LM Journal of
Multidisciplinary Research

A research journal published by Lanka Mahavidyalaya

Authors’ Guidelines

Types of papers : Original research articles, survey papers, review articles and notes are welcome. Manuscripts will be considered on the condition that they have been submitted only to the LM Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, that they have not been published already, and that they are not under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere.

Submissions : Authors may submit manuscript using the following methods:
-E-mail as .pdf, .doc, file attachments to perspectiveresearch2022@gmail.com.

Review process : All research articles submitted to this journal will undergo a rigorous peer review, based on initial screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees. After screening by the Editor-in-Chief, articles will be sent to referees / members of the editorial board for their opinions. Once clear recommendation for publication is given, the paper will be published in a subsequent issue.

Article structure :
Papers should be written in English in Times New Roman 12 font of following the structure explained here
The first (title) page of the paper must contain:

TITLE OF THE PAPER
(It should be concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae wherever possible).

AUTHORS’ NAMES AND SURNAMES
(Indicate the Name and Surname of each author)

Affiliation (Department, Institution, University), City, Zip (PIN), Country (Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript number immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address, including the city and the country names).

Abstract
The abstract should state briefly (maximum 250 words) the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. Use footnote size for the text of the abstract.

Keywords: Provide a maximum of 5 to 8 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of') and provide Subject Classification code wherever applicable.

  1. Introduction
    The first section has to be the introduction and has to begin in the title page. Provide a context of the subject in the literature, by summarizing relevant research and explaining what other authors' findings are being challenged or extended, stating the purpose of this work and finally describing the structure of the paper). Corresponding author: When more than one author, clearly indicate who will manage correspondence during the process and his/her email address, as a footnote of the title page. E-mail addresses: Indicate e-mail address of every author followed by his/her abbreviate name as a footnote after the name of the corresponding author.

  2. Preliminaries (concepts and methods)
    Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be understood without too specialized references. This section should extend, not repeat, the background to the article already dealt with in the Introduction and lay the foundation for further work.

  3. Results
    Results should be clear and concise. In case, simulations should be explained with sufficient detail to allow readers to reproduce them. Results can consist of several sections.

  4. Conclusions
    This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

    Acknowledgements
    Collate acknowledgements in a separate section (not numbered) at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.

    The acknowledgments of people who provided assistance in manuscript preparation, funding for research, etc. should be listed in this section. All sources of funding should be declared as an acknowledgement.

    References
    Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). References should be listed alphabetically by the first author's last name, and formatted as
    - For a book:
    B. Bollobás, Extremal Graph Theory, Academic Press, New York, 1978.

    - For a paper in a journal:
    Ioannis K. Argyros and Santhosh George, The asymptotic mesh independence principle of Newton’s method under weaker conditions, Adv. Appl. Math. Sci. 14 (1) (2015), pp 29-45.



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