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Submission Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Title Page
The title page should include:

  • The name(s) of the author(s)
  • A concise and informative title
  • The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
  • The corresponding author and the e-mail address of the corresponding author
  • The 16-digit ORCID of the author(s), at least ORCID of the corresponding author
  • Acknowledgment
  • Funding statement
  • Please submit title page as a separate attachment

Abstract
Please provide an abstract maximum of 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. Non-English words should be in italics.

Keywords
Maximum 6 keywords, italic in alphabetical order

Headings
Please use the decimal system of headings with no more than three levels.

Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Text Formatting
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.

Regular articles:
These papers should not exceed 8000 words (text and references) or about 25 manuscript pages including figures and tables.

Short Communications:
They should not occupy more than 2,000 words or about 8 manuscript pages, including figures, tables and references.

They will be reviewed in the same way as research papers.

Reviews:

  • These papers should not exceed 10,000 words including figures, tables and references.
  • Divided into main headings Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions and References
  • Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 12-point Cambria) for text.
  • 1.5 line spacing with justified alignment for the entire manuscript
  • Use italics for non-English words
  • Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages consecutively.
  • Lines should be numbered consecutively. All line numbers should be provided on the left margin of the page,
  • Please number all pages continuously and do not restart the line  numbering on each page.
  • Do not use field functions.
  • Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
  • Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
  • Use the equation editor or Math Type for equations.
  • Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions)

Scientific Style

  • Please always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units (SI units).
  • Nomenclature: Insofar as possible, authors should use systematic names similar to those used by Chemical Abstract Service or IUPAC.
  • Genus and species epithet should be in italics. In the first place of reference the author of the name should be given (E.g. Oryza sativa L.), which could be abbreviated in subsequent places (E.g. O. sativa).
  • Generic names of drugs and pesticides are preferred; if trade names are used, the generic name should be given at first mention.
  • Please use the standard mathematical notation for formulae, symbols, etc.:
  • Use italic for single letters that denote mathematical constants, variables, and unknown quantities
  • Use roman/upright for numerals, operators, and punctuation, and commonly defined functions or abbreviations, e.g., cos, det, e or exp, lim, log, max, min, sin, tan, d (for derivative)
  • Bold for vectors, tensors, and matrices.

References

Citation
Cite references in the text by name and year in parenthesis. Examples:

  • It seems to be logical to analyze hydro-climatic variables at a small scale (Rai 2010).
  • Abeysinghe et al. (2015) reported a significant increasing trend in annual streamflow at an upstream gauging station.
  • The hybrid-delta method, on the other hand, considers inter-annual variability for each month (Hamlet et al. 2010; Islam et al. 2012; Tohver et al. 2014).

Reference list
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Unless suitable published literature are not available, personal communications and unpublished works could be mentioned in the text.

“Newspaper articles are not considered as a valid reference”

Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.

E.g.
for Journal article:
Panda D K, Kumar A, Ghosh S, Mohanty R K (2013) Streamflow trends in the Mahanadi River basin (India): linkages to tropical climate variability. J Hydrol 495:135–149.

for Book chapter:
Madduma Bandara, C M (1995) Tank cascade systems in Sri Lanka: Some thoughts on their development implications in Haq KA, Wijayaratne CM, Samarasekera BMS (Eds.) Summaries of papers presented at Irrigation Research Management Unit seminar series during 1994. Colombo, Sri Lanka, IWMI 14

for Online documents:
The full URL should be given and the date the reference was accessed. If any other information (Authors name, date, source of publication, DOI) is known, should also be given.

Tables

  • All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
  • In text refer the table as (Table .1 etc.).
  • Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
  • For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
  • Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
  • Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.
  • Embedded the table in an editable form at the required place of the manuscript.

Illustrations (Figures)

  • In text refer the figures as (Fig.1 etc.).
  • Position the figure in the text in an editable form as required in sufficient size and resolution of about 300 dpi.
  • If there are several related illustrations / figures / photographs or drawings, assemble them into a composite Figure, and label each panel as a, b, c, etc.
  • Micrographs and photographs should include clear scale bars. The scale should be defined legibly in legend or figure heading.
  • Labelling to describe the units on each axis should be large, parallel to each axis, even-sized, and clear.
  • Use upper- and lower-case lettering, not all capitals, not bold.
  • Lines of figures should be thick enough to clear visible at printing.

Plagiarism Policy
SLJAE does not allow any kind of plagiarism, manipulation of data or figure, provide incorrect information consciously and any kind of copyright breach. All the manuscripts will undergo complete plagiarism check before sending for peer reviewing.

General:
Provide a cover letter indicating at least three potential reviewers who are experts in the field and provide reviewers’ full name and current functioning email addresses for each and also cover letter should include each authors’ contribution to the manuscript. Check before submission the manuscript to SLJAE

  • The arrangement of the title page separately
  • Conflict of interest statement
  • Authors agreement form
  • Cover letter

Submission Preparation Checklist

  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. 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.
  3. All authors qualify as authors, as defined in the authorship guidelines, and have given permission to be listed on the submitted paper.
  4. Tables are all cited in the main text and are included within the text document.
  5. 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. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the submitted files (including file properties) have been anonymised.

Copyright Notice

© Sri Lankan Journal of Agriculture and Ecosystems

Authors are required to transfer the copyright of their articles to the Sri Lankan Journal of Agriculture and Ecosystems.

Creative Commons Licence

From December 2020, all articles in the Sri Lankan Journal of Agriculture and Ecosystems are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licensewhich permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author and source are credited.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. The full privacy policy can be viewed here.

Publication Fees

This journal does not charge article processing fees.

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