Author Guidelines

Preparation of Manuscript: The maximum length of intended articles for publication in the journal is 8000 words. A short abstract of 150-250 words with 4-5 key words should precede the introduction. Contributors are to submit a separate cover page containing their contact details. Corresponding authors of papers submitted should be indicated. Authors will receive a copy of the volume containing their articles. All diagrams, tables, and figures should appear as appendix at the end of the paper.

Reference: We accept American Psychological Association (APA) and a double or triple in text citation

(Johnson, 2010 or Johnson, 2010:10).

Publication Cost and Method of Payment

Authors of accepted papers are to pay a publication fee of 100 USD, or its equivalent in favour of the Research Centre for Management and Social Studies (RCMSS).

 Subscription Rates

Single issue prices (Institutional) Within Africa 70 USD; Outside Africa 120 USD

Single issue prices (Individual) Within Africa 50 USD; Outside Africa 60 USD

 Indexing/Abstracting/Library

International Journal of Democratic and Development Studies (IJDDS) is indexed and abstracted by

Open J-Gate, India;

JournalSeek;

SherpaRoMEO, UK.;

Google Scholar;

CiteFactor Academic Scientific Journals,

Academix.ng;

CrossRef.

RCMSS journals are also being processed for inclusion by other agencies.

LIBRARY DEPOSIT: National Library of Nigeria

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

International Journal of Democratic and Development Studies (IJDDS) is committed to promoting and maintaining the highest ethical code of conduct and standards for all the parties involved in the process and act of publishing in a peer-reviewed journal: the author, the editor of the journal, the peer reviewer and the publisher. In doing this, IJDDS is guided by the guidelines defined by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). For further guidelines on COPE, please visit the link https://publicationethics.org/files/u7141/1999pdf13.pdf

IJDDS has a zero-tolerance for plagiarism and papers submitted for review are first checked for suitability, followed by checking its contents for plagiarism via the Grammarly Tools. Plagiarized papers are rejected.

Review Process

The review process being a key process of ensuring quality publication takes a period of 4-8 weeks. Papers are reviewed by competent reviewers to determine their suitability for publication. The process involved an assigned editorial member and independent reviewer scrutinizing the content of a submitted manuscript to determine the suitability of the paper and logical consistency of the debate presented in the paper. Normally decisions whether a paper should be accepted, amended or rejected will be based on editorial informed recommendations. To ensure that manuscripts are evaluated justly, fairly and objectively, the author’s identity is concealed from reviewers during the review process. The full names including institutional affiliations and ORCID of all contributors or authors should appear on a separate cover page of the manuscript. Submitted manuscripts by any member of the IJDDS editorial board or other RCMSS associated journals are subjected to the same editorial and review process and procedure. Manuscript with the defamatory language will be rejected.

The Editorial Board of IJDDS reserves the right to reject any manuscript deemed not suitable for publication in the journal.