Editorial Process

Open Access Policy

This journal provides gold open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Lokoja Journal of Information Science Research is an open access journal. Publishing with us means that your article will be free to access online immediately upon publication, increasing the visibility, readership and impact of your research. All works (including texts, images, graphs, tables, diagrams, photographs and statistical data) may be used for non-commercial purposes, citing appropriately the original work. The journal is currently indexed by Google Scholar.

Plagiarism Check

LJISR publishes original works. All manuscripts submitted to LJISR will be subjected to a plagiarism check for similarity and AI score. Only manuscripts with acceptable similarity scores will move forward in the review process.

Article Publishing Charge

Author(s) will be required to pay ten thousand naira (10,000) as a plagiarism check/reviewer fee.

Author(s) will be asked to pay an article publishing charge (APC) of thirty thousand naira (30,000) Naira or its equivalent.

Note: Only manuscripts found to have met the journal's (LJISR) editorial process and reviews will pay the APC.

Publication Format: Lokoja Journal of Information Science Research (LJISR) will be printed in both print and electronic format (online)

Publication Frequency: Lokoja Journal of Information Science Research publishes biannually in June and December