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    The IPSL Journal of Physics is a refereed Journal devoted to physics and related areas. It is currently published twice a year as an online journal. Although contributions are accepted throughout the year, the scheduled deadline to submit contributions for each issue will be advertised from time to time.

    There is no page charge for contributions. A PDF copy of the preprint will be sent free of charge to the corresponding author of each contribution. The journal can be accessed on-line through this web site to download the preprints of the papers published in all previous issues free of charge.
     


    Initial Submision:

    Printed copies of the original manuscripts in triplicate and a covering letter indicating the corresponding authors official email address should be sent to the following address:

    The Editorial Board
    Institute of Physics - Sri Lanka
    120/10, Wijerama Mawatha
    Colombo 7
    Sri Lanka
    Email:     editor@ip-sl.org

    All correspondences after the initial submission will be through email.
     
    Preparation of Manuscripts:

    The contributions should be typed on one side of A4 size papers with font Times New Roman and 1.5 line spacing. Margins of 2.5cm should be on all sides except the left margin. The left margin should be 3cm. The full paper should not exceed 20 pages.

    A. Title - Titles should be simple and concise. Begin the first word with a capital letter; thereafter capitalise only proper or trade names and chemical symbols. (font size - 14, bold)

    B. Author(s) name(s) - Use only one form of your name as an author in all of your publications. (font size - 12, bold).

    C. Author(s) affiliation(s) - Write out the names and postal addresses of all institutions in full. (font size - 12, normal).

    D. Abstract - An abstract must accompany each manuscript. The abstract should be less than 200 words and be completely self-contained. (font size - 11, normal).

    E. Main body of the paper - The body of the paper (text and math) should be divided into sections with the use of section headings and subheadings. (font size - 12, normal).

    • Principal Heading
      Left-justified heading, all capital letters, preceded by a Roman numeral and a period. (font size - 12, bold).
    • First subheading
      Left-justified heading, first word capital, preceded by a roman capital letter and a period. (font size - 12, bold).
    • Second subheading
      Left-justified heading, first word capital, preceded by a roman capital letter followed by a period and a number (font size - 12, bold).

    F. Citations, Figures, and Tables - In the body of the paper all references, figures, and tables must be cited consecutively in numerical order. Tables and Figures should be numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) Use (a), (b), (c), etc., to label the parts of figures. (font size - 11, normal)

    G. Equations - Equations that are important, long, complex, or referenced later in the paper are set off from the text (displayed) and may be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers within parentheses (1), (2), (3), etc. These numbers are placed to the extreme right of the equation.

    H. Acknowledgements - The acknowledgement section follows the main body of the paper. One paragraph is suggested, with acknowledgement of financial support listed at the end. A principal heading is used for this section, but the section is not numbered.

    I. Footnotes - Use lowercase letters a, b, c, etc. to label the footnotes. Refer to the footnote in the body text by the insertion of label as a superscript. (font size - 10, normal)

    J. References - Citation of reference information should be as simple and as concise as possible. A superscript number in Arabic numerals should indicate references in the text. Follow the instructions given below when preparing the final reference list in numerical order at the end of the manuscript.

    • Research papers: J.R. John, M. Smith, and P. Green, Liquid Ionization Calorimetry with Time Sampled Signals, Phys. Rev. B 26, 1 (1982).
    • Books: J.R. John, Liquid Ionization Calorimetry, edited by C. Brown (Academic, New York, 1980), Vol. 2, p. 20
    • Proceedings: J.R. John, Liquid Ionization Calorimetry with Time Sampled Signals, Proceedings of the International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (Madison, 1958) p. 201.
    • Reports: J. R. John, Liquid Ionization Calorimetry with Time Sampled Signals, Brookhaven National Laboratory Report No. 10, 1982 (unpublished).
    • Theses: J. R. John, Liquid Ionization Calorimetry with Time Sampled Signals, Ph.D. thesis, Brown University, 1980


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