Journal of
Land Management and Appraisal

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
  • Abbreviation: J. Land Manag. Appraisal
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2354-1741
  • DOI: 10.5897/JLMA
  • Start Year: 2017
  • Published Articles: 15

JLMA - Instructions for Authors

Journal of Land Management and Appraisal (LJMA) is a peer-reviewed open access journal. It is a multi-disciplinary international outlet for theoretical and empirical research on different areas of land/real estate studies including valuation, development, economics, finance, investment appraisal, land policy, law, facility management, urban planning, building construction and design and management, environmental management and geographic/land information system (LIS/GIS) etc. JLMA will be a veritable source of information to scholars, policymakers and decision-makers in the broad areas of land/real estate. The journal is a bi-annual publication.
 
Full-length research
Short communications
Reviews
 
Manuscripts should be submitted online on the Academic Journals Manuscript Management System
 
The LJMA requires authors to adhere to the ethical standards required of researchers and scientific writing. Specifically, the journal requires all authors to adhere to the ethical standards as prescribed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
 
Authorship
Inclusions of a person who do not meet authorship requirement as specified by the editorial policy or the exclusion of a person who meets the requirement is a violation of ethical requirements of the journal.
 
Plagiarism
The Journal of Land Management and Appraisal considers plagiarism a serious offence. Submitted manuscripts should be the original works of the author(s). The LJMA will follow COPE guideline in suspected cases of plagiarism.
 
The Merriam Webster Online dictionary defines plagiarizing as:
to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
to use (another's production) without crediting the source
to commit literary theft
present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
 
The journal is committed to eliminating manuscripts with possible cases of plagiarism from its review and publication process. The journal uses the iThenticate plagiarism detection application to check each manuscript for possible cases of plagiarism. Plagiarism check is the first step in the manuscript review process. Manuscripts that are found to contain unacceptable level of similarity with other published works are immediately rejected. See Peer Review Policy.
 
Duplicate manuscripts
It is unethical for authors to submit a manuscript to the Journal of Land Management and Appraisal and at the same time, submit the same manuscript to another journal either within Academic Journals or any other publisher. This includes the submission of manuscripts derived from the same data in such a manner that there are no substantial differences in the manuscripts. Duplicate submission also includes the submission of the same/similar manuscript in different languages to different journals.
 
Fabrication and falsification of data
Fabrication, manipulation or falsification of data is a violation of this publication ethics. The journal shall employ the COPE guidelines in suspected cases of fabrication and falsification of data.
 
Citations manipulation
Authors should use only citations that are relevant to their manuscripts.  Addition of references which are not relevant to the work is strongly discouraged. Similarly, irrelevant self-citation to increase one’s citation is unethical.
 
The Journal of Land Management and Appraisal employs a rigorous peer review system. All submitted manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer review process before publication. See Peer Review Policy
 
Before submission, ensure that the manuscript falls within the scope of the journal. See Aims & Scope above.
All submissions must be written in good English. Poorly written submissions will be rejected at the point of submission.
Manuscripts should be prepared in single-line spacing of not more than 25 pages.
Headings, subheadings, sections and subsections should not be numbered. Major headings should be indicated in bold and block text (e.g INTRODUCTION). Subheadings should be indicated in normal text and title case.
The use of footnotes is not accepted.
The International System of Units (ISI) and other accepted conventions and nomenclature should be followed.
 
Title
The title phrase should be brief.
List authors’ full names (first-name, middle-name, and last-name).  Academic titles such as Prof., Dr., Assoc. Prof. etc should not be included. Clearly state the affiliations of all authors (Department, Faculty, institution and Country). Provide e-mails and phone numbers for each author.
 
Abstract
The abstract should be less than 300 words. The keywords should be less than 10.
 
Abbreviations
Standard abbreviations should be used all through the manuscript. The use of non-standard abbreviations should be kept to a minimum and must be well-defined in the text following their first use. An abbreviations section should be provided in the case of extensive use.
 
The Introduction
The statement of the problem in addition to the background of the study should be clearly and concisely stated.
 
Materials and methods
Materials and methods should be clearly presented to allow the reproduction of the experiments.
 
Results and discussion
Results and discussion may be combined into a single section or presented separately, where necessary. 
 
Tables and figures
Table use should be kept to a minimum.
Tables must have a short descriptive title positioned at the top-left corner of the table. 
Tables should be presented in modified text organized in Microsoft Word or Excel spreadsheet and not as pictures.
The unit of measurement used in a table should be stated.
Tables should be numbered consecutively.
Figures/Graphics should be prepared in GIF, TIFF, JPEG or PowerPoint.
Figures/Graphics must have a short descriptive caption placed immediately at the bottom-left of the figure.
Tables and Figures should be appropriately cited in the manuscript.
 
Disclosure of conflict of interest
Authors should disclose all financial/relevant interest that may have influenced the study.
 
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement of people, funds etc. should be brief.
 
References
References should be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the paper. DOI links to referenced articles should be stated wherever available. Names of journals should be presented in full and not abbreviated.
 
Examples:
Hui MK, Tse DK (1996). What to tell consumers in waits of different lengths: An integrative model of service evaluation. Journal of Marketing 60(2):81-90.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1251932
 
Jones P, Peppiatt E (1996). Managing perceptions of waiting times in service queues. International Journal of Service Industry Management 7(5):47-61.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09564239610149957
 
Ostrowski PL. O'Brien TV. Gordon GL (1993). Service quality and customer loyalty in the commercial airline industry. Journal of Travel Research  32(2): 16-24
 
 
Authors are issued an Acceptance Certificate for manuscripts that have been reviewed and accepted for publication by an editor.
 
After a manuscript is accepted by an editor, the abstract of the manuscript will be placed in the journal’s Articles in Press page pending when the article is fully published. Published manuscript will be removed from Articles in Press after publication. 
 
Once a manuscript has been accepted, the corresponding author will be invoiced to make the necessary payment of the manuscript handling fee. Kindly note that on the manuscript management system, the payment option is only enabled for manuscripts that have been accepted for publication. Therefore, payment cannot be made except the manuscript is accepted for publication.
 
Prior to publication, a proof is sent to the corresponding author. Authors are advised to read the proof and correct minor typographical or grammatical errors. Authors should promptly return proofs to the editorial office.
 
Once proofs are received at the editorial office, the manuscripts are usually included in the next issue of the journal. The article will thereafter be published on the journal’s website
 
After the article is made available on the journal’s website, a publication notice is sent to the corresponding author with links to the issue and article.
 
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