Submissions

Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts premeditated to be published in Omo Int. J. Sci. must be written in good English and limited to, the following parts: Title, Author(s) names and affiliations, Abstract and keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, Conflict of interest and References. The main and second headings are written in upper case letters, whereas headings above the two levels are written in sentence case letters.

All submitted manuscripts will be sent to at least two appropriate peer reviewers. Authors are encouraged to recommend the names and full addresses of potential reviewers, but the editorial board shall make its own decision on the selection of the reviewer/s. Original research articles and review articles should not occupy more than 12 manuscript pages while technical notes and short communications should not occupy more than 6 manuscript pages.

Title

The title should be concise, precise and describe the contents of the paper. It should be written in less than 150 characters. Do not use abbreviations and formulae in the running title.

Author Names and Affiliations

Indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and correctly spell them. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Write all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author. Indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, as well as post-publication. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.  Asterisk superscript should be used to identify the corresponding author.

Abstract

The abstract should be informative and explainable without reference to the text. The abstract should state concisely the objective, methods, results, conclusions and recommendations. Using abbreviations and formulae is not encouraged. The abstract should not be longer than 250-500 words.

 Keywords

About 3 to 6 keywords that will give indexing references should be listed in alphabetical order. 

Avoid plural terms and multiple concepts. Keywords will be separated by semicolon.

Introduction

The introduction should briefly state the background and justification or statement of the problem, the underlying hypothesis for conducting the research and a review of the literature pertinent to the problem. At the end of the introduction, an explicit and precise statement of the aim of the work should be presented.

Materials and Methods

A concise explanation of the state of affairs under which the study was carried out and the procedures, techniques, experimental designs and materials used should be given. In addition, data collection, statistical methods and analysis should be clearly described.

Results and Discussion

The Results and Discussion section (often combined for better flow) should present the findings of the study, critically interpret result meaning, and contextualize within the existing scientific literature. Results should be presented scientifically using sentences, tables and illustrations. Statistically significant differences between variables should be declared in this section. Detailed interpretation of data should be discussed regarding problems indicated in the introduction or stated as objectives with other earlier findings in the area of current research work. The credibility of the evidence (result), comparison with already recorded observations and the possible practical implication is discussed. Duplicating data in verdicts, tables and figures should be avoided. 

Tables

Tables are numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals (e.g., Table 1, Table 2) and should bear a short, yet adequately explanatory caption. Avoid using vertical and/or horizontal grid lines to separate columns and/or rows. Footnotes to tables are designated by lowercase letters which appear as superscripts in appropriate entries. All tables should be referenced in the text. In full-length papers, a maximum of 8 result tables can be considered whereas short communications should include less than 3 result tables.

Figures

Figures should be restricted to the display of results where a large number of values are presented and interpretation are difficult in Tables. Figures should not reproduce the same data as Tables. Figures should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2), and refer to all figures in the text. Originals of figures should preferably be A4 size, of good quality, drawn or produced on a good quality printer and saved in a separate file. Vertical and horizontal axes should be labelled consequently.

Photographs

Should be original and suitable for reproduction. Photographs should be unmounted with lettering indicated on overlays or photo copies. For composites, photographs should be unmounted and soft copies enclosed to indicate the required measurement. Magnification should be given in the legend or indicated by a scale or bar. They should be numbered as part of the sequence of Figures.

Conclusions in a few sentences can be stated at the end of the results and discussion part of the paper. Authors are encouraged to forward Conclusions (two to three brief statements) from the study summarizing the main findings and indicating the practical implications of the findings. Author(s) are also privileged to state recommendations if interested.

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements of persons, funds, etc. should be presented in brief, and may be given in a separate section immediately following the conclusions.

Conflict of Interest

All authors are requested to unveil any concrete or potential conflict of interest within two years after publication, including any financial, personal or other affairs with other people or organizations' work that could improperly influence, or be perceived to influence their work.

References

Although Omo International Journal of Sciences have no strict style to follow during the submission time, but must be consistent throughout the article. It is recommended to follow the APA 6^th Edition style for all in-text citations and reference list entries. Below are examples for commonly cited sources. Authors submitting to the journal: 

In-Text Citation Rules

     The citation should follow Author followed by year, which is separated by comma (Author, Year) 

• Single author →  (Smith, 2010)
• Two authors → (Smith & Jones, 2010)
• Three or more authors → (Smith et al., 2010)
• Group author → (World Health Organization, 2010)
• No author (Use title) → (Global Trends, 2010)

Reference List Formatting by Source Types

1. Journal Article

  Smith, J. A., & Doe, R. B. (2010). Climate change and agriculture. Journal of Environmental Studies, 15(2), 123–135.

         https://doi.org/10.1234/jes.2010.01502  

2. Book

            Brown, L. T. (2008). Understanding psychology (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill.

3. Book Chapter

            Miller, R. T. (2012). Social cognition. In P. R. Smith & J. K. Lee (Eds.), Advances in psychology (pp. 45–67). Oxford University Press

4. Thesis or Dissertation

           Karra, E. K. (2020). Governance in the Ethiopia: A comparative study (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation). Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

5. Web Page

         World Bank (2021). Digital development. Retrieved March 15, 2022, from https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/digitaldevelopmen.

6. Conference Proceedings

         Lee, M. J. (2015). Smart cities and governance. In T. K. Chan (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Urban Innovation (pp. 101–110). Springer.

7. Report

          UNESCO (2019). Global education monitoring report 2019. UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000265866

8. Working paper

           Nguyen, T. H. (2020). Digital inclusion in Southeast Asia (Working Paper No. 45). Asian Development Bank. https://adb.org/publications/working-paper-45

9. Newspaper article

             Johnson, M. (2021, April 10). Tech giants face new regulations. The New York Times, pp.

10. Patent

             Smith, J. A. (2018). Solar-powered water purifier (U.S. Patent No. 10,123,456). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

     Additional Notes

• All references should be listed alphabeticallyby author surname.
• Use hanging indentation(first line flush left, subsequent lines indented).
• Ensure consistencyin punctuation, capitalization, and italicization.
• Include DOIsfor journal articles when available.

Page Setup and Fonts

Top, bottom, left, and right margins should be 1 inch (2.54 cm) and number all pages. The line spacing for all of the narrative is 1.5 although the single line spacing is to be applied to captions of tables and figures. An extra line  is kept between paragraphs above all headings, sub-headings and captions. All paragraphs should be indented and in the justified paragraph format. Use Times New Roman font throughout the manuscript, in the sizes and styles shown in Table 1 bellow.

Table 1 Recommended fonts and sizes.

Units

Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: Use the international system of units (SI). If other quantities are mentioned, give their equivalent in SI.

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