About the Journal

The 2024 Research and Development Conference invites the submission of empirical and conceptual manuscripts for consideration for publication in its Conference Proceedings. Please Register to enable you to submit a paper and ensure you comply with the Author Guide. All author (s) are strongly encouraged to comply strictly with the guidelines. Those who fail to do so risk desk rejection.    

ORDER OF PRESENTING VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF A PAPER

 

  1. Empirical Papers
    Empirical research manuscripts should be structured as follows:
    1)Title, 2)Abstract, 3)Keywords, 4)Introduction, 5)Literature review, 6)Methods, 7)Results, 8)Discussion (you may merge results and discussion), 9) Conclusions, and 10)Implications of the study (for policy, practice and theory. Conclusions and implications may be combined), 11)limitations and areas of further research, 12)Declarations (declaration of competing interest, ethical considerations, funding etc.)[if any] and 13)References. Please note that the results and discussion could be combined or presented as separate sections.

  2. Conceptual Papers and Systematic Reviews
    While this structure is flexible, 1)the introduction (including the problem and objectives/questions), 2) the literature review, 3)methods, 4) Results/Discussion, 5)conclusions and 6)implications must be provided.

  3. Deadline for the Submission of Full Papers: 31st December 2024  

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTE

  1. Authors who have submitted abstracts to the Research and Development conference and presented them shall have the opportunity to submit their full papers for consideration. Visit https://ubids.edu.gh/announcements/call-for-abstracts-4th-research-development-conference.
  2. All papers received for consideration shall go through a rigorous double-blind review process. The publication of your paper is dependent on reviewers finding it suitable for inclusion in the proceedings.
  3. Authors whose papers are accepted for publication must pay an article processing fee of only GHS 800.00 (for local authors) or USD 150.00 (for foreign authors).
  4. The deadline for submission of full papers is 31st December 2024.