Conditions for submission

The language of publication is English. The manuscript should be written in clear and accessible language, which can be understood by those outside the author’s area of specialization. Submission of a manuscript to The Journal of Multidisciplinary and Translational Research, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, implies a commitment to publish in this journal. Authors undertake that the manuscripts submitted have not been previously published or are not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Exceptions may be made in case an abstract is published in the proceedings of a conference or translated from another language with permission. All the authors who submit manuscripts to the Journal of Multidisciplinary and Translational Research, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, are strongly requested to follow the author guidelines strictly. Manuscripts that are not according to the author's guidelines will not be processed further, and the corresponding author will be informed accordingly.

Manuscripts can be submitted online through the website of The Journal of Multidisciplinary and Translational Research (https://journals.kln.ac.lk/jmtr/ ) with a covering letter confirming that the manuscript originated from original research not submitted for publication or already published elsewhere.

Authors are requested to follow the format of the manuscript strictly adhering to the following guidelines.

Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word format and PDF format.

Manuscripts should be prepared as single-column documents. Manuscripts should contain tables, figures, photos, etc., in the text where they are intended. However, the same figures, photos, etc., should be submitted separately and prepared in JPEG file type. Cambria fonts must be used throughout the text, including tables and graphs. Justify all paragraphs, including figure legends. No indents, line breaks, section breaks and unnecessary spaces within text should be included. The page number should be at the bottom right corner.

Assemble sections of your manuscript in the following order:
(1) Title; (2) Abstract; (3) Keywords ; (4) Introduction; (5) Methodology; (6) Results; (7) Discussion; (8) Conclusions; (9) Acknowledgements; (10) Funding statement; (11) Conflict of interest statement; (12) Author Contribution; and (13) References. The word limit for an original research article should be according to the guidelines mentioned on the website, excluding references.

TITLE PAGE

A separate title page should be submitted. The title page should contain the title of the research article, list of authors, their affiliations, full postal address and their Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) details. The title of the article should be in Cambria fonts of size 16pt, title-cased (the first letter of each word in the title should be capitalized except for certain small words like “a,” “the,” “and”, “of”. E.g., Reinforcing Pepper (Capsicum annuum) Growth by Gypsum and Salicylic Acid Under Salinity Stress: an in vitro Analysis. Non-English words like in vitro, and Latin (scientific) names of plants and animals should be in italics.

List all authors’ names below the title with initials before the surname (e.g., AB Smith, EA van Beethoven, AB Martin). Use 14pt font size, Cambria, not bold. Only one author should be identified using a superscript asterisk (*) in the authorship line as the corresponding author. Add a footnote on the title page to identify the ‘Author for correspondence’. Provide full postal address(es) of all authors in sentence case and not bold. In the case of multiple authors, indicate each appropriate author using superscripts¹, ², etc. An author should have only one postal address. Include the e-mail address of the corresponding author. The JMTR will communicate only with the corresponding author. Deletion or addition of authors is not permitted after a manuscript has been submitted.

All authors are required to sign up for ORCID and submit their ORCID iDs to the journal at the time of manuscript submission. More information on ORCID is available at https://orcid.org/. Include ORCID details on the title page.

Once submitted, the names, order of authorship, and their affiliations cannot be changed, deleted, or added. Therefore, please finalize these details before submitting the manuscript.

Manuscript

The manuscript should start with the title. Divide the manuscript into the following main headings. It should be prepared in full compliance with the author guidelines provided. Author names and affiliations must not be included within the manuscript.

1. Title
2. Abstract
3. Keywords
4. Introduction
5. Methodology
6. Results
7. Discussion
8. Conclusions
9. Acknowledgements
10. Funding statement
11. Conflict of interest statement
12. Author Contribution
13. References