AUTHOR GUIDELINES
Submission:
Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically to socialreview2024@gmail.com. All manuscripts should be attached in a single Microsoft Word file.
Types of Articles:
Two types of manuscripts may be submitted:
1. Regular Articles
2. Book Reviews
Review and Publication Process:
Paper is sent to 2 reviewers for reviewing (double blind). The reviewers’ recommendations determine whether a paper will be accepted / accepted subject change / subject to resubmission with significant changes / rejected. For Papers which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable.
Structure:
Manuscripts must be set out in the following order – Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text under sub-headings including Figure Captions, Figures, and then Tables, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, Appendix, and References. Manuscripts can be in, Sinhala, Tamil and English.
Title Page
Abstract
Key words
Please give 4 or 5 key words in alphabetic order by using italic format. (avoid words like ‘and’ & ‘of’).
Word Limits
A manuscript should be around 4000 to 5000 words and not exceed 6000 words including references and endnotes.
Text formatting
The full research article/ manuscript should consist of the major elements, namely: Introduction/ background, problem statement, objective(s), literature survey, methodology, results and discussion, conclusion and references.
Font:
Referencess
APA 7th edition should be used to reference. All references should be ordered in alphabetically.
Copyright:
Submitted manuscripts should be original work of author / authors. The manuscripts that have been published or accepted for publication elsewhere will not be considered. The Editorial Board adopts strict rules to prevent plagiarism.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr. M. Mohamed Firose
Chief Editor
Journal of Social Review
Department of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Culture
South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
University Park, Oluvil #32360 Sri Lanka.
Mobile 0770414305