Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Overview

The Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (SLJSSH) is open access, double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities. It is published twice a year (February and August).

Aims and Scope

The Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (SLJSSH) aims to publish scholarly work by promoting multi-disciplinary studies in Social Sciences and Humanities. SLJSSH is not restricted to a specific research paradigm and welcomes submissions adopting a variety of methodologies and methods: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed. It provides the national and international scholars with an intellectual platform for the publication in a quality journal. It publishes high-quality original articles based on any aspects of theoretical, conceptual, empirical, or case-based research that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in all areas of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Publisher

SLJSSH is published by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.

SLJSSH does not charge any submission, processing, or publication fees

Author Guidelines

Authors can submit their articles, prepared to adhere to following guidelines in soft-copies (in Microsoft Word File (.doc or .docx) electronically via email; sljossh@ssl.sab.ac.lk. Articles can be submitted any time and accepted articles will be published in the following issue once the entire review process is completed. Submissions should not have been published earlier or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this Journal.

Organization of Manuscript

The manuscript should contain the items mentioned hereunder.

Title, List of authors together with affiliations

Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Literature Review
Materials & Methods
Results & Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgments (optional)
References
Annexures (optional)

a) Language

The language of the manuscript must be in English (British standard).

b) Length of Paper

The length of the paper should be between 7000 - 10000 words (including list of references and annetures) and paper containing more than 10000 words will be rejected. Articles should be typed using 12 font size (Times New Roman) in 1. 5 space on one side of A4 paper with normal margins (Top 1”, Bottom 1”, Left 1” and Right 1”). Authors are urged to write as concisely as possible, but not at the expense of clarity.

d) Title Page

The title page is a separate page before the text. It should include the following information:

Title

The title should be concise and informative. Abbreviations and formulae should be avoided where possible.

Author’s Names and Affiliations

Indicate the initials and then the last name. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and the e-mail address of each author.

Corresponding Author

Indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing, publication, and also post-publication. Ensure that telephone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.

e) Abstract

A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 250 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results, and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. References should be avoided in the abstract.

f) Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, a maximum of 5 keywords, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of') should be provided. Keywords should be presented. The keywords should be arranged in alphabetical order.

g) Introduction

This section should be concise, with no subheadings, and provide a background to the research problem, present the research problem with sufficient justification and objective/s.

h) Literature Review

This section should provide a sufficient evaluation of theoretical/empirical literature to identify knowledge gaps.

i) Materials and Methods

This section should contain adequate and detailed information about what all the procedures and steps followed.

j) Results and Discussion

This section should be described on the results and outputs of the research work.

k) Conclusions

This should clearly explain the important conclusions of the work highlighting its significance, relevance and values.

l) Subdivision of the Article

Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered as 1, 2. (then 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2), 1.2, etc. The abstract is not included in section numbering. All headings of subsections should be bold.

m) Table and Figures

Please note that the article will be published in black and white. Present tables and figures within the article, not at the end of the article. Tables should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numbering (Table 1, Table 2, etc.) and must have corresponding references in the main text. Tables should also have appropriate and concise headings. All figures and illustrations, as in the case of tables, should be numbered consecutively as ‘Figures’ (Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.) with corresponding references in the main text. Figures should also have appropriate and concise headings.

n) Acknowledgments

If the research is sponsored or supported by an organization, please indicate it.

o) Reference List

Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (SLJSSH) uses the American Psychological Association (APA) style guide (Edition 7) for both in-text citations and reference lists. References should be arranged alphabetically. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc. and placed after the year of publication.

p) Submission Preparation Checklist

Before submitting the manuscript, the author(s) should check the following list.

The submission has not been previously published or considered for publication its part or a full paper.
The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
Manuscript has been made in the light of the Journal’s author guidelines.
Author(s) has not mentioned his or her name and affiliation in the main text
Author(s) has read all the terms and conditions of the journal.
Plagiarism (In-text similarity) is allowed only 15%.
Copyright Form

Note: SLJSSH does not charge any submission, processing, or publication fees

q) Submission of the Paper

The author should submit the paper via e-mail to the chief editor at sljossh@ssl.sab.ac.lk . The submitted manuscript is acknowledged within one week upon receipt.

Article Withdrawal Policy

The articles submitted to the journal can be withdrawn either by the submitted authors. The article can be withdrawn at any time before it is published officially. If the authors want to withdraw the article, we insist on a signed statement from all the co-authors to the journal’s editorial office via mail. If the editorial office/ publisher finds any violation in publishing ethics, guidelines, duplicate submission, plagiarism, etc., publishers hold the right to withdraw/ reject the manuscript at any stage of the publishing process.

Plagiarism Policy

The Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities has a Zero tolerance policy towards plagiarism. All articles are scanned through Turnitin. Turnitin receipt will be provided to authors with review reports. Authors are requested to check plagiarism at their end also to avoid any unpleasant situation. Please respect the work of other researchers by proper quotation and citation in your article. If any article is found plagiarized, it will not be published in this journal at any cost. The Editorial Board has passed the following actions:

Similarity Index above 30% - Article Rejected (NO RESUBMISSION accepted)
Similarity Index (15-30%) - Editor may send to the author for improvement
Similarity index Less than 15% - Maybe accepted.

In case 2 and 3: The authors should revise the article carefully, add required citations, and do good paraphrasing to outsourced text. And resubmit the article with new Turnitin report showing NO PLAGIARISM and similarity below 15%

Copyright Policy

The copyright of all work published in the SLJSSH remains with the author(s).
Authors are required to grant a license to the publisher, the Faculty of Social Science and Languages, the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka to publish the work in the Sri Lanka Journal of Social Science and Humanities in all forms of media, whether already known or hereafter modified.
As copyright owners, author(s) have the right to publish the work in all forms of media, whether already known or hereafter modified, with the acknowledgment that the work was first published in the Sri Lanka Journal of Social Science and Humanities.