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Author Guidelines

Submission:

• Completed papers shall be sent to bhumi@uom.lk to be sent to reviewers.
• Reviewer’s comments will be sent to the authors at the earliest possible date and upon the receipt, the authors need to send final papers within 2 weeks for editorial checks.

Format

• MS Word

Title

• At the top of the front paper , Size 14 Bold

Author/Co Authors

• Name with Institution, Contact details etc. immediately below title
• Size 12

Page Numbering

• YES

Font

• Font: Times New Roman
• Size: 12
• Line Spacing: SINGLE

Number of Words

• 3000-6000

Language:

• English

Abstract

• Articles must include an abstract (not more than 150 words) with five keywords (not more than 05 key words), body of text, and a list of references.

Margin of the paper

• Top: 1”
• Bottom: 1”
• Right: 1”
• Left: 1.5”

Subheadings

• No more than 3 levels is preferred.
• Level 1: Left-justified, bold and lower case. (e.g. Symbolic landscapes of …)
• Level 2: Left-justified, in italic and lower case. (e.g. The discourse of …)
• Level 3: Left-justified, in normal and lower case. (e.g. The monuments of …)

Quotation

• Long quotes are in normal, and to be indicated in reduced font size to 11.
• If quoting a phrase, please use:……‟ (Do not use “ …”)

Notes:

• Use Endnotes, No Footnotes
• Font size of the endnote should be 10.
• Use numbering to show each note with 1. 2. 3. 4

Abbreviation

• E.g. URA (Urban Renewal Authority), specific in the first time appeared in the paper.

References

Include all reference in a list in the alphabetical order by author’s last name, at the end of the paper

Article (Journal):
Dijkink, G. (2000) European capital cities as political frontiers. GeoJournal 51, 65-71,

Same with the Translation of an Article: [ ] is the English translation
Omori, M. (1982) Toshishakaijigyō seiritsuki ni okeru chōkansō to minpponshugi [Middle class and democracy in a formative years of urban social policies]. Hisutoria [Historia] 97, 58-75 (In Japanese).
or
Vermeulen, A. and D. Hendrickx (1991) Vierenveertig operationele herwaarderingsgebieden: toelichting en perspectieven [ ]. Planeloisch Nieuws [ ] 11.3, 202-13 (In Beligum).

Newspaper:
Wordie, J. (2001) Tales of heritage denied. South China Morning Post, Features 1 March, 2.
Or
The South China Morning Post, 11 December, 2002.

Magazine:
Jiang, X. (2002) Stealing the land. Far Eastern Economic Review, February, 7.

Book:
Massey, D. (1991) A global sense of place. Marxism Today June, 24-9.

Same with the Translation of the book : [ ] is the English translation
Nagahama, I. (1987) Kokumin Seishin Sōdōin no Shisō to Kōzō [Thought and Structure of National Spiritual Mobilisation]. Akashi Shōten [Akashi Shoten Co. Ltd.], Tokyo (In Japanese).

Book Chapter:
Massey, D. (1993) Power-geometry and a progressive sense of place. In J. Bird, B. Curits, T. Putnam, G. Robertson and L. Tickner (eds.), Mapping the Futures: Local Cultures, Global Change, Routledge, London.

Official documents:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) (1993a) 1991 Census Report for Great Britain Part 1, Volume 1 of 3. HMSO, London.

Do with the translation of the documents: [ ] is the English translation
Keijōhu [Keijo city government] (1933) Keijōhu Reikirushu [Collection of the Seoul Government Regulation]. Keijōhu [Keijo city government], Keijō (In Japanese).

Electronic Material
Journal article in electronic format
Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 1995 Jan-Mar [cited 1996 Jun 5];1(1):[24 screens]. Available from:
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm

Monograph in electronic format
CDI, clinical dermatology illustrated [monograph on CD-ROM]. Reeves JRT, Maibach H. CMEA Multimedia Group, producers. 2nd ed. Version 2.0. San Diego: CMEA; 1995.

Maps and Graphs

• Artwork should be in camera-ready form suitable for publication.
• All maps and graphs are called Figures, and each figures should be inserted to the proper right, (The title, source.. should be put under the figure), and a copy of digital form for back-up.
• Title of the Figure should be 11 font size Times New Roman, Left-justified and bold.
• Please put the source of the figure (Left-justified and normal)
• And even the note (Left-justified and normal)
  For example:
  Figure 5.2: Total population of returnees in the HSIP.
  Note: Returning entrepreneurs have started 97 companies in the Park, or 40 percent of the total.
  Source: HSIP Administration, 1998 or Source: Trail leaflet, Antiquities and Monuments Office. Reproduced with permission.

Tables

• Type each table on the proper right in the text.
• Each title should be put above the table.
• Title of the table should be 11 font size Times New Roman, Left-justified and bold.
  Table 4.1: Distribution of ... April 2000.
• Please put the source UNDER the table Left-justified and normal
• Sources: Questionnaire survey and M Corporation…
• And even the note Left-justified and normal. If necessary, use Numbering
• Note:
  1) By 2002, 0.01 % processing technology will ….
  2) E company, a joint venture … in 2001.
  3) By 2002, 12 inches … by using 0.15 % and 0.18 % processing technologies.  

Submission Preparation Checklist

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.

1. 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).
2. Any third-party-owned materials used have been identified with appropriate credit lines, and permission obtained from the copyright holder for all formats of the journal.
3. All authors have given permission to be listed on the submitted paper and satisfy the authorship guidelines.
4. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
5. Tables and figures are all cited in the text. Tables are included within the text document, whilst figure files are uploaded as supplementary files.
6. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal. Every effort has been made to ensure that author names are removed from the manuscript (following the instructions to ensure blind peer review)..

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