About the Journal

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (JES)

The Journal of Environmental Studies (JES) is a peer-reviewed, primary research journal that publishes the results of original scientific research, and new developments in the fields of Architecture, Building, Real Estate, Housing, Surveying and Geo-informatics, Quantity Surveying and Urban Planning. The aim is to give a wide exposure to recent developments and provide a forum for the exchange and discussion of new ideas. The journal serves a diverse readership of professionals, academics, scientists, practitioners and policy makers in public and private organizations involved in infrastructure development and management.

 These guides will acquaint authors with the format and style used by JES. Following JES’s style minimizes the need for editorial change, which speeds up publication. Authors are solely responsible for the content and opinions expressed in their papers.

 Submitting Manuscripts

Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by sending a Word format, with all tables and figures included, as an e-mail attachment to the editorial board. Please check the file carefully to ensure that no symbols, equations, or special characters have defaulted. Manuscripts should be at most 4000 words in length including references, tables and figures.

 Authors and Affiliations

All names are listed together and separated by commas. Provide exact and correct author names as these will be indexed in official archives. Affiliations should be keyed to the author's name with superscript numbers

 Example: Micheal Barbara, Department of Excellence, International University of Science, New York, NY, USA.

 The Corresponding Author(s) should be marked with an asterisk. Provide the exact contact email address of the corresponding author as follows.

 Corresponding author: John Pretorious, e-mail jpretorious@gmail.com

 Review Policy

Since JES has adopted a policy of double blind review, in which both the referee and author remain anonymous throughout the process. The submission file should contain two title pages. The first should show 1) the full title; 2) the authors’ names, listed in the order in which they are to appear in print; and 3) a complete address for each author.

(This information should reflect each author’s affiliation and address at the time of the study. Updated affiliations and addresses may follow as needed.) The second title page should contain only the full title. Authors’ names should not appear elsewhere in the manuscript.

 Authors must affirm that any submission to JES has not been and will not be published or submitted elsewhere while under consideration by JES. Any previously published materials used in the article must be clearly identified and accompanied by written permission from the holder of the copyright. Following peer review, revised manuscripts should be submitted with a covering letter clearly indicating how the comments and criticisms of the reviewers have been addressed.

Checklist for Submission

This list can be used to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please refer to the relevant section in these Guidelines.

 Make sure that the following items are captured:

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:

•  E-mail address

 All necessary files have been uploaded:

Manuscript:

•  Include keywords

•  All figures (include relevant captions)

•  All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)

•  Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided

•  Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'

•  All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa

 Declaration

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere including electronically in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.

 Language

British English is adopted for the journal; note that a mixture of British and American English is not acceptable.

 Preparation 

Numberings

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be

numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line. Important section must be included.  These include;

Introduction- State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

Results-Results should be clear and concise.

Discussion-This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature. 

Conclusions The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.

 Abstract

A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum 150 words). The abstract should state briefly the research background, research problem, methodology and the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided.

 Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, avoid, for example, "and", "of".

 Figure captions

Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.

 Tables

Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.

 Publication Fee

A publication fee of forty five dollars ($20) or ten thousand naira (₦20, 000) is charged on each paper. The papers will be published online. Authors will have access to online version of the journal and be entitled to a copy per paper of the printed version.

 References

Citation in text

Do ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).

Reference style

Text: Citations in the text should follow the referencing style of the American Psychological Association (APA), Sixth Edition.

 List: references should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication.

 Examples:

Reference to a journal publication:

Dainty, J., Emoto, R. A. P., & Fidelis, B. V. (2014). Sustainable Construction Assessment in Eastern Cape. Journal of Sustainabilty. 45, 42–53.

Reference to a book:

Van Wyk, J. J., & Bamishile, E. B. (2013). The theory and practice of planning. (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Longman, (Chapter 2).

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

Bamidele, T. G., & Amit, K. C. (2011). How to prepare bill of quantities. In G. Sunday, & M. A. Blessing (Eds.), Introduction to measurement of building works (pp. 141–156). London: Palgrave Publishing Inc.

Reference to a website:

Construction Industry Development Board South Africa. Construction reports for South Africa. (2015). http://www. construction-industry-development-board-cidb. Accessed 13

March 2017.