The journal accepts original research, reviews, commentaries, book reviews on any area of the social sciences and related disciplines in the Arts/Humanities, Management Sciences etc.
Articles within these fields are accepted and peer-reviewed for publication. All articles should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office at editor.wjss@gmail.com, jcocodia41@gmail.com, or endurance.uzobo@ndu.edu.ng

After submission, the Editorial Office will normally acknowledge receipt of the article within 48 hours of submission. Nevertheless, the authors of the manuscript are strongly advised to go through the details of the submission guidelines concerning proper formatting before submitting their manuscripts to avoid articles from being rejected. It should be noted that all manuscripts submitted for publication must not have been published or under consideration by any other journal or publication outlets.

Manuscript Preparation

All manuscripts submitted to WJSS should be typewritten in MS Word; Times New Roman;
Font 12 points; and double-spaced on an A4 paper with 3.5 cm margin on the left, and 3.0 cm
margins at the top and bottom of the page. Manuscripts are received in the English language alone.

Title of Manuscript

The title of manuscripts should be explicit and concise showing type and location of study, and
should not be more than 25 words.

Abstracts
The abstract of any manuscript should be concise and informative not exceeding 250 words. It should encapsulate the objective of the study, theoretical framework (if any), materials and methods, findings, and conclusion. Five keywords that are to be used for indexing should also be provided immediately below the abstract and arranged alphabetically.

Title Page

The title page should contain the title of the paper with the authors’ details. Authors’ surnames should be written in capital letters, and the address should follow the authors’ names. The corresponding author should be indicated by a superscript asterisk on the last initial and his/her email address and telephone number should be included in a footnote.

Arrangement of Text

The text should normally be organised into the following sections: Abstract, Introduction,
Theoretical Framework, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion of Findings, Conclusion,
Recommendations, Acknowledgments (if any), Funding (if any), Conflict of Interests (if any) and
References. The introduction section of the article should contain an up-to-date review of the literature to give sufficient background information and objective(s) of the study as well as make evident the incremental contribution to knowledge being made to sociology, anthropology and related disciplines. The materials and methods section should explicitly describe the procedures used in conducting the study to enable others to interpret results or duplicate the work. Where previously used methods are modified, the requisite publication should be adequately cited and the
modification described. Results from the study should be presented without duplicating data from Tables and Figures. The discussion should explain results, relate findings to previous knowledge, and state the implications of the findings.

REFERENCE STYLE

References and citation should follow the latest version of the APA format of the name and year system. All in-text references used in the manuscript must appear at the final references, Examples of citations include:

Articles;

El Amin, K.A. (2016).  The state, land and conflicts in the Sudan. International Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 3(1), 7-18.

Ibaba, I.S., Sibiri, E., & Barikor, I.B. (2019). Traditional system of environmental protection       and climate change mitigation and adaptation in Bayelsa State. Wilberforce Journal of the Social Sciences, special issue no. 1; 1-11.

Ayinmoro, A.D., Uzobo, E., Teibowei, B.J., & Fred, J.B. (2020). Sexting and other risky sexual               behaviour among female students in a Nigerian academic institution. Journal of Taibah          University Medical Sciences, 15(2): 116-121. doi:10.1016/j.jtumed.2020.02.007

Book and Book Chapters

Cocodia, J. (2017). Peace keeping and the African Union: Building negative peace.Routledge

Nyananyo, B.L (2012). “Environmental degradation and eco-tourism in the Niger Delta    Environment: The case of the Edumanom forest reserve”, In: E.J Alagoa, B.L Nyananyo, & A.A Allison (eds).        The Niger Delta Environment as Resource and            Reserve. Onyoma Research Publications

Newspaper/Magazines

Adekola, O. (February, 2018).Nigeria’s conflict is a result of environmental devastation    across              West Africa. The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/nigerias-          conflict-is-a-result-of-environmental-            devastation-across-west-africa-91694