Submission Guidelines
- The University of Colombo Review (Series III) invites research articles as well as conceptual, review and exploratory articles. Research articles should be between 7000-9000 words. Conceptual, review and exploratory articles should be between 3000-7000 words.
- All submissions should be in English and follow American spelling.
- All articles should be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 250 words and up to 8 keywords.
- Submissions should be in Microsoft Word, Times New Roman 12, double spaced, and should follow the APA style of referencing. For further information on referencing style see
- Capitalization of letters should be consistent throughout the article. Only the key words in the main title and subtitles should be capitalized.
- Endnotes should be used, not footnotes.
- All images, if any, should be provided in high resolution together with proof of permission to use them. If the article is chosen for publication, the high-resolution images will be requested for as a separate file.
- Author names should not be inserted in the manuscript itself. However, author names, institutional affiliation (e.g.,designation, department/unit, faculty and university), as well as official email address should be provided in the cover email.
- Submitted articles must not be under consideration by any other publisher.Authors must attest to this at the time of submission in a cover email.It is also the author’s responsibility to abide by academic integrity, research ethics and disclose any potential conflict of interest regarding the submitted manuscript.
- Research funding and grants which supported the research on which the article isbased should be duly acknowledged.
- All submissions and cover notesshould be sent by email to: ucr@cmb.ac.lk