Submitting an Article Online

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Author Guidelines

The research paper submissions are open to researchers, academics, practitioners and under-graduates. The high ranked 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 remainder will be published in the FARU 2021 Conference Proceedings bearing an ISBN number (as hard and softcopy). All selected papers will be provided with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). All selected papers must be presented at the FARU Conference 2021.

More information on the Conference, Theme, Scientific committee, Review process, Poster submission, Submission deadlines, Registration and other important details please visit the FARU website.

Submission of Full Paper
Papers are invited to be submitted for a double-blind peer-review process. The full paper should be prepared according to the FARU full paper template and must be limited to 10-12 pages including figures, tables and references. The steps of the submission process is as follows:

Do not include the author details in the full paper
Step 1 - Login to https://faruj.sljol.info/
Step 2 - Register yourself (if not registered as an author)
Step 3 - Submit the paper (Author>submission>Submit an article)
Step 4 - Await Reviewer’s comments and the notification of decision: accepted or rejected
Step 5 - Only the accepted papers will proceed further as follows:

Notification of decision:
If selected with minor/major revision;

FARU Journal Vol.8 - Only the high ranked papers (based on reviewers’ comments and the editorial board’s approval) will be published in the FARU Journal Vol. 8 bearing ISSN 2012-6301.
FARU 2021 Conference Proceedings - The remainder will be published in the FARU website with an ISBN number (as hard and softcopy). All selected papers will be provided with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Step 6 - Submit the revised Print-Ready paper to be published via FARU Journal or FARU 2021 Conference Proceedings.
Step 7 - Submit the Conference registration form and proof of payment via email to faru@uom.lk  with the email subject ‘Registration fee_(corresponding author) surname_first name’.
Step 8 - Prepare to presentation at the conference

Important Note:

• Only the authors registered and presented at the conference will be published.
• Please note that selected papers of the conference and Journal require registration.
• If the authors wish to apply for the FARU Awards, you may do so by submitting the FARU Awards Submission form.

DOWNLOAD - FARU full paper template
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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