INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:

Confluence University Journal of Science and Technology (CUJoSTech) is committed to advancing knowledge across the fields of science and technology through the publication of innovative research. The following guidelines are to assist authors in preparing their manuscripts and submission to CUJoSTech.

Categories of manuscript

CUJoSTech accepts original research and review manuscripts. Authors are expected to identify the category of their submission.

Manuscripts preparation

Format and style

The manuscript should be prepared using MS Word, 12-point font, double spacing.

Structure

The manuscript should generally include the following sections:

• Title Page: On submission, do not includes the, authors' names, affiliations and email addresses, and corresponding author's contact details. Only title should be included
• Abstract: A concise summary of the work structured into Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion with a word limit of 250. Keywords of 4-6 should be included for indexing purposes.
• Introduction: Background and objectives of the study.
• Materials and Methods: The study should provide sufficient details to enable replication by other workers.
• Results and Discussion: Presentation of the data with appropriate tables and figures, and interpretation of the results. This section may be separated.
• Conclusion: Presentation of main findings and implications.
• References: The Vancouver referencing style is the accepted style for the journal.
• Acknowledgement: (if applicable) Recognition of support and contributions from individuals or institutions.

Page Numbering

Articles should normally be a maximum of 10 pages. Any additional page after type setting will attract an additional fee of ₦1000 Naira

Submission of Manuscript

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically via the CUJoSTech submission system https://www.ejmanager.com/my/cujst.

Ensure you submit your main manuscript without Author Names and Affiliations 

After registering, you can login and navigate to the manuscript submission section.

Plagiarism policy 

By submitting the manuscript, it implies that it is original and has not been submitted or published elsewhere. Only manuscripts with a similarity index of 20 % or less will be sent for review. If the similarity index of the submitted If the manuscript exceeds 20% but less than 50%, it will be sent to the author for revision. However, if the similarity index is 50% or above, the manuscript will be rejected outrightly. 

Preprint Policy

•                 Authors must indicate if the manuscript has been posted on a preprint server at the time of submission by disclosing this information in the “Preprint Declaration” field of the submission form.

•                Authors wishing to post their manuscript on a preprint server must follow these guidelines:

i. The manuscript version uploaded to the preprint server must be the original version submitted to the journal and must not include any revisions made through peer review.

ii. Upon acceptance of the manuscript, authors must include a link to the published paper with the preprint posting.

Authorship

All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following:

1. The conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data.
2. Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
3. Final approval of the version to be submitted.

Authors should appoint a corresponding author to communicate with the journal during the editorial process. All authors should agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work to ensure that the questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Changes to authorship

The editors of this journal generally will not consider changes to authorship once a manuscript has been submitted. It is important that authors carefully consider the authorship list and order of authors and provide a definitive author list at original submission.

The policy of this journal around authorship changes:

• All authors must be listed in the manuscript and their details entered into the submission system.
• Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should only be made prior to acceptance, and only if approved by the journal editor.
• Requests to change authorship should be made by the corresponding author, who must provide the reason for the request to the journal editor with written confirmation from all authors, including any authors being added or removed, that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement.
• All requests to change authorship must be submitted via e-mail
• Only in exceptional circumstances will the journal editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors.
• Publication of the manuscript may be paused while a change in authorship request is being considered.
• Any authorship change requests approved by the journal editor will result in an extra processing charge (₦ 5,000).
• No Authorship change request will be honoured if the manuscript has already been published.
• Any unauthorised authorship changes may result in the rejection of the article, or retraction, if the article has already been published.

Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing

Authors must declare the use of generative AI in scientific writing upon submission of the paper. The following guidance refers only to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process:

• Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies should only be used in the writing process to improve the readability and language of the manuscript.
• The technology must be applied with human oversight and control and authors should carefully review and edit the result, as AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete or biased. Authors are ultimately responsible and accountable for the contents of the work.
• Authors must not list or cite AI and AI-assisted technologies as an author or co-author on the manuscript since authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans.

The use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in scientific writing must be declared by adding a statement at the end of the manuscript when the paper is first submitted. The statement will appear in the published work and should be placed in a new section before the references list. An example:

• Title of new section: Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process.
• Statement: During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the published article.

The declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools, such as tools used to check grammar, spelling and references. If you have nothing to disclose, you do not need to add a statement.

Articles Processing and Publication Charges (AP&PC)

On submission, Nigerian authors will pay a processing charge of Ten Thousand Naira only (₦10,000). This charge includes one-time plagiarism check, and reviewers handling fee.
On acceptance of paper authors will pay publication fee based on the category they belong to,

                           i.          ₦20,000— For articles where a CUSTECH staff is the lead author.

                         ii.          ₦30,000 — For articles from external authors (non-CUSTECH).

                       iii.          ₦50,000 — For articles from funded research, regardless of authorship affiliation.

Foreign Authors will pay AP&PC charge of 100USD only, once the paper is accepted for publication

Banking Details

Banker: Access Bank Plc

Account name: CUSTECH JOURNAL ACCOUNT (Naira) 

Account Number: 1870338903

For foreign authors

Intermediary Bank:Citi Bank New York

Intermediary Bank's swift code: CITIUS33

Routing number: 021000089

Beneficiary bank's Name: Access bank Plc

Beneficiary bank's swift code: ABNGNGLA

Beneficiary bank's Account number:36145842

 AFTER EACH PAYMENT, EVIDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO cujostech@custech.edu.ng CITING MANUSCRIPT NUMBER, AND/OR TITLE OF PAPER IN SUBJECT