For Authors

The Nigerian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences publishes original articles and reviews on pharmaceutical and related clinical and basic sciences. It will also serve as a medium for publicising and communicating the ever growing and changing development in the field of pharmacy practice. The journal will further serve as a medium for continuing Education and Pharmacy.

Communication published in this journal comprise articles, short communication, reviews and letters to the editors.

1. Articles – are intended for presentation of such findings of original scientific research in unabbreviated form.
2. Short communication – are intended for presentation of such findings, which do not warrant full length publication, or of preliminary finding for rapid publication.
3. Review articles – are intended to evaluate existing state of knowledge on a particular aspect of pharmaceutical and/or allied basic and medical sciences. Reviews are usually solicited by the journal however, persons interested in writing a review paper for the journal should contact the editorial office.
4. Letters to the Editor – are a forum for discussion for readers wishing to comment briefly on matter of general interest or on papers published in this journal.

The language of the journal is English. Papers from within and outside the country will be considered for publication. This journal will only consider original articles which have not been published previously or not considered in part of whole for publication elsewhere in the same or any other language. As a policy the opinion or reviewers with cognate expertise in the subject will be sought before decision is made as to whether the paper should be accepted, rejected or returned to the authors for revision. Authors will usually be notified of the decision not more than four weeks after submission of a paper.

Authors should prepare their manuscripts submitted to the journal exactly according to instruction provided. Manuscripts which do not follow the format and style of the journal, may be returned to the authors for revision or may be rejected. The journal reserve the exclusive right to make any further changes and language corrections necessary in a manuscript accepted for publication so that it conforms to the requirement of the journal.