Nigerian Journal of Engineering Research

Scientific papers shall be precise and concise. The main chapters should be characterized by appropriate headings. Footnotes shall be placed at the bottom of the same page and consecutively numbered. Those relating to the title should be marked by an asterix, others by superscript Arabic numerals. Footnotes relating to the tables shall be printed under the table and marked by small letters in alphabetical order. Latin names shall be printed in italics

Main sections of a manuscript

1.        Authors
2.        Title
3.        Abstract
4.        Keywords
5.        Introduction
6.        Materials and methods
7.        Results and discussion
8.        Conclusion
9.        Acknowledgments and funding information (optional)
10.        References

1. Authors

You should list all authors who played a significant role in developing the points presented in the manuscript.
Also you should:

•        provide ORCID ID for all authors
•        provide full affiliation information (full institutional address and ZIP code, and e-mail address) for all authors, and
•        indicate who is/are the corresponding author(s).
Being an author implies full responsibility for the paper's content and that the paper conforms to our editorial policies. Anyone who has contributed but does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgments section. The involvement of any writing assistance must be declared.

2. Title

Please provide a concise and specific title that clearly reflects the content of the article.

3. Abstract

Abstract should be up to 200 words long and provide a concise summary of the manuscript. They should content background, methods, results, and conclusions. Citations should not be used in the abstract.

4. Keywords

Authors should supply up to five relevant keywords that describe the subject of their paper. These will improve the visibility of your paper.

5. Introduction

Introduction should define the problem and if possible the framework of existing knowledge, to ensure that readers not working in that particular field are able to understand author's intentions. The introductory part should clearly describe the aim of the research. Sufficient references to relevant previous publications along with a brief discussion and conclusions of past research should be given. A short section explaining the relevance of the presented research in that context should be included. It should be pointed out why the methodology used in the present study was chosen and why it will provide new insights.

6. Materials and methods

Materials and methods should be as precise as possible to enable other scientists to repeat the experiment. Detailed description is required only for new techniques and procedures, while the known methods must be cited in the references with only a short description of the procedure. For all chemicals and equipment used, full data should be given, including the name of the product, company/manufacturer (do not cite suppliers, only manufacturers), city and country (state and country) of origin. For all equipment, model number should also be provided. Computer software, search tools and databases should be cited in the reference list. Information about the origin of samples (e.g. region, country of origin, wood species, etc.) must be given in detail. The sampling design should be described (controls, number of samples, treatments, measured variables, replication, final form of data etc.). Statistical procedures and software used to analyze the results, including the probability level at which the significance was determined, should be described and cited.

7. Results and discussion

The results should involve only material pertinent to the subject. The metric system shall be used. SI units are recommended. Used physical values, symbols and units should be explained at their first appearance in the text. Formulas should be written by using Equation Editor. Units shall be written in normal (upright) letters, physical symbols and factors in italics. Formulas shall be consecutively numbered with Arabic numerals in parenthesis (e.g. (1)) at the end of the line.

Results and discussion should be written as one combined section in order to simplify the presentation. The body of the Results and discussion section is a text-based presentation of the key findings which includes references to each of the tables and figures. This text should interpret the results relating to the problem outlined in the introduction and to related observations by the author(s) or other researchers.

Tables and/or figures should be sequenced to present the key findings in a logical order and assigned numbers in order in which they are referred to in the text.

Discussion should not be merely the repetition of the obtained results and should address each of the experiments or studies for which the results are presented. It should provide authors' interpretation of the significance of the obtained results. The findings should be related to the previous studies the authors and other investigators have done. Crucial information in the research should be emphasized and interpreted in the context of previously published work

8. Conclusions

This section must not be merely the repetition of the content of the preceding sections. It cannot be omitted or merged with the previous section. Conclusion should concisely and clearly explain the significance and novelty of the results obtained in the presented work. References are not to be cited here.

9. Acknowledgements and funding

Acknowledgements to colleagues, institutions or companies for support, donations or any other assistance need to be put at the end of the manuscript, before references. Contributors mentioned here cannot be considered as authors of the manuscript.
If the presented data are a result of a funded project or grant, details of all funding sources for the research should be written here. Authors should provide full official funding agency name(s) and grant number(s). If needed, the relevant agency and grant number can be stated for each author, in which case only authors' initials should be written.

10. References

Clearly state all references for the work using a proper referencing style.