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Author Guidelines

The best six papers among those selected for the FARU Conference will be published in the FARU Journal bearing ISSN 2012-6301, as a hard copy at the Conference and, a soft copy on the Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL) with a DOI. The research paper submissions are open to researchers, academics, practitioners and under-graduates. If the authors wish to apply for the FARU Awards, you may do so by submitting the FARU Awards Submission form.

Submission of Full Paper

Full papers are invited to be submitted for double blind review process (Please note that WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS THIS YEAR as practiced in previous years). The full paper should be a maximum of 12 pages in length. Please use Guidelines for the preparation of Final Paper template to prepare the full paper. Do not include the author details with the full paper but fill in the Full paper submission form. Both the full paper and the submission form should be uploaded via email to faru@uom.lk

Once the paper is submitted via e-mail, an “Identification Number” will be allocated for each submission. Selected authors will be invited to submit Camera ready paper after amending reviewer comments. The Camera-ready paper should be submitted in word format together with the Conference Registration form to faru@uom.lk

Please note that selected papers of the conference requires registration.

DOWNLOAD - Guidelines for the preparation of Final Paper
DOWNLOAD - Full paper submission form
DOWNLOAD - Conference Registration form
DOWNLOAD - FARU Awards Submission form

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. 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. 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).
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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