Mwalimu Basil Ogochukwu et al., the first thing I did when I saw the huge figure of N10,000 was to go to the conversion rate Web site to see how much it is in US dollars. It turned out to be about $63.00. I then pondered the question of whether we are actually paying through our annual membership fees to be published in our Western professional journals, albeit indirectly. And sometimes we even pay and still don't get published in our journals. Given the fact that publishing costs are much higher on the Motherland, our folks back there may not be really asking for too much. My only wish is that the papers be thoroughly refereed. Given the very high quality of the many works that have been published on the Motherland, I duff my proverbial hat to our folks there.
----- Original Message -----From: basil ugochukwuSent: 5/21/2012 2:54:06 PMSubject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Call for Papers--Are there forum members out there who could provide some enlightenment on the Nigerian practice of asking paper contributors to pay publishing costs? While this may have been acceptable practice in the past, my feeling is that it has become anachronistic in this digital times and age. With minimum effort it is now possible to get published across the border to a wider audience and without paying to be published. I would also appreciate information on why there are no Nigerian journals on such databases as Jstor (Social Sciences and the Humanities) or Heinonline (mostly Legal journals). In these databases you could see journals from Malawi, Uganda, Botswana and several from South Africa. There is absolutely none from Nigeria. That said, isn't there reduced incentive to publish inside Nigeria where no real possibility exists that your paper could be available online and to a global audience? And how justifiable is it to be asked to pay for such?Basil
From: Adoyi Onoja <onojaa@yahoo.com>
To: USA Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:11:15 PM
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Call for Papers
Current Security
Current Security is an interdisciplinary journal whose aim is to democratize the field of security. The journal seeks to bring academics, practitioners and policymakers' understanding of the related fields of security and development in sync with those of the public. The journal's focus is to chronicle the emergence of the dynamic and diverse field of security. It seeks to broaden and deepen security away from state-centric and regime survival tradition to human beings and development. This is in tandem with the 1994 United Nations Development Programme paradigm.
The journal's interdisciplinary perspective open it to publishing original research on security and development. Security is about people. Development is about meeting peoples' basic needs. The journal focuses on problems and possibilities, past and present. Where possible, comparisons are made between issues, countries, and continents.
Occasionally, calls for special editions may be issued.
Articles should be based on original research, and they can also be co-authored. The journal will be annual.
Interested persons are invited to submit original articles or book reviews for consideration for publication in the maiden edition of the Journal. The first edition is expected to be out before the end of the year.
All contributions will be peer reviewed.
All editorial correspondence to the editors:
Adoyi Onoja Udo Osisiogu
Department of History Department of Sociology
Nasarawa State University Nasarawa State University
Keffi 960001 Keffi 960001
Nigeria Nigeria
E-mail: kurrentsecuriti@yahoo.com
How to Submit an Article
• Manuscripts should be typewritten and submitted electronically or in print. The printed pages should be numbered. The manuscript should be between 3000-5000 words double-space (12-pt font). Book reviews should be between 1000-1500 words.
•Authors are requested to provide a 250 words abstract at the beginning of the article, as well as up to 5 or 6 keywords. The abstract summarises aim, result and conclusion of the research.
•References, in-text citations/quotations, and notes where necessary.
•Please provide a separate list of references at the end of your article. Please refer to the Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/about.html
•Use endnotes or footnotes where necessary.
•Please include institutional address, phone number and email address on a separate sheet. Authors will receive page proofs of their article for correction. The corrected page proofs are to be returned to the journal editors within two weeks.
•Authors of accepted papers will pay N10,000 as ofcost of publication.
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