CALL FOR PAPERS FOR REGISTERED PhD CANDIDATES ONLY

CALL FOR PAPERS:

INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLARS JOURNAL (IDRSJ)
FEBRUARY, 2018 EDITION

JLS Africa is a Tanzanian firm working as publishers of Academic Journals,

educational books and other related materials. It also operates as an African liaison
office for all educational related matters from international academic institutions
wanting to expand their services in African soil. The firm also organizes international
Summits for international Doctoral Research Scholars and other cadres for the sake
of demonstrating and disseminating research findings to a larger African community
and beyond. Either, publications and international Summits organized by JLS Africa
aim at widening publication platform for young academicians, scholars and
researchers as well as experienced professors and act as a rehearsal for PhD
candidates towards their final Thesis presentation in their respective Universities.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLARS JOURNAL

The International Doctoral Research Scholars Journal is a Multidisciplinary Quarterly
Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Journal expected to be issued in February,
2008. The International Doctoral Research Scholars Journal is formed by a team of
qualified scholars and practitioners from various disciplines from different parts of the
world including Tanzania mainland, United Kingdom, Zanzibar, Oman, India and
South Africa. Therefore, the team would like to invite articles from fully registered
PhD Research Scholars from Universities across the globe.

REVIEW PROCESS:

JLS Africa has adopted a double-blind peer-review process where all

submitted articles are subject to initial desktop screening by our qualified Journal
Editors, and, when the paper fits within the scope and purpose of the Journal will
be sent for further consideration, to peer review by independent referees.

SUBMISSION
All articles should be submitted directly to jlsafrica@gmail.com

All articles submitted to JLS Africa for publication consideration implies that authors
have committed themselves to publish with the International Doctoral Research
 CALL FOR PAPERS FOR REGISTERED PhD CANDIDATES ONLY

Scholars Journal (IDRSJ) and that the same paper has not been sent anywhere
else for publication consideration. Either, the paper should be original and
unpublished one.
ARTICLES PREPARATION
a) Personal details. Kindly include all authors full names, affiliations, postal
addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses on the cover page.
b) Limitations. Full articles meant for the International Doctoral Research
Scholars Journal (IDRSJ) should not exceed 15 pages and not less than 12
pages, including footnotes.
c) Key words and Abstracts. Abstracts and keywords should not exceed 500
and 5 words respectively.
d) Formatting and footnotes. Word format, double-spaced, 12 point font, Times
New Roman. Use footnotes.
e) Style guidelines. All submissions should be prepared according to the style
guidelines as stated in the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities
(OSCOLA) (4th Edition) and Harvard Referencing Style 2016 for other
disciplines.
PROCESSING AND PUBLICATION FEE
There is NEITHER PROCESSING NOR PUBLICATION FEES for all accepted
papers. Authors of all accepted papers are required to register, pay and attend
an Exclusive International Doctoral Research Scholars Summit a month after
the launch of the Journal in every quarter of the year. The Summit will be
conducted in different parts of African continent depending on the climate,
security, affordability and other indicators suitable for an international Summit.
Authors, whose papers will be accepted, will be notified about the dates, venue
and other formalities regarding their participation in the International Doctoral
Research Scholars Summit, 2018.

Important Dates:
Submission of Abstracts: From 5th Nov-25th-Dec.2017
Acceptance Notification: 10th Jan.2018
Full paper submission: February, 10th Feb.2018
Journal Launch: February, 28th Feb.2018
Summit: March, 2018