Prospective authors are invited to submit original manuscripts by using the submission link. Authors are advised to adhere strictly to the Author's Guide in order to ensure that their submissions are processed as fast as possible.

All listed authors must make substantial contribution to the manuscript being submitted and it is the sole responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that. It is also the duty of the corresponding author to get the consent of all contributing authors before submission. By submitting an article to Jorie, the corresponding author agrees to bear responsibility for any dispute arising from authorship status. Authors are also advised to discuss the order of authorship listing on the manuscript before submission to forestall potential dispute regarding authorship or the order thereof. To qualify as an authors, a person should have taken part in one or more of the following work phases:

In order to avoid unnecessary conflict, all authors should take part in the following:

The corresponding author is required, on behalf of other contributing authors, to fill, sign and submit the copyright form and statement of originality form immediately the manuscript is accepted

It is the duty of the corresponding author to ensure that the names and affiliations of all contributing authors are entered during paper submission. Names of authors should be entered in full without any prefixes (e.g.. Prof, Doc, Engr, etc.). Only persons whose names are captured on the list of contributors will be listed as authors during publication. The Journal will not tolerate smuggling in of authors after paper acceptance.

All articles published in Jorie must undergo peer review. Peer review is defined as obtaining advice on individual manuscripts from reviewers. Papers submitted to Jorie are usually sent out for review after initial editorial screening. Articles will be subjected to and must pass a plagiarism check before they can be sent out for peer review.

Jorie uses a double-blind review system in which the author and reviewer do not know each other. This ensures that there is no conflict of interest, high confidentiality and for objective reviewing of articles for qualitative publications. Review takes approximately 3 months from date of receipt of paper. Papers submitted to Jorie are usually sent out for review after initial editorial screening. Articles will be subjected to and must pass a plagiarism check before it can be sent out for peer review.

A key policy is that articles submitted to Jorie should not have been nor will be submitted to any other journal or conference while still under review or after being accepted for publication.

The corresponding author will be notified of acceptance/rejection of paper, this includes payment of processing charges. Copy-editing of the submitted manuscript starts immediately the article processing charge (APC) is paid. The corresponding author will be informed on completion (via email address submitted) to proofread the copy-edited manuscript, identify and correct errors (if any). Usually, the corresponding author will receive an email notification from our manuscript management system that copy-editing is complete. All corrections are made once only and returned within one week, otherwise the paper publication may be delayed. Upon online publication all authors registered on our website will be notified by e-mail immediately. A PDF of the paper with complete citation details can be downloaded by all authors from the journal website. Hard copies are only issued on demand at the expense of the other party. Jorie Issues are published quarterly in March, June, September and December. Average time between submission and publication is currently 3 months.

With effect from September 01, 2022, all manuscripts submitted shall be subject to a flat article processing charge of sixty thousand Naira (#60,000) ortwo hundred USD ($200)only, payable upon acceptance. This amounts to a drastic reduction of the variable page charges that authors were charged in the past. The journal will no longer mass-produce hard copies of the journal except upon author's request. Such requests will therefore attract printing and postage service charges that will be communicated to the author via email. Upon acceptance, authors are to make their payments to Jorie's bank account with details below:

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Once peer review process has been initiated, you will no longer be able to withdraw your manuscript unless the process lingers for over six months. If you decide to withdraw your manuscript during peer review, then you will pay the Journal a processing charge of ten thousand Naira (#10,000.00) only and then serve us a withdrawal notice. If you decide to withdraw your paper after peer review, you will pay the journal a processing charge of twenty thousand Naira (#20,000). All requests for manuscript withdrawal must be in the form of an official letter of withdrawal signed by all authors and sent as an attachment to the Editor in Chief at Jorie.tech@uniuyo.edu.ng

Any manuscript submitted to the Nigerian Journal of Technology must NOT be under consideration by any other journal. This implies that the manuscripts submitted to the Nigerian Journal of Technology must be (i) original papers that have not been submitted to any other journal or (ii) original papers that have been conclusively processed by other journals but not found suitable for publication. Authors are highly discouraged from submission of the same manuscript to multiple journals as this is a violation of article publication ethics.

The contents of the articles are the sole opinion of the author(s) and not of Jorie. Jorie is OPEN ACCESS implying that all contents become available immediately after publication for ease of dissemination. Dissemination of articles has to be in whole, not in parts. A key policy is that articles submitted to Jorie should not have been nor will be submitted to any other journal or conference while still under review or after being accepted for publication. Acopyright and statement of originality documents should be filled, signed and submitted prior to publication of an accepted article. The copyright form can be downloaded from COPYRIGHT FORM.pdf (Jorie.com)

Authors must ensure that they have no conflict of interest regarding the research they intend to publish in Jorie. All potential conflicts of interest or resemblance thereof should be stated at the end of the manuscript, before the references.

By going ahead to submit your manuscript, you are agreeing to these terms and conditions.