Peer Review

All manuscripts are subject to double-blind system peer-review. The reviewer(s) identities will remain anonymous to authors. The paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts. The review process may take 60 days. Decisions will be made known to authors as soon as the editorial board reaches a decision and reviewer(s) comments sent to the authors immediately.

Originality of Research Articles

Articles can be empirical or nor empirical. These should describe new and carefully analysed and confirmed findings, backed with convincing research procedures. The length of a full paper should be concise and should describe and interpret the work clearly. Articles should not be more than 7,500 words.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Authors are to follow the following prescriptions in preparing their manuscripts for this journal.

Format: Articles should be typed on Times New Roman on 12 font size double line spacing, block paragraph. All long quotes are block-indented on 11 font size. The main title should be on font size 14 in upper and lower cases and all sub-titles should be on font size 12 in upper and lower cases. Titles and sub-titles are not centralized.

Abstract: An abstract should not exceed 200 words with a brief introduction, summarizing background of the work; research methods, results and its implications and recommendation. There should be five keywords immediately after the abstract.

Citation and References: All cited works must reflect in the references except for works that do not appear in references such as personal communication. NJCR adopts APA 7 edition. References should be typed on font size 12. Author(s) are advised to limit self-citation of previous studies in order to uphold the credibility of their paper.

Fees and Charges: Local authors are to pay  ₦40, 000.00 article processing fee upon acceptance of their paper while foreign author(s) will be charged a handling fees of $30 upon acceptance of paper for publication.

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 the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher. Open Access authors retain the copyrights of their papers, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

Plagiarism Checks: All are papers are subjected to plagiarism checks to ensure that the authors submit original papers for publication.

Timelines: Papers are accepted all-year-round but the CIJ publishes once in a year. The online version comes out in July and the hard copy is made available in September.

Special Editions:  Convergence Interdisciplinary Journal (CIJ)

informs authors and interested authors about special issues (editions). Papers outside the theme for the special edition shall not be published but may be considered for publication in the next edition of CIJ if the paper meets the requirements.