Review of Public Administration and Management: Editorial Policy

Editorial Policy

Editorial Policy

The Review of Public Administration and Management is a referred Journal that is published by the Department of Public Administration, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Nigeria bi-annually (July and November). The Journal endeavors to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, students, resource persons and other people in the academia who are interested in the discussion of current and future issues and challenges impacting on the field of Public Administration, Management Sciences, Humanities, Education,
Arts and Social Sciences. We adopt double blind peer review policy in which both authors and reviewers are kept anonymous so as to maintain the high technical and quality standards as required by the researchers.

The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers submitted will be published approximately two months after acceptance.

Interested contributors should type their scientific papers on A4 size with wide margins and double line spacing in 12 fonts.  It should not exceed 15 pages including the abstract of not more than 250 words.  Not more than five keywords should be provided immediately after abstract. The paper should be empirical or theoretical, well researched, and persuasive.  Short communications, original research articles, reviews, commentaries and methods could also be considered.  Contributors should include: brief profile of the author including institutional affiliation and status, title of paper, abstract, introduction, statement of problem, review of related literature, method of investigation, discussion of findings and recommendations.  Authors should include their phone numbers including addresses and e-mail.

Manuscripts must be in conformity with the American Psychological Association (APA) documentation style 6th edition.  Journal titles should be abbreviated for multiple citations in the same year, a,b,c, should be used immediately following the year
of publication.

Manuscripts should be submitted in hard copy and soft copy in CD with password clearly indicated. Correspondences should be addressed to:

The Editor,
Review of Public Administration and Management
Department of Public Administration, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Nigeria, P.M.B. 5025, Awka, Anambra State
Tel: 08033249488, 08060967169, 08033577153

The views expressed in the articles do not reflect that of the Editorial Board but of the author(s) concerned.