Author Guidelines
Author guidelines
The following pages provide a guideline that would support you if you would like to publish an article with Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Civil Engineering (NAUJCVE). We are committed to providing you with the resources and advice you need to succeed in submitting your work and getting it published as smoothly and quickly as possible. The guidelines should be used in conjunction with the journal manuscript template which can be downloaded from the link
attached below.
The guidelines are basically the explanation of the template and not a different guide from the template. The aim is to make the template understandable and easy to use by the author(s).
Aim and Scope
The NAUJCVE aims to publish high quality peer-reviewed articles in all aspects of civil engineering: structural engineering, highway/transportation engineering, water resources
engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering etc. We accept full length of research articles, reviews, technical notes, case studies etc. Visit the Home Page/About Page of the journal for more.
Copyright Notice
Author(s) should endeavour to sign the copyright notice when transferring the article to the journal. The contents of the articles are the sole opinion of the author(s) and not of NAUJCVE.
Preparation of Manuscript
NAUJCVE has attached a journal template to enable authors quickly prepare their manuscript for easier review and quick publication. Author(s) should endeavour to adhere strictly to the instructions provided in the template that can be downloaded from the link attached below. All papers shall be prepared in Times New Roman font with specific font sizes attached to each section of the paper. Special care should be taken to correct spelling, punctuation and all
grammatical errors. If these instructions are well followed, it would help to reduce the time needed to publish the paper.
Paper Title
The title of the paper shall be concise and it shall be prepared in 16-point font size in Bold (Upper Case).
Author(s) Name
Author(s) name shall be prepared in 14-point Bold while author affiliations, email and phone numbers etc shall be prepared as described in the journal template and it shall be presented in 10-point Bold.
Abstract
The title ‘abstract’ shall be as presented in the journal template. The abstract shall not be more than 250 words and it shall be presented in 10-point Bold. The abstract should include a brief introduction, a clear definition of the objectives of the study, experimental approach, major findings and conclusion.
Keywords
The title ‘keyword’ shall be as presented in the journal template. Minimum of 5 and maximum of 7 keywords is acceptable and they shall be presented in 10-point Bold as described in the journal template.
Body of the Paper
The body of the manuscript including the introduction, theory/calculation/methodology/materials and methods, results/discussion together with the conclusion shall be presented in 10-point Bold and the body shall not exceed 20 pages for other type of articles and 25 pages for review articles only. Article with page number exceeding the limit may attract additional charges. The title of each section of the paper such as ‘introduction’, ‘methodology’, ‘results and discussion’ etc shall be as they appear on the journal template.
Tables
The tables should be prepared as simple and small as possible. Each table should have a caption above it that sufficiently describes it without resorting to the text for explanation. The table caption (indicating the source) must be placed below the table if the table was obtained outside of the study. Each table must be numbered consecutively as Table 1, Table 2 etc. As much as possible, tables should be placed close to where they are mentioned first in the text.
Figures
The figures should be very clear and placed where they were first mentioned in the text, according to the suitable location. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc., must be used to number each figure in order. The caption that appears beneath each figure should be sufficient to describe it. It is not appropriate to display the same data in a table and a figure at the same time.
Equations
Every equation must be written in an equation editor and numbered sequentially on the right-hand margin using Arabic numerals in parentheses. Equation (1), Equation (2), etc. should all be used in the text to identify the equation. S.I. units must be used to express all variables.
Abbreviations
The first time a variable or non-standard abbreviation appears in the text, it should be defined. Subsequently, the abbreviation can be used. For instance, where America Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) would be used, it would written in full as described above where it first appears in the text. Subsequently, only ASCE can be used.
Acknowledgement
Author(s) should acknowledge any financial support received in the course of carrying out the study. This could be in the form of funding for research and assistance provided by persons
Conflict of Interest
Author(s) must declare the present or absence of conflicting interests. In the absence of any, the author(s) should indicate, ‘There is no conflict of interest associated with this work.
Referencing
NAUJCVE uses American Psychological Association (APA) style of referencing. References should be cited in the text using author surname and year of publication of the article. For one author, intext/inline referencing should read, Okeke (2019). For two authors, it should read, Ojeabu and Taylor (2017). For more than two authors, it should read, Nwafor et al (2021). All intext/inline references should appear in the list of references at the end of the manuscript in
alphabetical order as follows;
Book
Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0000092-000
Chapter in an Edited Book
Ferguson, N., & Halliday, D. (2020). Collective memory and the legacy of the Troubles:
Territoriality, identity and victimhood in Northern Ireland. In J. Vollhardt (Ed.), The social psychology of collective victimhood (pp. 56-74). Oxford University Press.
Journal Article
One Author
López-Pérez, B. (2017). Should I just listen to you or change your mind too? Target’s perceived
efficacy of agents’ interpersonal affect improvement strategies. British Journal of Psychology,
109(2), 341-361. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12265
Two Author
Binks, E., & Cambridge, S. (2017). The transition experiences of British military veterans.
Political Psychology, 39(1), 125-142. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12399
Three or more Author
McCauley, S. M., & Christiansen, M. H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-
linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000126
Conference Proceedings
Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019).
Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116
Dissertation and Thesis
Unpublished Dissertation/Thesis
Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school
leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.
Published Dissertation/Thesis
Kabir, J. M. (2016). Factors influencing customer satisfaction at a fast food hamburger chain:
The relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty (Publication No. 10169573)
[Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
Magazine Article References
Schaefer, N. K., & Shapiro, B. (2019, September 6). New middle chapter in the story of human
evolution. Science, 365(6457), 981–982. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay3550
Blog Post
Ouellette, J. (2019, November 15). Physicists capture first footage of quantum knots unraveling
in superfluid. Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/study-you-can-tie-a-
quantum-knot-in-a-superfluid-but-it-will-soon-untie-itself/
Appendices
The article should simply say "Appendix" if there is only one appendix. If the text has more than
one appendix, each one should be referred to as "Appendix A," "Appendix B," etc. Equations
and formulas in appendices should have unique numbers, such as Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc., and
in a following appendix, Eq. (B.1), Eq. (B.2), etc. The same goes for tables and illustrations:
Table A.1, Fig. A.1, etc.
