Instructions For Authors
It is the responsibility of authors to ensure that their manuscripts strictly adhere to the journal style. Manuscripts which do not conform to the journal style will not be accepted. A guide to the style is presented as follows:- 1. The manuscript must be double-spaced, on one side of standard A4 paper. It should leave wide margins at side, top and bottom of at least one inch (on all four sides). The author should use New Times Roman with 12 font size. Sub-titles should begin from the margin and bolded. 2. The author’s name, immediately below the title on the first page, should be centred in Small Capitals; immediately beneath, also centred but in italic, is the author’s position and institutional affiliation; beneath that, is the email address. Endnotes to the text should be kept to a minimum. Tables, figures and illustrations should be drawn precisely and boldly to permit photographic reproduction. 3. A brief abstract of 100-200 words, should appear at the head of the article describing the main arguments and conclusions of the article. 4. The length of the manuscript should not exceed 8,000 words. Submission should be in both hard copy and soft copy (IBM compatible storage media). Author could submit manuscript online to sociojournaltz@udsm.ac.tz.
5. The journal uses English (British). Authors are responsible to ensure that their papers are readable and their academic content is fully understood by the editor and any reviewers. It is therefore advisable for authors to take their papers to professional language editors before submission. 6. Per cent’ should be used where the figure preceding it is given in words “two per cent”; % where it is given in number like 25.1% 7. Line spacing: The main text is single spaced with one line space between paragraphs. 8. Title, headings and sub-headings should be bold: and should not be numbered. Use headline style for titles, headings and sub-headings. Example: Neo-liberalism and the state: lessons from the Tanzania coffee industry. 9. Article should be corrected and fit for printing. Author will have to pay any correction cost. 10. The recommended style for bibliography and in-text citation is APA style.
11. All manuscripts considered appropriate for the journal are subjected to at least two blind peer reviews before being accepted for publication. To preserve anonymity, manuscripts will be sent without authors’ names and/or any reference that connects with identity of the author in order to enhance objectivity in the reviewing process. 12. Submission of manuscript to the Tanzania Journal of Sociology indicates the author’s willingness to publish in the journal. 13. Copyright: when an article is published, the author vest control of all copyrights to the publisher. The author may, for instance, use parts of the article in elsewhere provided that he/she makes acknowledgement to Tanzania Journal of Sociology.
14. Sub-Headings: a) Begin on left hand side. b) Capitalize all major words in the sub-heading with the rest of the letters in lower case. (e.g. Degradation of the Natural Resource Base). c) Sub-headings should not be numbered. d) Sub-headings should be in italic. e) The first Sub-Heading should be two lines below the Author’s name. f) There is one line space between the Sub-Heading and the last line of previous section, g) First paragraph under Sub-Heading comes directly under Sub-Heading without extra line spacing. 15. In-text Citations should be follows: In-text citations are citations within the main body of the text and refer to a direct quote or paraphrase. They correspond to a reference in the main reference list. These citations include the surname of the author and date of publication only, example, Mitchell (2017) states… Or … (Mitchell, 2017); Mitchell and Smith (2017) state… Or … (Mitchell & Smith, 2017).If there is more than one in-text citation, the citations should be separated by semi-colon (e.g. Mitchell, 2017; Mitchell & Smith, 2017).
16. End of Article References: All references cited in the text should be listed in full at the end of the paper. The reference section should be 2 line spaces below the conclusion of the article. Authors should make absolutely sure that all reference information is complete. References should be in the following standard form:
Book and Book Chapter: Author, Initial. (Year). Book title. City of publication, Country/State: Publisher. Examples: Gambles, I. (2009). Making the Business Case: Proposals that Succeed for Projects that Work. Farnham: Ashgate. Gazda, G. M., Balzer, F. J., Childers, W. C., Nealy, A. U., Phelps, R. E., & Walters, R. P. (2005). Human Relations Development: A Manual for Educators (7th Ed.). Boston: Pearson Educational.
Book Chapter: Bordens, K., & Abbott, B. (2008). Explaining Behaviour. In C. Krägeloh (Ed.), Research Methods and Statistics in the Health Sciences [Custom textbook] (pp. 3–30). North Ryde: McGraw-Hill Custom Publication for Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology. Edited Book: Craven, I. (Ed.). (2001). Australian Cinema in the 1990s. London: Frank Cass
Chapter/Article in an Edited Book Ferres, K. (2001). Idiot Box: Television, Urban Myths and Ethical Scenarios. In I. Craven (Ed.), Australian Cinema in the 1990s (pp. 175-188). London: Frank Cass.
E-books: Schiraldi, G. R. (2001). The post-traumatic stress disorder sourcebook: A guide to healing, recovery, and growth. https://doi.org/10.1036/0071393722 Austen, J. (1853). Pride and prejudice: A novel. Retrieved from http://books.google.co.nz/books?printsec=frontcover&dq=austen#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
JOURNAL ARTICLES, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS
Journal article (printing version): Wilson, S., Spies-Butcher, B., & Stebbing, A. (2009). Targets and Taxes: Explaining the Welfare Orientations of the Australian Public. Social Policy & Administration, 43, 508-525.
Journal article from Electronic Database
Journal with DOI: van Heugten, K. (2013). Resilience as an Underexplored Outcome of Workplace Bullying. Qualitative Health Research, 23(3), 291-301. doi:10.1177/1049732312468251
Journal with no DOI and restricted access: Wheeler, D.P., & Bragin, M. (2007). Bringing it all back Home: Social Work and the Challenge of Returning Veterans. Health and Social Work, 32, 297-300. Retrieved from http://www.naswpressonline.org
Newspaper Article (available in print): Berkovic, N. (2009, March 31). Handouts May not be Sent: Tax Office Seeks Quick Resolution of High Court challenge. The Australian, p. 5.
Newspaper article (from electronic database): Zendrian, A. (2008, April 15). CEO Pay too High? The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com
Thesis: Fayadh, K. H. (2015). The Legal Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Iraq: Lessons from the Australian approach (PhD thesis). Retrieved from http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:32383
17. Free Volume and Article: Each contributor to an issue is entitled to one hard copy of the volume in which his or her article appears, moreover, the contributor gets a free soft copy of his or her article.
Peer Review
Tanzania Journal of Sociology uses a double behind peer review process. To facilitate anonymity in peer reviewing, the author’s name or similar identification marks should not appear on any page of a manuscript other than on a separate sheet bearing the name(s) of the author(s), the title of the article, contact addresses, and a short biographical note. Initially, the Chief Editor/Associate Editor/Managing Editor receives a manuscript and does an in-house review to ensure it conforms to the scope and policies of the journal, it is then sent out to two reviewers who are anonymous to the author. The review focuses on the quality of the manuscript in terms of its scholarly quality, formatting and originality. This process takes between five and eight weeks. Subject to the outcome of the review process, the author is expected to undertake major or minor corrections as suggested by the reviewers. In case major corrections are required, the author should resubmit the revised work which shall be sent back to the reviewers for vetting. In some cases, the manuscript may be rejected outright. Once the review process is over, the editors make the final decision.
Statement of Malpractice:
Tanzania Journal of Sociology is committed to ensure compliance with the best standard of publication ethics, and is extremely strict on publication malpractice. Authors should only submit original works. To that end, all submitted manuscripts are subjected to the plagiarism software. Manuscripts which have already been published or are still under review elsewhere cannot be submitted. The journal retains the rights to retract the already accepted and/or published works, if cases of plagiarism or other forms of publication malpractices are discovered. It is the responsibility of authors to obtain permission to reproduce any material for which they do not own copyright, to be used in both print and electronic media, and for ensuring that the appropriate acknowledgements are included in their manuscript.