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Author Guidelines


Before You Begin

 


Submission

Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your article. The system automatically convert source article to a single PDF file of the article, which is used in the peer-review process.

 Submit your article

First time users will have to register at this site. Registration is free. Registered authors can keep track of their articles after logging into the site using their user name and password. You can submit your article via http://sabauni.net/ojs/index.php/SJITN

The submitted manuscripts that are not as per the 'Instructions to Authors' would be returned to the authors for technical correction, before they undergo editorial/ peer-review.

 Submission declaration

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors, and that, if accepted it will not be published elsewhere in English or in any other language.

 Language

Please write your text in good English. Authors who feel their English language manuscript may require editing to eliminate possible grammatical or spelling errors and to conform to correct scientific English may need to review their language with English language reviewer.

Preparation

Use of Microsoft Word

It is important that the file be written by using Microsoft word. To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the “spell-check” and “grammar-check” functions of you Microsoft word.

Manuscript preparation and Rules

Pages

All pages should be numbered consecutively, including those containing diagrams, tables and figures. Diagrams, Tables and Figures should be submitted in separate sheets and placed after the text.

Papers

Papers should be in two columns. Papers should be divided into sections, using headings (e.g. Abstract, introduction, method, Results, Discussion, conclusions, Acknowledgements, References).

Title

Title should be concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. The title of the manuscripts (14 Times New Roman bold), should be written all in capital letters.

Author names and affiliations

This should be followed by the name(s) and address (es) of the author(s) (12 Times New Roman bold.

Corresponding author

Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence of all stages of refereeing and publication. Contact details must be dept up to date be the corresponding author.

Article structure

Subdivision- numbered sections

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered section. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2,.) 1.2..etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering).

Abstract

A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. The abstract should be presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, reference should be avoided where possible. The abstract (12 Times New Roman normal) should consist of a brief and factual account of the contents and conclusions of the paper, in addition to an indication of any new information which it may contain and of its relevance. No references should be given in the abstract and should not exceed 250 letters.

Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, avoid general and plural terms and multiple concepts.

Introduction

The introduction (12 Times New Roman normal) should state clearly the reasons for the work and what is new in the paper, with brief reference to previous work on the subject. State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

The main text

The main text (12 Times New Roman normal) should use four orders of headings (Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions). Heading should be bold, but italic for subheading. Avoid footnotes.

Tables and Figures

Tables should be typed on separate sheets, numbered consecutively and each table should have a short informative heading. Figures (including plates) should have caption.

Results

Results should be clear and concise.

Discussion

This should explore the significance of the results of the work.

Conclusions

The main conclusion of the study may be presented in a short “Conclusion section”, which may stand alone or form a subsection of Discussion or Results and Discussion section.

Acknowledgements

Collate acknowledgements (if there is any) in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page as a footnote of the title or otherwise.

References

Citation in text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any reference in abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communication are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text.

References: the author is responsible for ensuring that the references are correct and that all references quoted in the text are cited in full (without abbreviations) in the list of references.

Web reference

As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, sates, reference to a source publication, etc.) web references can be listed separately under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

 

Reference style

References in the text should be written using number in square brackets in line with text e.g [1]. References should be listed numerical according to their appearance in the text, following by last name(s) of the author(s) and should follow the following sequence: last name(s), first initials of author(s),year of publication, title of publication, publisher (name of periodical), place of publication, volume, and pages (if required).

 

 

 

 

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.


  1. Journal Rules

    1. Electronic submission of papers as Microsoft’s Word document 2007.
    2. Researchers should submit a full paper describing their work, single-spaced double column (but not the title, abstract and keywords), headers (14 Times New Roman normal+ Heading should be bold) and text body (12 Times New Roman normal).
    3. The first page should include the paper title (18 bold Times New Roman normal), a brief abstract, a set of keywords, and text.
    4. Be sure not to include the authors' names in your paper.
    5. The abstract (12 Times New Roman normal) should be concise and not longer than 250 words.
    6. Immediately following the abstract, no more than six keywords are to be supplied for subject indexing.
    7. Keywords should not simply be taken from the title of the paper.
    8. The abstract and keywords should be single column.
    9. Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered section. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2,.) 1.2..etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering).
    10. The introduction (12 Times New Roman normal) of the paper must be clearly written and should explain the nature of the problem, previous work, purpose and the contribution of the paper.
    11. The introduction is assigned number “1”, and following sections are assigned numbers as needed.
    12. The main text (12 Times New Roman normal) should use four orders of headings (Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions). Heading should be bold, but italic for subheading. Avoid footnotes.
    13. A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations, possible applications, and future work.
    14. The references section is not assigned a number.
    15. References should be numbered as it is appeared in the text order by the first author’s last name, e.g.[1] means the first reference appear in text .
    16. Citations in the text should be by number and enclosed in square brackets, e.g. [1] within the text and in the reference section.
    17. All pages should be numbered consecutively, including those containing diagrams, tables and figures. Diagrams, Tables and Figures should be submitted in separate sheets and placed after the text. 
    18. Please check your English language (printing mistake, language mistake, grammar mistake, unclear statements.

     

 

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