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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The following questions and answers are designed to help you understand the Global Online Journal of Academic Research (GOJAR) and its research-paper publishing programme.
Who are the publishers of GOJAR?
Global Online Journal of Academic Research (GOJAR) is one of the international academic journals published by Klamidas.com, a notable academic publisher and webhost, in partnership with the Division of General Studies, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) – formerly Anambra State University.
What is the main goal of GOJAR?
The main goal of the publishers of the Global Online Journal of Academic Research (GOJAR) is to use this periodical to enhance the capacity of academics in ALL disciplines to publish their quality academic papers and receive email alerts detailing references made to their papers by other researchers across the globe. GOJAR’s standard features and distinctive tools would ensure that this objective is competently realized for every scholar whose paper is published by the journal.
What disciplines are covered by GOJAR journal?
GOJAR is a multidisciplinary journal that covers all disciplines. It accepts quality research papers from scholars in the humanities and the social sciences, physical and natural sciences, engineering and IT technologies, management sciences, environmental sciences, medical sciences, among others.
What kind of periodical is GOJAR?
GOJAR is a bimonthly journal (published every two months). It is published in February, April, June, August, October, and December.
What features make GOJAR different from other journals?
Among the features that make GOJAR different from many other academic journals are the following:
- GOJAR is published on GOJAR web pages and on Google Scholar.
- It offers every author life-time online archive of their published paper.
- It tracks & relays to your email (up to 24 months after your paper’s publication) references to your paper made by other academics across the globe.
- It offers free plagiarism check and paper amendment advisory services.
- It offers free proof-reading/editing services.
- Provides share buttons on your paper’s unique GOJAR web page.
- Issues digital Certificate of Publication to author(s) of each paper.
What if I want GOJAR to continue tracking and relaying to my email references made to my paper by other academics after the first 24 months of GOJAR’s publication of my paper?
All you need do, in that case, is to sign up for GOJAR’s “Track & Relay” service after the first 24 months of your paper’s publication.
When do I submit my paper for publishing consideration?
You can submit your paper at any time. If accepted, your paper will be published in the next bimonthly issue of the journal.
How much does it cost to publish a paper in GOJAR?
You will pay only $35 or ₦45,000 to publish your paper after we have reviewed and accepted it for publication. The payment covers online publication of your paper, official review report, indexing, life-time archive of your paper and cost of continuously sustaining it online.
How do I pay my paper-publication fee?
The first step to being published by GOJAR is to submit your paper. The letter conveying the Editorial Board’s acceptance of your paper will indicate how you will pay your paper-publication fee.
What happens after I submit my paper to GOJAR?
Your paper, as submitted, is peer-reviewed, and either approved or disapproved. If approved, that approval is communicated to you and you will be asked to pay the paper-publication fee to enable GOJAR proceed with further processing of your paper. After your fee is received, your paper is checked for plagiarism and editing/presentation errors; thereafter, your paper’s web page is designed and hosted. If copyright infringements are identified in your paper, the editor-in-chief might correct them or your attention may be drawn to them and you will be asked to correct them. GOJAR will guide you on how to rework and resubmit your paper for publication if you have paid its publication fee.
What would make GOJAR refuse to publish my paper?
GOJAR would refuse to publish any paper that is poorly researched, contains plagiarized materials, libelous statements or pornographic matter.
What if a submitted paper fails GOJAR’s plagiarism test after the author has paid the submission fee, would GOJAR refund the author’s money?
No, but such authors would be entitled to being published by GOJAR in the next issue of the journal or any other future issue if they avail themselves of any of these two remedial options:
- substantially rework their paper, painstakingly excising all aspects of the paper lifted from someone else’s work or expressly using quotation marks to identify such portions and clearly indicating their authors.
- submit another well-research and properly-referenced paper for the consideration of GOJAR Editorial Board.
Do you publish hard-copy editions of GOJAR?
GOJAR is primarily an online journal and the aforesaid payment covers only the online publication which anyone can have access to any time.
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