Submissions

Author Guidelines

Preparation of manuscripts

All portions of the manuscript must be typed double-spaced and all pages numbered starting from the title page. A font size of 12 point is required.

Title

The Title should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper, abbreviation should be avoided. The authors' full names and affiliations with the corresponding author’s phone number and E-mail address of corresponding author should be included in the title page.

Abstract

The Abstract should be informative and completely self-explanatory, summary of the findings, point out major findings and conclusions. Abstract should not be more than 300 words in length. The Abstract should be written with the Standard nomenclature (S. I. unit); abbreviations and literature citing should be avoided in the abstract.

Keywords

Author(s) should supply 4 to 6 keywords. Keywords are reference point for further information or as an indication of the contents of a document.

Abbreviations

Standard Abbreviations should be used within the body of the text. In general, non-standard abbreviations can be used only when the full term is very long and used often. Each abbreviation MUST be spelled out and introduced in parentheses the first time it is used within the body of the text.

Introduction

The Introduction should provide a clear statement of the problem, by introducing the concepts and the background of the problems with its relevancy to the earlier works in the area. The relevant literature on the subject and the proposed approach or solution should be stated. The Introduction should be understandable to readers from any of scientific or related areas.

Materials and methodologies (Method of Study)

This should be complete enough to be adaptable to problems. Relationship between the present and previous procedures, with the important modifications of the present procedures should be discussed and cited.

Results and Discussion

The Results and Discussion should be presented with clarity and precision. Results should be written in form of a report about the findings of the authors' experiments or investigations. Results should be illustrated with figures or tables, where necessary. Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals, each with a short descriptive caption at the top, consecutively. Figures or illustrations should be numbered in Arabic numerals, each with a short descriptive caption below the figure/illustration, sequentially. The Discussion should interpret the findings in view of the results obtained and the results in the literature. The contributions that are in the paper should be clearly stated.

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements of funding or financial support can also be stated here (brief). Any assistance (technical or advice) rendered by any agency/body/individual may be equally acknowledged. The position for acknowledgements is at the end of the text, before the references.

References: In the text, a reference identified by means of an author’s name should be followed by the date of the reference in parentheses (e.g. “According to his report, Ipinyomi (2005)........” or “Previous studies showed that .....(Adebiyi et al., 2020)” ). When there are more than two authors, only the first author‘s name should be mentioned, followed by et al. (e.g. Adebiyi et al. (1992)).

In the event that an author cited has had two or more works published during the same year, the reference, both in the text and in the reference list, should be identified by a lower case letter like ‘a’ and ‘b’ after the date to distinguish the works. For instance, Adebiyi et al., 2020a. References should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical and chronological order (without numbering).

References should be listed as given below:

Examples:

Adeleke, B. L. and Ipinyomi, R. A. (1999): Optimal row-column designs of size (6,b,2,3) as subsets of

        amalgamated BIBDS. Nigerian Journal of Science, 33, 199 – 214.

Adeniyi, J. O. and Adimula, I. A. (1995): Comparing the F2-Layer Model of IRI with observations

       at Ibadan. Adv. Space Sci. Res. 15 (2), 141-144.

Obaleye, J. A. and Sams, L. C. (1980): Pentafluorophenylbromine (V) tetrafluoride. Inorg.

       Nucl.Chem. Lett. 16, 343 – 347.

Odebunmi, E. O. and Ollis, D. F. (1983): Catalytic hydodeoxygenation II: Interactions between

        catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of m-cresol and hydrodesulphurization  of benzothiophene and

         dibenzothiophene. J. Catal. 80, 65 - 73.

Odutola, J. A. and Adekola, F. A. (1987): Computation of character tables for the permutation

         group of weakly bound polymer molecules. Mol. Phys. 60, 1395 - 1413.

Gradshteyn, I. S. And Ryzhik, I. M. (1994): Tables of Integrals, Series and Products, 5^th edn.,

           Academic Press, New York, 212 - 213.

Yanez, R. J. (1995): Information Entropy, Orthogonal Polynomials and Multielectronic Systems

          (PhD Thesis, Universidad de Granada).

 Note that papers accepted for publication automatically implies that the copyright of the paper is transferred to the Ilorin Journal of Science.

Cover letter

 The cover letter should include the corresponding author's full address and phone number and should be in an e-mail message sent to the Editor, with the file, whose name should begin with the first author's surname, as an attachment.

Page Charges and Reprints

Author(s) will receive a PDF copy and a copy of the Journal. Page charges will be included in the letter of provisional acceptance to the Author(s).

Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts, clearly written in concise English Language should be submitted online at http://iljs.org.ng. Where there are technical hitches, author should contact write to: ooladipo@unilorin.edu.ng and copy to tolanvent@yahoo.com

Note: submission via email will not be processed.