Information to audience
General:
The vision of SJSIS is to be one of the most preferable journals in Africa with the mission of disseminating quality publication to the wider readership. The Salale- Journal of Social and Indigenous Studies (SJSIS), which is hosted by the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, of Salale University, is an open access peer-reviewed journal published in both printed and online versions (the online version is free to publish, to access and download) it published two times in a year (August and February). It aims to provide a platform for the research community to share their findings, insights and views about all aspects of Social Sciences and Indigenous Studies.
Salale Journal of Social and Indigenous Studies is an open access peer-reviewed journal published in both printed and online versions. The online version is free to access and download. The journal will be published two times in a year (August and February). It aims to provide a platform for the research community to share their findings, insights and views about all aspects of social sciences, humanities, linguistics, language learning and teaching issues (education at large) Journalism. The journal accepts the research papers from the diverse fields of social sciences, indigenous studies (languages, humanities) and allied disciplines. The quality research in the areas of applied linguistics, communication, public relations, media studies, environmental studies, cultural studies, education, Psychology and related fields, is also invited for its publication in the journal. Papers can be submitted in the form of full-length original research, review articles, book reviews, pilot studies, brief communication, commentaries, and editorials - Policies, news and comment or letters to editor.
The journal published in three languages (it is trilingual journal in, English, Amharic and Afa an Oromoo). The number of articles per issue is five to seven. The articles will share equally from one issue for the three languages, if the issue is going to contain 6 articles the share for English is two, and the other four are shared equally for Amharic and Afa an Oromoo. Based on the number of articles submitted for the issue, the allotted number might be varied in a certain condition. At least one article from the three languages (i.e. English, Amharic and Afa an Oromoo) will be published per an issue. The language editor assigned for all the three languages (i.e. English, Amharic and Afa an Oromoo) based on the standard usage of each language.
Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted in an A4 paper in single spacing (for cost minimization of the printed version). Each paragraph must be separated by space, and the space between paragraphs must be single.
Margin: The margin size is 1.5 inch from the left and 1 from right, top and bottom. Online Submission: To facilitate the rapid publication and reduce administrative costs, SJSIS accepts only electronic submissions in word. Manuscripts must be submitted online by logging in through the University website.
Article Length: Original manuscripts should not exceed 7500 to 8000 words. Book review and Article Review should not exceed 4000 and 5000 words respectively. Editorial preferably consist of no more than 2,000 to 2,500 words and usually do not have subheadings. Brief communication should not exceed 5 pages. Title: The title should be concise, short and informative.
