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Author Guidelines

The SLJER
Sri Lanka Journal of Economic Research (SLJER) is a refereed international journal, published biannually by the Sri Lanka Forum of University Economists (SLFUE). It considers manuscripts of sufficiently high quality research outputs in the field of Economics and related areas, for publication, while giving priority to those manuscripts developed based on papers presented at the Sri Lanka Economic Research Conference (SLERC), the annual international research symposium of the SLFUE. In addition to research articles, the Journal accepts manuscripts of short essays on economic and development policy perspectives and also book reviews.

The authors assume the responsibility of the accuracy of contents in their respective articles, and neither the SLFUE, nor the Editorial Board of the SLJER will bear any responsibility in this regard.

Manuscript Submission
Articles are accepted in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages.

All submissions should be made electronically as Microsoft Word documents, to the Email address of the Editor in Chief of the SLJER: slerc2018@sab.ac.lk

Manuscripts submitted will be subject to rigorous and independent double blind expert review process administered by the Journal’s Editorial Board, and the authors will be contacted after the review process is complete. The process generally takes from one to two months. The Editorial Board’s decision regarding publication of an article will be final.

Submission Guidelines

Title Page
A separate title page should be provided allowing for blind review. All identifying information should be featured only on the title page. Ensure that no information identifying the authors, their institutions, or the institutions cited in the original research are presented in the abstract, text, tables, or figures.

List names and affiliations of each author. Include full mailing addresses, phone numbers, and Email contact information of every author. Clearly identify the corresponding, or lead, author. This person will be responsible for ushering the manuscript through the review and publication process. The lead author is responsible for keeping contact information updated.

Abstract
An Abstract not exceeding 100 words in English should be included in the manuscript. It should review the objectives, significance, results, and main conclusions of the paper. References should not be cited in the Abstract.

Key Words
Authors should submit a list of six unique and informative key words relating to the manuscript. Undefined abbreviations or acronyms should be avoided in the keywords. Editorial Board reserves the right to replace key words if necessary.

Text

• Submit all manuscript files as Word .doc or .docx files
• Manuscripts may be typed in FM-Abhaya (Sinhala), Baamini (Tamil) or Times New Roman (English) fonts. For English language submissions, use British spelling, with ‘s’ instead of ‘z’ in relevant words, and not American spelling
• Use 12 pt. font size for the entire document, including tables, figures, headings, captions, and table notes (page footnotes, generated in Word, will be smaller).
• The word count of the manuscript should not exceed 8000.
• Double space the manuscript
• Keep 1-inch margins all round
• Place page number at the bottom centre
• Do not use section or page breaks in the running text
• Use footnotes wherever necessary, but never to solely cite a reference

Equations
The author is responsible for ensuring that equations are presented properly. Use Math Type, and not the Word equation function.

Tables

• All tables and figures should be professionally typeset based on a standardised style.
• Number all tables (Arabic) as they appear in the text and ensure that all tables are mentioned in the text.
• Word table generator; do not apply styles, shading, or underlining
• Do not merge cells for spanning headers
• Single space all rows; do not allow lead or following spaces in the paragraph option
• Do not center columns or rows
• Use superscript a, b, c, and so forth sparingly for table notes

Figures

• Number all figures (Arabic) as they appear in the text
• Do not use colours in graphics; all pages are printed in black and white. To distinguish bars or lines, use patterns or very distinct shading
• Authors are responsible for securing permission to use graphics or data from other sources.
• If re-creating a graphic from another source, secure permission to adapt the figure.
• Do not send a scan or photocopy of a graphic

Appendices
Sometimes appendices help readers to further study the issue presented. Submit appendices separately after attaching tables and figures. If more than one appendix is featured, use capital letters to refer to them in the text: Appendix A, Appendix B, etc. Follow guidelines for tables or figures, as appropriate, when formatting appendices.

References
The detailed style of referencing is as follows:

Journal article
David, J.K. (2010). Reference style guidelines. Journal of Guidelines, 4, 2-7.

Book
David, J.K. (2010). Reference style guidelines. 2nd ed. London: Longman.

Article in an edited book
David, J.K. (2010). Do not capitalise prepositions. In R. Brown (Ed.), Reference style guidelines. (55-62). London: Longman.

Edited book
David, J.K. (Ed.). (2010). Reference style guidelines. London: Longman.

Dissertation (unpublished)
David, J.K. (2010). Reference style guidelines. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, London School of Economics, London.

Article presented at a symposium or annual meeting
David, J.K. (2010, January). A citation for every reference, and a reference for every citation. Article presented at the annual meeting of the Reference Guidelines Association, St. Tomas, London.

Online reference
David, J.K. (2010, January). Quotes of 45 or more words will be block quotes. Reference style guidelines. Retrieved Date, Month, Year, from http://www.londonpub.com

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, in part or in whole, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Every effort has been made to ensure that the submission is ready for peer review according to the journal's review policy (following the instructions to ensure blind peer review).
3. All authors qualify as authors, as defined in the authorship guidelines, and have given permission to be listed on the submitted paper.
4. All third-party-owned materials used have been identified with appropriate credit lines, and permission has been obtained from the copyright holder for all formats of the journal. Authors acknowledge their responsibility to gain all permissions prior to submission.
5. Tables are all cited in the main text and are included within the text document.
6. Figures are all cited in the main text and are uploaded as supplementary files. Figures/images have a resolution of at least 150dpi (300dpi or above preferred). The files are in one of the following formats: JPG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, EPS (to maximise quality, the original source file is preferred).

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