The NOUN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (NIJPSIR) is a semi-annual peer-reviewed and research oriented scholarly journal of the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja. The Editorial Board hereby calls for scholarly, empirical and theoretical based original articles for the Vol.1, No.1, April, 2024 Maiden Edition of the Journal (which will be online and offline) in the underlisted areas of academic interest:
- Politics
- Leadership and Governance
- Political Theory and Political Philosophy
- Political Economy and Development Studies
- Comparative Politics
- Public Policy and Public Administration
- International Relations
- Security and Strategic Studies
- Migration and Global Studies
- Political Sociology
- Political History
- Defence and War Studies
- Democratic and Electoral Studies
- Political Methodology
- Political Communication
- Political Ecology and Local Government Studies
- Public Law
- Gender and Development
Publication Guidelines:
Paper submissions are welcome in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution any relative areas and they should adhere to the following guidelines.
Submission of Articles must comply with the following guidelines:
- Times New Roman ’12 Font size including references, and manuscripts should be formatted using 2.0 or double line spacing
- Referencing format is the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition
- Abstract should not be more than a maximum of 250 words with at least three or four (3 or 4) key words clearly stated
- The entire article including references and footnotes (where applicable) should NOT be more than a maximum of eighteen (18) pages
- Manuscripts should bear author(s) name(s), affiliated institution(s), current addresses, GSM Numbers and email addresses
- Articles sent for consideration must be accompanied by a non-refundable assessment fee of N7,500 only. Only articles accepted for publication after a meticulous blind peer- review will be expected to pay the publication fee of N25,000 only. (NOTE: Articles accepted for final publication will be expected to pay the publication fee within a week of the offer of the letter of acceptance)