Objective
African Chronicles research publication journals (ACRP Journals) is driven by need of transparent standards in reporting and ongoing exigencies of publication platform for the numerous higher degree researchers (HDR) in Africa. Hence, the African Chronicles research publication journals will be focused on serving HDR students in Africa including overseas’ students whose projects are either domiciled in Africa or involve Africans as major research participants. The ACRP journals also welcome research reports from undergraduates and Honours students as well as research Term Papers in forms of either critical appraisal or perspective-in-practice.
Types of articles
Further information on the specifications for each type of article, see table 1: Article types and their specifications.
Manuscript submission
Manuscripts must be submitted:
Manuscript formatting
See templates and select the most appropriate from table 1: Article types and their specifications. For original research reports, detailed study design is required. See table 2: Research design considerations for clues.
All manuscripts must be written in English language, British spelling.
Graphical (figures and tables) presentation of statistical results should be done with excel and presented in editable format.
References & referencing
APA, and the reference list must include complete/direct URL. References to sources without URL should be consciously minimized to absolute necessity and a maximum two.
Table 1: Article types and their specifications
|
Types |
Article subtype |
Basic standard |
Format |
Abstract limit |
Graphics† |
Refs |
Peer-review (JBI std) |
|
Original research report‡ |
Short report |
≤ 2 specific objectives |
Template 1 |
200 words |
4 |
25 |
CASP checklist or JBI |
|
Full length |
≥ 3 specific objectives |
300 words |
6 |
50 |
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Review article |
Systematic review |
Prisma chart |
Template 2 |
JBI ‘SR’ |
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Narrative review |
SANRA table |
Template 3 |
SANRA scale or JBI ‘NR’ |
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Critical appraisal |
Referenced standard |
Template 4 |
200 words |
3 |
20 |
CASP or JBI qualitative |
|
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Perspectives in practice |
Case report (health, only) |
CARE//JBI checklist |
CARE checklist or JBI |
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Viewpoint |
Expert opinion |
JBI ‘expert opinion’ |
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Proposal or protocol |
Proposal |
|
|
150 |
4 |
15 |
|
|
Protocol |
|
|
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Keys:
*Introduction to conclusion, only; †Figures and/or tables; ‡Details required for study design
SR: systematic review, NR: narrative review
Checklists: CARE case report (Riley & IMI LLC, 2013; Riley et al., 2017), CASP (CASP UK – OAP Ltd, 2024), JBI (JBI, 2024), and SANRA (Baethge et al., 2019)
Table 2: Research design considerations
|
Subsection |
Design 1 |
Design 2 |
Design 3 |
Design 4 |
Design 5 |
|
Population study type |
Pilot |
Cross-sectional |
Retrospective |
Prospective |
Intervention |
|
Sampling method |
Convenience sampling |
Random sampling |
Quota & systematic |
Random & stratified |
Randomization |
|
Data types |
Focus group discussion |
Survey closed-ended |
Numerical: continuous |
Numerical: interval |
Likert scaled survey |
|
Statistical analysis |
Thematic |
Descriptive analysis |
Regression analysis |
MANOVA |
ANOVA |
Declarations
Acknowledgements:
Conflict of interest:
Data repository (University base):
Funding:
Professional editing:
Reference list examples
Baethge, C., Goldbeck-Wood, S., & Mertens, S. (2019). SANRA-a scale for the quality assessment of narrative review articles. Res Integr Peer Rev, 4, 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-019-0064-8
CASP UK – OAP Ltd. (2024). Critical appraisal checklists. Critical Appraisal Skills Programme. Retrieved 24th May, 2024 from https://casp-uk.net/casp-tools-checklists/
JBI. (2024). Critical appraisal tools. Retrieved 24th May, 2024 from https://jbi.global/critical-appraisal-tools
Riley, D., & IMI LLC. (2013). 2013 CARE Checklist. CARE case report guidelines. Retrieved 24th May, 2024 from https://www.care-statement.org/checklist
Riley, D. S., Barber, M. S., Kienle, G. S., Aronson, J. K., von Schoen-Angerer, T., Tugwell, P., Kiene, H., Helfand, M., Altman, D. G., Sox, H., Werthmann, P. G., Moher, D., Rison, R. A., Shamseer, L., Koch, C. A., Sun, G. H., Hanaway, P., Sudak, N. L., Kaszkin-Bettag, M., . . . Gagnier, J. J. (2017). CARE guidelines for case reports: explanation and elaboration document. J Clin Epidemiol, 89, 218-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.04.026
Peer-review process
The ACRP journals will perform a rigorous unbiased peer-review for every article by in two ways:
Authors are required to suggested at least two reviewers including a mix if one practitioner and one academic. Where there is apparent disagreement between the two reviewers, a member of Editorial board will be invited as arbiter.
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