The Journal of Development & Communication Studies accepts academic research articles, talks, essays, conference papers and book reviews that conform to the following specifications:

1) Full length academic research articles:

· Maximum 30 pages including references and illustrations
· 1.5 spacing
· Proper  proofreading
· Verified data
· An abstract of not more than 300 words with up to five key words on separate page
· Carefully conducted literature review, theoretical framework, discussion, conclusions and recommendations

2) Conference papers, talks and essays
· Maximum 15 pages
· Abstract of not more than 300 words, with up to five key words

3) Book Reviews
· Maximum  5 pages
· Book summarized
· Strengths and weaknesses identified/discussed
· Alternatives proposed/recommendations

Copyright
Copyright of articles remains with the author/s. Any article found to have been plagiarized will be rejected. Authors should ensure that works cited have been appropriately acknowledged.

Payment
The Journal of Development & Communication Studies (JDCS) is available to readers at no fee. Contributing authors  pay US$100.  Hard copy editions are sold but featured authors receive complimentary copies. All articles are peer-reviewed.

Submission of material
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Submissions received will be acknowledged within 72 hours. Authors will be informed of the outcome of the review process within 30 days.

Review process

· Manuscript received - author informed (within 3 days/72 hours) - manuscript read and checked if the author followed guidelines. If author did not follow guidelines, the manuscript is sent back to author with advice to make recommended amendments.

· If the author followed guidelines, the manuscript is sent to at least two editors for consideration- editors’ comments and recommendation sent back to author for revision- if editors recommend rejection- manuscript is rejected and author is informed.

· If editors detect only minor problems, manuscript is edited and later sent to three reviewers. Otherwise, reviewers only work on author’s revised copy. Peer-reviewers are drawn from academic and research institutions internationally. Review is blind (author details are known by editorial office only).

· If two reviewers recommend publication, the manuscript is accepted, edited and proofread for publication (author is informed within 30 days).

· If two reviewers reject manuscript, the manuscript is rejected and the author is informed (within 30 days).