Colombo Geographer

Journal of Colombo Geographer

Aims & Scopes

Journal of Colombo Geographer is an open-access, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal published by the Department of Geography, University of Colombo. This journal dedicated to publish research papers produced based on geographic approaches from any sub discipline of Geography (human geography, physical geography, and geoinformatics) addressing environmental/human problems with a spatial dimension.

We invite research and review papers related to the application of geographic theories and methods. This may include articles on technologies, issues, and outcomes of environmental and/or social research and research/review articles on principles, policies, and consequences of resource management and allocation focusing on sustainability.

Publication Frequency

Bi-annual

ISSN Number:

ISSN 3021-6478

Name of the Publisher

Department of Geography

Faculty of Arts

University of Colombo

Sri Lanka

Call for Papers

Colombo Geographer welcomes high quality, original submissions of research and review manuscripts. The journal publishes a wide variety of articles relevant to Geography in all its aspects. Authors can submit any research or review papers related to the application of geographic theories and methods to solve physical/human problems. This may include articles on technologies, issues, and outcomes of environmental and/or social research, as well as research/review articles on principles, policies, and consequences of resource management and allocation.

Send your quality papers to the editorial board of the journal at colombogeographer@geo.cmb.ac.lk on or before the deadline.

Editorial Board

Editor in Chief:

Dr. V.P.I.S. Wijeratne, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Editors:

Professor Fareena Ruzaik, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Dr. Omala Perera, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Copy Editor:

Ms. Dilini Gunarathne, Department of English Language Teaching Unit, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Advisory Board:

Senior Professor (Chair- Business Economics) H.D. Karunaratna, Vice-Chancellor, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Senior Professor (Chair-Geography) Lasantha Manawadu, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Professor Yangmi Koo, Department of Geography, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University/SNU, South Korea.

Dr. D. M. Karunadasa, Head of the Department, Department of Geography, University of Colombo

Professor Siddisena, Department of Demography, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Professor Nishara Fernado, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Professor Rekha Nilanthi, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

Publication Coordinator:

Ms. Wasanthi Wijayalath, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo

Guidelines

Guide for Authors

Articles submitted to the Colombo Geographer will be subjected to double blind peer review process. If their decision varies the article will be sent to a third reviewer and the editorial board’s decision is final.

Article Length:

Both research and review articles should be between 4,500-8,000 words. The word count is inclusive of captions, tables and references.

Manuscript File Type:

Articles should be submitted in MS-word. No other word processing applications are accepted.

Language:

All articles should only be in English

Manuscript Format:

Following formatting guidelines should be adopted;

Manuscript should be typed on A4 size pages with 1 inch margins all sides
Font: Times New Roman, with double line spacing
For title: 14 points and Bold
Main headings: 12 points, Bold
Sub headings: 12 points, Bold, Italic
Content of article: 12 points
Do not capitalize titles
Subdivision – numbered sections:

Article should be devided into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, …), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering)

Manuscript Preparation:

The following structure should be strictly followed in preparation of manuscripts;

Title Page with the title of article, authors’ names, full information on authors’ institutional affiliations including contact information. Also authors can provide the acknowledgement text in the first page, not in the main source file.
Source file includes main content text with all tables and figures aligned in their location. The contents should follow the following format;
- Abstract – about 250 words exactly conveying the content of the article. The abstract should be self-contained and citation-free.
- Keywords: authors should include five keywords after the abstract.
- Introduction: provide an adequate background, rationale and objectives. It should be discussed with current citations/references. To maintain high scholarly standards, Colombo Geographer requires all manuscripts to contain a minimum of 10 most recent literature related to the topic discussed. Manuscripts should not contain detailed literature survey or results in this section.
- Materials and Methods: should clearly describe the methods of obtaining data, sampling techniques, and analytical methods used. Methods already published should be summarized and cited. New methods or modifications should be described.
- Results: should be clear and well described
- Discussion: Results should be discussed with published literature.
- Conclusions
- References: Authors are advised to use APA reference style for manuscript preparation.

Figures and Tables

Figures should be of good quality and should be at least 300 dpi resolution. Each illustration should have a caption and it should be included within the text. Figures should be numbered sequentially using Arabic numbers.

Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed next to the relevant text in the article.