Submission of Paper

Authors are to submit three copies of the manuscripts to; The Editor-in-Chief, Nigerian Journal of Applied Science(NJAS), Department of Chemistry, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, or direct to njasonline@gmail.com

The manuscript must be accompanied with 5000.00 as a handling charge. Manuscripts not accompanied by the handling fee will not be processed. Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published(except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis). Papers under consideration for publication may be offered for presentation at a conference without the consent of the editor-in-chief.

Title/Title page

The title should be as concise as possible and should give a sense of the contents of the manuscripts. The first page should contain the title of the article, author’s names and affiliations. The author to whom correspondence should be addressed must be stated, otherwise, correspondence will be addressed to the first named author.

Abstract

Abstracts have increased in importance with the growth of electronic data storage. Authors are requested to ensure that abstracts give concise factual information about the objectives of the work, the methods used, the results obtained and the conclusions reached. Unsubstantiated opinion should not be included nor should terms which can only be understood by reference to the text. An abstract not exceeding 250 words is suitable. Abstract is not required for technical reports and short communications

Keywords

Authors should indicate below the abstract about 10 keywords that identify the main points in the paper

Formulae

Formulae should be typewritten, if possible. Leave ample space around the formulae. Subscripts and superscripts should be clearly indicated. Greek letter and other non- Latin or handwritten symbols should be explained where they are first used. Give meanings of all symbols immediately after the equation in which they are first used. For simple fractions use solidus(/) instead of a horizontal. Equations should be sequentially numbered (on the right-hand side of the equation and in parentheses). In general only equations explicitly referred to in the text need to be numbered. The use of fractional powers instead of root signs is recommended. Also powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp.

Illustrations

Illustrations should be numbered according to their sequence in text. Reference to each figure should be made in the text. Illustrations should be designed with the format of the pages of this journal in mind. Fold-outs will not normally be accepted. Each illustration should be accompanied by a caption. Photographs are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity. Sharp and glossy copies are required. Color illustrations cannot usually be included.

References

All references made to publications in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. References to literature should be made according to the numerical system described below. In the text refer to the subject or to the author’s name (without initials) followed by the reference number in square brackets. If reference is made in the text to publications written by more than two authors, the name of the first author should be used followed by “et al”. Note that in the reference list the name of authors and co-authors should be given in full. References should be arranged in order in which they appear in the text.

References

All references made to publications in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. References to literature should be made according to the numerical system described below. In the text refer to the subject or to the author’s name (without initials) followed by the reference number in square brackets. If reference is made in the text to publications written by more than two authors, the name of the first author should be used followed by “et al”. Note that in the reference list the name of authors and co-authors should be given in full. References should be arranged in order in which they appear in the text.

For Journal

O.F. Ejodamen and M.U. Ekundayo, Niger. J. appi. Sci., 21: 202 (2003)

For Monographs

C.O. Eyaife, Ionic Hydration if Chemistry, Pergamon Press, Oxford, (2001).

For Edited Books

B.U. Isokuns, In: Hydrometallurgy (F.E Okiemen Ed) Uniben Press, Benin City (2001)

For Conference Proceedings

J.E Imanah, Utilisation of agricultural by-products as filters in natural rubber compounds. Proc. 27th International conference of the chemical society of Nigeria, Benin City (S.I Ahonkhai, F.E. Okieimen, C.C. Ndiokwere and S.B. Sanni, eds) 20-24th Sept. 2004, pp 2- 11(2004).