Submitting an Article Online

To submit an article online, and to check the status of your submission, you need to have an account with Built-Environment Sri Lanka

Don't have an account? Register Here.

Author Guidelines

Built-Environment Sri Lanka, welcomes original research-based articles and short communications for publication from researchers engaged in systematic inquiry into built environment issues, with particular emphasis on the areas listed in the opposite column.

• Papers must be submitted in hard copy form together with an electronic format. Papers should be word-processed using Word for Windows 98 or compatible software.
• Articles must include an abstract of not more than 200 words, body of text and a list of references. Please use the APA Style for references.
• Figures and Tables are permitted, provided they are in black-and-white format and are of reproducible quality.
• The articles must be typed in Times New Roman font and the following font sizes must be used:
  • Article Heading: 18pt. Bold
  • Author: 11pt. Bold
  • Sub-headings: 11pt. Bold
  • Body of Text: 10pt.
  • Figure Heading: 9pt.
  • Table Heading: 9pt.
  • References: 11pt. Bold (author only)
• Articles will be refereed using a double-blind referral system and referees' comments will be passed on to the author for any amendments. It is the responsibility of the authors to respond to these comments expeditiously.
• Once accepted for publication, the papers should not be re-published without the prior written permission of the Chairman of the Board of Architectural Publications, SLIA.
• Articles already published will not be considered for publication in this journal.
• Please send hard-copies of articles to Editor, Built-Environment Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, 120/7, Vidya Mawatha, Colombo 07. The electronic copies of articles may be sent on a cd format to the above address or e-mailed to: sliabap@sltnet.lk or sliagen@sltnet.lk

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Every effort has been made to ensure that the submission is ready for peer review according to the journal's review policy (following the instructions to ensure blind peer review).

Copyright Notice

While publishing in the Built-environment journal, the author is legally responsible for complying with the copyright laws and the laws of privacy and libel. If an author uses any work by another person in any way, good scholarly and publishing practice requires that proper credit is given, citing the source of the work borrowed. When works have more than one source, each must be cited. A photograph, an image, or a table must be accompanied by a credit line naming the owner. In an image, both the photographer as well as the owner of the subject of the image must be cited. A text quoted in translation must credit the author, the translator, and usually also the publisher of the translation.

One’s own work, if it has been previously published elsewhere, must also be credited. If this cited text is extensive, it must be mentioned either in a footnote or endnote.

Giving credit for all borrowings does not relieve an author from the need to obtain permissions. The author is legally required to obtain permission to reproduce, photograph, translate, or paraphrase any work or part of a work that is protected by copyright.

Built-environment journal cannot be held responsible for any shortcomings of non-adherence to these. It does not generally ask the authors to transfer their copyrights to the publisher, unless it is so required.

Built Environment Sri Lanka is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND)

This means it allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the authors.

Visit  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/  for further details.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. For more information, see the full Privacy Policy here.