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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
African Ethnomedicines Network
ISSN: 0189-6016
Vol. 1, Num. 1, 2004, pp. 77-80
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African Journal. Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines Vol.
1, Num. 1, 2004, pp. 77-80
Instructions for Authors
The African
Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (AJTCAM) provides
rapid publication of papers on ethnomedicines and veterinary ethnomedicines.
The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general
criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published
approximately two to three months after acceptance.
Electronic submission of manuscripts is strongly encouraged, provided
that the text, tables, and figures are included in a single Microsoft Word
file.
Submit manuscripts as e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office at: editor@africanethnomedicines.net or
cadewumi@yahoo.com or cadewumi@oauife.edu.ng or ojewolej@ukzn.ac.za.
A manuscript number will be mailed to the corresponding author same
day or within three days.
The cover letter should include the corresponding author's full address
and telephone/fax numbers and should be in an e-mail message sent to the Editor,
with the file, whose name should begin with the first author's surname, as
an attachment.
Starting from October 2004, the African Journal of Traditional, Complementary
and Alternative medicines will accept manuscripts submitted as e-mail attachments. For
all other correspondence that cannot be sent by e-mail, please contact
the editorial office at: The Editor-in-Chief, Drug Research & Production
Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Article Types
Three types of manuscripts may be submitted:
Regular articles: These should describe new and carefully researched
findings that have arisen from experimental procedures. The articles should
be given in sufficient detail for others to verify the work. Authors should
submit data that have arisen from animal and human studies in an ethically
proper way by following guidelines as set by the World Health Organization.
Papers that violate these principles will not be accepted.
Short Communications: : A Short Communication is suitable for recording
the results of complete small investigations or giving details of new models
or hypotheses, chemical isolation and identification, innovative methods, techniques,
clinical trials and epidemiological studies.
Reviews: Submissions of reviews and perspectives covering topics of current
interest are welcome and encouraged. reviews are also peer-reviewed.
Review Process
All manuscripts are reviewed by an editor and members
of the Editorial Board or qualified outside reviewers. Decisions will be
made as rapidly as possible,
and the journal strives to return reviewers' comments to authors within
2 weeks. It is the goal of the AJTCAM to publish papers within 12
weeks after submission.
Regular articles
All portions of the manuscript must be typed double-spaced and all pages numbered
starting from the title page.
The Title should be as brief as possible describing the contents of the
paper. The Title Page should include the authors' full names and affiliations,
the name of the corresponding author along with phone, fax and E-mail information.
Present addresses of authors should appear as a footnote.
The Abstract which should be included at the beginning of the manuscript
should be informative and completely self-explanatory, briefly present the
topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant data, and point
out major findings and conclusions. The Abstract should not be more than 250
words in length.. Complete sentences, active verbs, and the third person should
be used, and the abstract should be written in the past tense.
Following the abstract, about 3 to 6 key words that will provide indexing
references to should be listed.
A list of non-standard Abbreviations should be added. In general, non-standard
abbreviations should be used only when the full term is very long and used
often. Each abbreviation should be spelled out and introduced in parentheses
the first time it is used in the text. Only recommended SI units should be
used.
The Introduction should provide a clear statement of the problem, the
relevant literature on the subject, and the proposed approach or solution.
It should be understandable to colleagues from a broad range of scientific
disciplines.
Materials and methods should be complete enough to allow experiments
to be reproduced. However, only truly new procedures should be described in
detail; previously published procedures should be cited, and important modifications
of published procedures should be mentioned briefly. Capitalize trade names
and include the manufacturer's name and address. Subheadings should be used.
Methods in general use need not be described in detail.
Results should be presented with clarity and precision. The results should
be written in the past tense when describing findings in the authors' experiments.
Previously published findings should be written in the present tense. Results
should be explained, but largely without referring to the literature. Discussion,
speculation and detailed interpretation of data should not be included in the
Results but should be put into the Discussion section.
The Discussion should interpret the findings in view of the results obtained
in this and in past studies on this topic. State the conclusions in a few sentences
at the end of the paper. The Results and Discussion sections can include subheadings,
and when appropriate, both sections can be combined.
The Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc should be brief.
Tables should be simple and kept to a minimum. Tables should be typed
double-spaced throughout, including headings and footnotes. Each table should
be on a separate page, numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and supplied
with a heading and a legend. Tables should be self-explanatory without reference
to the text.
Figure legends should be typed in numerical order on a separate sheet.
Graphics should be prepared using applications capable of generating high resolution
GIF, TIFF, JPEG or Powerpoint before pasting in the Microsoft Word manuscript
file. Tables should be prepared in Microsoft Word. Use Arabic numerals to designate
figures and upper case letters for their parts (Fig 1). Begin each legend with
a title and include sufficient description so that the figure is understandable
without reading the text of the manuscript. Information given in legends should
not be repeated in the text.
References: In the text, a reference identified
by means of an author's
name should be followed by the date of the reference in parentheses. When there
are more than two authors, only the first author's name should be mentioned,
followed by 'et al'. In the event that an
author cited has had two or more works published during the same year, the
reference, both in the text and in the
reference list, should
be identified by a lower case letter like 'a'and 'b'after
the date to distinguish the works.
Examples: Ojewole (2000), Adewunmi et al. (2003), (Kelebeni, 1983), (Addy, 1992),
(Chege, 1998; Elujoba, 1987a,b; Tijani, 1993,1995), (Gamaniel et al., 2001).
References should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order.
Articles in preparation or articles submitted for publication, unpublished
observations, personal communications, etc. should not be included in the reference
list but should only be mentioned in the article text (e.g., A. Elujoba, Obafemi
Awolowo University, personal communication). Journal names are abbreviated
according to Chemical Abstracts. Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy
of the references.
Short Communications Short Communications are limited to a maximum of
two figures and one table. They should present a complete study that is more
limited in scope than is found in full-length papers. The items of manuscript
preparation listed above apply to Short Communications with the following differences:
(1) Abstracts are limited to 150 words and (2) Results and Discussion should
be combined into a single section.
Proofs and Reprints: Electronic proofs will be sent (e-mail attachment)
to the 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. Because AJTCAM will be published freely online only for the first year
(to attract a wide audience), 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.
Copyright: Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described
has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part
of a published lecture, or thesis) that it is not under consideration for publication
elsewhere; that if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the
authors agree to automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher.
Fees and Charges: Original research articles will attract a nominal fee
of $100.0 in the first year.
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Medicines
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