Guidelines for Author(s)

Submission Guidelines for The Abuja Management Review (AMR)

  1. Submissions should be typed in a standard format of A4, Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, with 1.5-inch margins on all sides. The manuscript should be organized with sections including Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusion and Implication of Research and Limitations and Suggestions for Future studies.
  2. AMR requires Structured Abstracts for all submitted manuscripts. The abstract should be no more than 250 words comprising the research Purpose, Methodology, Result, Originality and Implication(s).
  3. Authors must provide a list of 4-6 keywords relevant to the manuscript.
  4. Authors are expected to submit only original work that has not been published elsewhere or under consideration by other journals at the same time. All manuscript submitted will be subjected to similarity test using Turnitin. AMR acceptable similarity index is 15% and manuscripts that are above this threshold will be rejected.
  5. Authors should include relevant JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) classification. JEL codes can be found at https://www.aeaweb.org/jel/guide/jel.php
  6. Authors are required to include their ORCID number. If authors do not have an ORCID, they can register at ORCID.
  7. AMR referencing style is APA 7th edition (See link to guideline on how to reference: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/dois-urls). Authors must properly cite all sources used in the research. Direct quotations, ideas, and data from other works should be appropriately acknowledged with full references in the required citation style.
  8. AMR discourages self-plagiarism, where an author republishes their own previously published work without proper citation or acknowledgment. Authors should refrain from submitting work that has already been published, unless it is a revised version with significant new contributions.
  9. All tables and figures should be numbered consecutively and placed in the manuscript at the appropriate points and should not be submitted separately.
  10. AMR adopts a double-blind peer-review process, where submitted manuscripts are reviewed for their quality, originality, and relevance. Authors should expect to make revisions based on the reviewer’s feedback.
  11. Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s website https://amrjournal.com.ng/ or via email abujamanagementreview@uniabuja.edu.ng.