
Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.
Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.
An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.
Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
· All manuscripts must be original focusing on accounting, finance and other related areas.
· The language of the manuscript should be English (American/British).
· The manuscript should NOT have been submitted elsewhere for publication. Kindly note; it is the responsibility of the author(s) to ensure that the material submitted does not infringe copyright.
· Maximum length of a manuscript is 15 PAGES including appendix and references. Any extra page will attract additional N1,000.
· All manuscripts must include the following; name(s) of the author(s), informative title, affiliation(s), addresses of the author(s), e-mail address and phone numbers of the corresponding author(s). The abstract should not exceed 250 words and must include keywords.
· All manuscripts should be in MICROSOFT WORD format, 1.5 line spacing, 12 Font size Times New Roman to be sent to jafr.accounting@umyu.edu.ng and copy hod.accounting@umyu.edu.ng
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
UMYU-JAFR recognizes the importance of protecting authors’ intellectual property while promoting the free exchange of knowledge. The journal adopts a copyright-retention model that empowers authors to maintain ownership of their work while granting the journal rights necessary for publication and dissemination.
1. Copyright Ownership
Authors publishing with UMYU-JAFR retain full copyright and publishing rights to their work. By submitting a manuscript, authors agree to grant the journal a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, and archive the article in all forms and media for the purpose of scholarly communication.
2. Licensing Terms
All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license. This license permits others to share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes only, provided that proper credit is given to the original author(s) and UMYU-JAFR as the source. Commercial reuse requires written permission from both the author and the editorial office.
3. Author Rights
Authors are free to deposit all versions of their manuscript in institutional or public repositories without embargo, use their published article for teaching and conference presentations, and include their work in future theses or compilations, provided proper citation to the journal is made.
4. Publisher’s Rights
Upon publication, UMYU-JAFR retains the right to host, index, and disseminate the article through its website and partner databases, and to archive the content in long-term preservation systems.
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.