Submission Guidelines and Registration

Papers can be presented in Sinhala, English and Pali languages.

• Language: Sinhala, English and Pali
• Word Limit: 250-350 words
• Fonts: FM Abhaya, Times New Roman, Times Ext Roman

WRITING RULES

A. GENERAL WRITING PRINCIPLES

• Papers sent to the full paper publication must be original works that have not been presented or published elsewhere.
• Papers should be submitted to icpbs@sjp.ac.lk in word format
• Rename the document with abstract ID number
• The paper should contain the following information.
  
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Framework
  • Methodology
  • Findings
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
• Papers should be written in Sinhala, English or Pali.
• Fonts: FM Abhaya, Times New Roman, Times Ext Roman
• The length of the paper should not exceed 6000 words and 20 pages, including the references and appendices and tables.
• The paper should be written in 12 points, single line, justified, and 2.5 cm margins on all four sides. (In MS Word software: Page layout – Page Setup – Paper – A4 must be set).
  • The title of the paper should be in CAPITAL (excluding connectors), 14 points, centered and bold. All first-level subheadings (Introduction, Theoritical Framework, Methodology, Findings, Discussion and Conclusion and References) in the text of the paper, should be in CAPITAL, 12 points, left aligned and bold.
  • Only the first words of each word in subheadings should be capitalized,12 points, left aligned and bold.
  • Third-level subheadings will follow the second-level subheadings format in italics.
• Indent (TAB) should not be used at the beginning of paragraphs. There should be 6 pts (MS Word, 6 pts before the paragraph, 6 pts after) between the paragraphs.
• All text should be written as “Normal”. When you right-click on the relevant section and enter the “Change” option, you can format the relevant font type.
• Do not add “Section Breaks” (Layout-Breaks-Section Break-Next Page, Odd Page, Even Page) anywhere in the text.
• All drawings, maps, graphics and photographs in the text should be named as “Figure”;
  tables and similar visuals should be named as “Table”. Tables and figures should be centered
  in the text area. Table captions should be above the table and figure captions should be below
  the figures.

REFERENCING STYLE
Please Adopt APA7 Referencing System For References.
Please Click For The Guide To APA 7th Referencing Style.