Guidance for Authors

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines:

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, document file format. Images and other figures may be included within text or submitted separately. Authors are encouraged to adhere to the general format of Times New Roman, 11 with footnontes at fornt sixe 10, abstract italisized and at fornt 10.5. All titles and subtitles at font size 12 Times New Roman style - unnumbered.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Reviewhave been followed.

 

   Author Guidelines 

The author’s name, rank, institutional affiliation, and address should appear as footnote number one on the title page. Manuscripts must be submitted in word-processed format, preferably Microsoft Word 6 or later, not exceeding 10,000 words, to the Chief Editor electronically via the TJDS submission portal. Text should be double-spaced, in Times New Roman, 12-point font, except for the manuscript title. An abstract of approximately 150 words should accompany the manuscript, summarising the main arguments and conclusions. Tables, figures, and other illustrations should preferably be typed on separate pages and given short, descriptive titles. All references to books and articles should be cited in the text using the author’s surname, year of publication and page number in parentheses; for example: (Rugumamu, 1995:35). In cases of multiple in-text citations, references should be arranged chronologically. Short and long quotations should be indented, separated from the main paragraph, and italicised. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically and must strictly follow the latest edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) format, as illustrated in the examples provided:

 

 

         Journal Articles

Alfani, B. (1986). Simple commodity production. Journal of Development Studies, 2 (4): 250–273.

 

Books

Alfani, B. (1986). Simple commodity production. Pergamon Press.

 

Chapters in edited books

Kalula, E., Okorafor, N., & Bamu, P. (2011). Towards an effective regulatory framework for labour rights and social protection in Southern Africa. In D. Banik (Ed.), The legal empowerment agenda: Poverty, labour and the informal economy in Africa (pp. 15–39). London: Ashgate.

 

Discussion Papers / Mimeos

Alfani, B. (1986). Simple commodity production (Discussion Paper No. 20). Yale University.

 

Unpublished Dissertation / Thesis

Alfani, B. (1986). Simple commodity production (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.

 

Website Reference

World Bank. (n.d.). Russian Federation: Land reform and farm restructuring in Russia (Discussion Paper No. 233). https://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/674621468758944488/Russian-Federation-Land-reform-and-farm-restructuring-in-Russia.

 

Review essays are longer than book reviews and address substantial bodies of literature on a particular issue or on several books. They should not exceed five double-spaced A4 pages.