As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the e-mail to the editor at jsr@sjp.ac.lk
Authors are advised to follow the Author Guidelines in preparing the manuscript before submission.
Review and Publication Process
Manuscript is sent to 2 reviewers for review. The reviewers' recommendations determine whether a manuscript will be accepted / accepted subject to revision / subject to resubmission with major revisions / rejected.
For manuscript which require revisions, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable.
If the manuscript is accepted by the reviewers, author(s) will be notified about the possible date of publication (online).
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines:
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Descriptions
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Page size:
A4
2
Margins:
1 inch from each side
3
Space between rows.
2 (double) – *Except titles, tables, figures, and references.
4
Font sizes
Topics: 14 Bold, UPPERCASE
Sub-topics: 12 Bold
Content: 12 (including tables, figures and references).
5
Alignment
Justify - *Except titles, tables, and figures.
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Font
Sinhala: FMAbhaya
Tamil:
English: Times New Roman
7
Title of the Manuscript
Font Size 14, Line Space 1, Bold, Centered
8
Name & Affiliation of the Author(s)
INITIALS Surname*1, INITIALS Surname2 and INITIALS Surname3 [font size 12, line space 1, bold, centered]
1Affiliation of First Author (E.g., Department, Institute/University), 2affiliation of Second Author, 3Affiliation of Third Author [Font size 11, line space 1, centered]
*author@abc.com [Corresponding author - email: font size 10, line space 1, centered]
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Abstract
Maximum up to 250 words.
10
Keywords
Maximum five in alphabetical order .
11
Introduction
State the background of the study, problem statement, objectives, literature reviews, limitations & significance of the study.
12
Materials and Methods
Should give an overview of the tools, techniques, and tools employed, as well as how the study was carried out, how the data was obtained and what statistical methods used to analyze the data.
13
Results and Discussion
Results should be clear and concise and it can be exploring the significance of the results of the study
14
Conclusion
The main conclusion of the study may be presented in a short Conclusion section.
15
References
Use APA 7 Referencing Style, 11 Points, Regular, Line Space 1, Right Intend, justify
16
Tables
Tables should be clear and legible. Each table should have a brief title, which should appear at the top of the table with the table number.
Fonts 08 points, line space 1, centered
Sours must mention in the below
17
Figures
All graphical illustrations, flow charts, line drawings etc. are considered as figures. Number and the title of the figures should be indicated below them.
Font 11 points, line space 1, centered
Sours must mention in the below
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Word limit:
4000-7000 words including references and appendices
Articles
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