may be necessary for Editors to contact and share manuscripts with third parties, for example, author(s)’ institution(s) and ethics Committee(s). CUJ may also seek advice from COPE and discuss anonymized cases in the COPE forum.

Research Misconduct: All research must be carried out within an appropriate ethical framework. If there is suspicion that research has not taken place within an appropriate ethical framework, Editors may reject a manuscript and may inform third parties, for example, author(s)’ institution(s) and ethics Committee(s). In cases of proven research misconduct involving published articles, such articles may be retracted.

Publication misconduct: As members of COPE, all CU journals will follow COPE guidelines outlining how to deal with cases of potential publication misconduct.

Plagiarism: CUJ is a member of Crosscheck’s plagiarism detection initiative and uses plagiarism detection software. If plagiarism is identified, COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.

 

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of publishing and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

General Instructions to Authors

Our journals consider all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to that journal and that they have not been published already. They must not be under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere. It is recommended that an English check of the manuscript by a competent and knowledgeable native speaker be completed before submission. Only manuscripts that are written in clear and concise English will be accepted for review must use the American spelling and usage as well as standard scientific usage. The Journal publishes Regular Articles, Notes, Communications and Reviews. With the exception of Invited Reviews, the members of the editorial board, whose opinions will form the basis of the final decision by the editor, will review manuscripts.

 

TYPES OF MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED

Research Articles: New, significant, innovative and original findings are suitable as Research Article (tables, figures and references) and encompass.

 

Notes: Papers containing new facts and important data derived from incomplete or partial studies may be suitable as a Note. In general, a Note should not exceed 4 printed pages.

 

Communications: Communications should contain new and important information that would be of interest to readers of the Journal, making urgent publication is desirable. An explanatory statement is required for urgent publication. In general, a Communication should not exceed 2 printed pages. Please indicate in the cover letter the reason why the manuscript should be treated as a Communication.

 

Reviews:

Regular Reviews: Describing the research results of the author.

Invited Reviews: Reviews are submitted by invitation from the editorial board and encompass recent important scientific discoveries.

KEY INSTRUCTIONS

Manuscripts should be prepared double-spaced in Microsoft Word, with lines and pages numbered consecutively, using Times New Roman font at 12 points. Postal submission will only be accepted in electronic format. Submissions by fax or by post are not acceptable. 

MANUSCRIPTS SHOULD  INCLUDE:

Title:

The title, name(s) of the author(s) and affiliations and mailing address, an asterisk (*) should be added to the right of the corresponding author’s name. When there are two or more authors and they belong to more than one affiliation, his or her affiliation should be indicated by superscripts 1, 2, 3 … placed after each author’s name and before each affiliation.

 

Abstract:

The abstract consists not more than 250 words in one paragraph and containing the main findings and conclusions. Summarize the relevant results in a brief but understandable form, beginning with a clear statement of the objective and ending with the conclusions. Abstract should be presented without subheadings and no reference should be cited in this section. Please make sure names of genes are in italics whereas others are in normal font. Et al., in vivo, in vitro, drosophila, xenopus etc. should be in italics.

 

Key words

List up to 5 key words including the species, variables tested and the major response criteria. Which clearly identify the paper’s subject, purpose and spotlight. The first letter of each key word is lowercase (unless a proper noun). Key words are separated by commas and presented in alphabetical order. Words from title should not be repeated as key words. The keywords should also be arranged in alphabethical order.

 

Introduction

Keep the introduction short. Precise the introduction in a significant manner and exclude the all subheadings. The basic principles of research, background earlier work and the purpose of the present studies should be described in the introduction. Introduction should be briefly justifies the research, specifies the hypotheses to be tested and gives the objective(s). Extensive discussion of relevant literature should be included in the Discussion. Authors have the option of combining the introduction and theoretical background into one section.

 

Materials and Methods

A clear description or specific original reference is required for all biological, analytical and statistical procedures. All modifications of procedures must be explained. Appropriate statistical methods should be used although the biology should be emphasized. A statement of the results of the statistical analysis should justify the interpretations and conclusions.

 

Results and Discussions

The results are presented in the form of tables or figures when feasible If data are discussed in the text but not presented in the tables or figures, specify, “data not shown” in the text. The text should explain or elaborate on the tabular data, but numbers should not be repeated within the text. Sufficient data, all with some index of variation attached, should be presented to allow the reader to interpret the results of the experiment. The discussion should interpret the results clearly and concisely in terms of biological mechanisms and significance and also should integrate the research findings with the body of previously published literature to provide the reader with a broad base on which to accept or reject the hypotheses tested. Focused on the interpretation of the results rather then a repetition of the results section. Explain how the results relate previous findings, weather in support, contradiction, or simply as added data. Highlight the significant/unique findings of the research under conclusion. Precise whole discussion portion in a significant manner and give some Recommendations. Note: Authors have the option of combining the results and discussion into one section.

 

Symbols

Special characters (e.g., Greek and symbols) should be inserted using the symbols palette available in is font. Complex equations should be entered using Math-Type or an equation editor.

Tables and figures should be placed in separate sections at the end of the manuscript (not placed in the text). Authors should prepare their manuscript in Microsoft Word and upload the manuscripts using the fewest file possible to facilitate the review and editing processes.

 

Figures, Tables and Charts/Diagrams Showing Chemical Structures

Only one figure, table, or chart should appear on one page of an A4-sized paper (both portrait and landscape paper orientations can be used).
Provide self-explanatory captions of all tables and figures in a separate page.
Arabic numbers should be used for all compound numbers, figures and tables (e.g. Fig. 1 and Table 1).
Put all figures and tables in ascending order.
Label x-axis and y-axis of figures.
All figures legends should be clearly explained.
Each column must have a heading (e.g., Item, Ingredient, Trait, Fatty acid).

In the body of the table, references to footnotes should be numerals. Each footnote should begin on a new line. The final quality of your illustrations as they appear in the journal, depends on the quality with which you send them to us. If poor resolutions figures re sent, poor quality images are reproduced. Always take the primary photographs with maximal resolution (for digital cameras, set the resolution option to maximum). As a general, manipulate images as little as possible, so as to avoid losing resolution, and always accompany your submission with original format of the file before exporting to other formats such as JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, EPS (for photograph and screen dumps) EPS, PDF (for line drawings). If exporting images to other applications, ensure that you export at maximal resolution (not at 72 dpi). Always submit a set of good, photographic quality hart copies of your artwork with the final version of the accepted paper. If scanning photos, do so with the resolution of 300 B 600 dpi.

 

Acknowledgement: Acknowledgement section may be included if author wants to acknowledge to the funding agency of to an scientist (s).

 

References

The Journal adopts APA 6^th and 7^th Edition referencing method. In the text body of the manuscript, refer to authors as follows: Smith and Jones (1992). If the sentence structure requires that the authors’ names be included in parentheses, the proper format is: (Smith & Jones, 1982; Jones, 1988a, b; Jones et al., 1993). When there are more than 2 authors of an article, the first author’s name is followed by the abbreviation et al. More than 1 article listed in the same sentence or parentheses must be in chronological order first and alphabetical order for 2 publications in the same year. Published articles and not abstracts should be cited whenever possible; if the work was originally described in an abstract, the author(s) should use a literature search to determine if the work has been published as a peer-reviewed article. Work that has not been accepted for publication shall be listed in the text as “J.E. Jones (institution, city and state or country, personal communication)”. The author’s own unpublished work should be listed in the text as “(J. Smith, unpublished data)”. Personal communications and unpublished data must not be included in the references list. To be listed in the references list, papers must be published or accepted for publication (in press).

 

In the references list, references are listed alphabetically by the author(s)’ last name(s) and then chronologically. The year of publication follows the authors’ names. As with text citations, 2 or more publications by the same author or set of authors in the same year shall be differentiated by adding lowercase letters after the date. All authors’ names must appear in the references list. Journals shall be abbreviated according to international standard format. Inclusive volumes, page numbers and editions must be provided.

 

Format of References List

Journal Articles

Ouyang, D., Bartholic, J., & Selegean, J. (2005). Assessing sediment loading from agricultural croplands in the Great Lakes Basin. J. Am. Sci. 1(2): 14-21.

 

A Book

Michael B, Richard S, Gelles J, Levine A (1984). Socioiogy: An Introduction. 2nd Edn., Random House, New York.

 

Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC) (1990). Official Methods of Analysis. 15th Edn. Association Official Analytical Chemists.Washington D.C., pp: 805-845.

 

National Research Centre (NRC) (1989). Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle. 6th Rev. Edn. Natl. Acad. Press, Washington, D.C., pp: 90-110.

 

A Chapter in a Book

Leach, J. (1993). Impacts of the Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on Water Quality and Fish Spawning Reefs of Western Lake Erie. In: Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts and Control. Nalepa, T. and D. Schloesser (Eds.). Ann Arbor, MI: Lewis Publishers, pp: 381-397.

 

A Report

Makarewicz, J.C., Lewis, T., & Bertram, P. (1995). Epilimnetic phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass and species composition in Lake Michigan, 1983-1992. U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program, Chicago, IL. EPA 905-R-95-009.

 

Conference/Proceedings

Muhammad, B.F., & Kwali, R.  (2005). Prospects and constraints to small scale yoghurt production in Bauchi Metropolis. Proceeding of the 10th Annual Conference of the Animal Science Association of Nigeria. University of Ado-Ekiti, Sep. 12-15, pp: 234-236.

 

Online Publications

Lal, R. (1995). Sustainable Management of Soil Resources in the Humid Tropics. United Nations University Press, Japan. http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu27se/uu27se00.htm.

 

Rice, R. A., & Ward, J.R. (1996). Coffee, Conservation and Commerce in the Western Hemisphere. Natural Resources Defence Council, Weadon Progressive and The Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. http://www.nrdc.org/health/farming/ccc/cptinx.asp.

A Thesis

Strunk, J. L. (1991). The extraction of mercury from sediment and the geochemical partitioning of mercury in sediments from Lake Superior, M.S. Thesis, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI.

 

PROOFS & REPRINTS

Electronic proofs would be uploaded into the account of corresponding author as a PDF file. Page proofs are considered to be the final version of the manuscript. With the exception of typographical or minor clerical errors, no changes will be made in the manuscript at the proof stage. Authors will have free electronic access to the full text (in both HTML and PDF) of the article. Authors can freely download the PDF file from which they can print unlimited copies of their articles.

 

FEES & CHARGES

Publication of an article in CJMSSH is not reliant upon the author's ability to pay the charges. Handling fee would be charged after acceptance the manuscript. Authors may still request (at the time of submission) that the editorial office waive some of the handling fee under special circumstances.

 

SUBMISSION OF ARTICLE

Every manuscript should be submitted through the journal email address

journalmssh@caritasuni.edu.ng or cjmssh@gmail.com