Call for papers for the “Rajarata Journal of Social Sciences” – Volume 5, Issues ii
The Rajarata Journal of Social Sciences is the official publication of the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. This Journal has been established itself as a leading platform for accessible scholar’s papers on all aspects of Social Sciences and it aims to receive the contribution from academics, researchers and practitioners to publish significant, high-quality research papers.
Instruction for writing articles
- Only unpublished articles will be accepted.
- Articles should not exceed 25 (A4) pages. An abstract of 200 words should be sent for the article. It’s also essential for the authors to include the research problem, methodology and conclusion very briefly.
- If spelling and punctuation marks are in Sinhala, the authors should follow FM Abhaya whereas for English, they should follow Tames New Roman. The font of letters should be 11 point and space between lines should be 1.5.
- It is also the responsibility of the authors to maintain the international standard of writing style and technological trends.
- All extracts and the intellectual property of other authors should be apparently confirmed. Short extracts should be highlighted with relevant punctuation marks and long extracts should be highlighted within inverted commas 1 cm from both left and right sides in the main text.
- If there are tables and figures, the topics of the tables should appear over the relevant tables and topics of the figures should appear under the relevant figures. The relevant sources should appear under the tables and figures. It is also essential to number the tables and figures separately.
- The author should follow the Harward style or the Author year style for presenting the relevant sources. Eg: (Tomlinson, 2011:100)
- The bibliography should be presented according to the alphabetical order. Author’s last name should be mentioned first and his first name or initials should follow later. Author’s name, year of publication, title of the book, publisher and the place, where the book was published should be mentioned as follows Eg; Books: Tomlinson, R. (2011), Thinking about GIS, ESRI Press. California Academic journals Saiful Isram and Shascha Noelin (2001), “Woman and Development: A case study on selected rural areas of South Asia (Article) pp. 76-90, International journal of Social Development, Vol. 05, No. 01(ed.) Daniel Lerner, Council for Social development, serial Publications, New Delhi
- Please note that the deadline of receiving articles is on 31.10.2021. Editorial Board will receive the articles, which are sent on or before the due date since such letters have to be referred by the relevant subject exports and published without delay
- A soft copy of the relevant article should be emailed and a hard copy should be posted to the following address. And also, it can be handed over to the office in person during working hours
All papers should Email to : journalsocialsciences@gmail.com
Tele – 025 2266843 Fax – 025 2266788
