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UNN Researchers Guest Edit a Scopus-Indexed Journal

A Special Issue of the journal, African Population Studies/Etude de la Population Africaine focusing on University of Nigeria Nsukka research and post-2015 development agenda has just been published . African Population Studies is an open access journal of the Union for African Population Studies. It has been publishing regularly since 1986, and is indexed in Scopus (SJR and SNIP), IBSS, Bioline and many other international databases.
The Volume 32, No 2 (2018) Supplement Special Issue of African Population Studies was guest edited by three researchers of the Faculty of the Social Sciences: Drs.  Chukwuedozie Ajaero, Chidi Nzeadibe & Christian Ezeibe.
Publication of this themed issue by the Faculty of the Social Sciences is the first of its kind in an indexed international Journal. Thirty (30) academic staff of the University published their current research related to the SDGs in the special edition, and this is expected to contribute significantly to enhancing the Global Visibility of UNN.
Attached is the Introduction to the Special Issue. To access all the ten (10) articles in the Special Issue visit: http://aps.journals.ac.za/pub/issue/view/91.
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