Journal

Guidelines for Authors

Authors can submit their manuscripts, prepared adhering to following guidelines in soft copies in Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx) to the peoplesjournalsrilanka@gmail.com

It should be ensured that the manuscripts are originals neither published no under consideration for publication elsewhere. The journal accepts manuscripts written both in English and Sinhala. The length of the paper should not exceed 20 pages.

Structure of the manuscript

• Abstract

The abstract should be concise and factual with maximum 250 words. Provide 3- 5 keywords

that best describes your research paper.

• Article should include following components;

1. Introduction (and Literature Review)
2. Objectives
3. Methodology
4. Results (and Analysis)
5. Discussion (and Conclusion)
6. References

• Divide the article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1, 2, (then 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2) 1.2, etc.

General advice

Font type – Times New Roman (English); FM Abaya (Sinhala).

Page size: B5

Font size:- 12

Font sizes for each section are as follows;

Title :- 14

Author information ;- 10

Abstract :- 10

Sub Title :- 12 bold

Main Text :- 12

Reference :- 10

Table :- 10

Line Space :- 1.5

Margins

Top/Bottom :- 3cm

Left/Rights : 2.5cm

• EXAMPLES OF ITEMS IN A REFERENCE LIST Although the format for books, journal articles, magazine articles and other media is similar, there are some slight differences. Items in a reference list should be double-spaced. Also, use hanging indents: entries should begin flush left with subsequent lines indented.
• Citation and References: Use APA system.

A book in print

APA format structure:

Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of work. Publisher City, State: Publisher.

APA format example:

Finney, J. (1970). Time and again. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.

An e-book from an e-reader

APA format structure:

Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of work. Retrieved from http://xxxx or DOI:xxxx

APA format example:

Eggers, D. (2008). The circle. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/

A journal article in print

APA format structure:

Author, A. (Publication Year). Article title. Periodical Title, Volume (Issue), pp.-pp.

APA format example:

Nevin, A. (1990). The changing of teacher education and special education. Teacher

Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the

Council for Exceptional Children, 13(3-4), 147-148.

A journal article found online

APA format structure:

Author, A. (Publication Year). Article title. Periodical Title, Volume (Issue), pp.-pp.

DOI: XX.XXXXX or Retrieved from journal URL

APA format example:

Jameson, J. (2013). E-Leadership in higher education: The fifth “age” of educational

technology research. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(6), 889-915. DOI:

10.1111/bjet.12103

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Submission of manuscripts

Soft copies of the following two documents should be submitted before the

stipulated date.

(a) The manuscript (without author information)

(b) A separate title page

The title page should be submitted including the title of the article, name(s) of the

authors(s), the affiliations and addresses of the author(s), the email address and

telephone number of the corresponding author.