Journal Description

Aims and Scope

Journal of Economics and Allied Research (JEAR) is a peer-reviewed open access journal published by the Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

The journal accepts state of the art research in the following areas: All areas of mainstream economics as well as other areas such as education, environment, health, economics geography, development issues, social and cultural issues, petroleum and energy economics, political economy, and public policy.

The journal publishes articles quarterly (March, June, September and December Issues). The journal can also publish more than four times a year depending on the rate of submission and also based on editorial board’s decision.  Articles involving cross sectional, cross country, time series and panel studies are welcome. In selecting articles for publication (from articles that have passed the review process) the journal will endeavour to strike a balance among the subject areas and methodological approaches. In order to facilitate the speed of acceptance, articles addressing current economic problems or challenges with specific policy relevance will be given priority.

Journal Publication Policy and Ethics

• Review mechanism: peer review involving two reviewers and editorial review.


• Plagiarism checks: All submitted articles are subjected to plagiarism checks in order to maintain ethical standards in its published articles. Authors whose papers fail plagiarism checks will have their papers desk-rejected and will also be barred from submitting articles to the journal for two years.


• Ethics policy

The editorial board of the Journal of Economics and Allied Research (JEAR) follows the standards of editorial ethics in line with the international ethical rules of scientific publications and every makes effort to prevent them from being violated. The editorial board strictly adheres to all the recommendations of the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE, more details: https://publicationethics.org/resources).

The editorial board of the Journal of Economics and Allied Research (JEAR) confirms that there are no abusive tendencies (bad faith) among all participants in the publishing process: authors, editors, reviewers, and the founders of the journal.

• Open Access Statement and Copyright License

Journal of Economics and Allied Research (JEAR) is an Open Access Journal. All articles are published under the CC-BY Creative Commons attribution license (CC-BY, version 4.0). This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

All rights belong to the Centre for Contemporary Economics and Allied Research, Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Authors submitting their articles to the journal automatically give their consent for publication under these conditions.

The authors who submit the article for publication is responsible for the use of copyrighted sources included in the manuscript, being correctly mentioned in the bibliographic references. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.

The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations. The submitting author is responsible for securing any permission needed for the reuse of copyrighted materials included in the manuscript.

Any usage rights are regulated through the Creative Commons License. The CC BY license lets others distribute, transmit, and build upon your work, transmit and adapt the work, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.