Preferred file format: MS Word document. Please do not submit in PDF format.

Originality: The author should only submit their original work. The author should not submit concurrent manuscripts (or manuscripts essentially describing the same subject matter) to multiple journals. The author must first seek editorial permission, if they would like to submit an article that has been previously published elsewhere.

Editors are entitled to request the author to provide the raw data for her or his research for convenience of editorial review.

Manuscript title: The title should be limited to 15 words or less; the title should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper.

Abstract: The abstract should summarize the manuscript content in 150-200 words. The abstract should be informative and self-explanatory, and should state the argument of the article and its major conclusions. Standard nomenclature should be used, and if abbreviations are used, they must be defined at their first mention.

Word length: We publish articles under three different categories with varied word lengths. This includes, (i) commentaries: between 1,000 to 1,500 words, (ii) Review articles: between 2,000 to 3,000 words, and (iii) in-depth articles: between 5,000 to 6,000 words.

Structure: Please divide your article into subtopics with subheadings.

Style: British spelling and language style are used for the journal.

References and citations: Harvard referencing Style (Footnoting system) is used. If the author has used work, ideas and/or words of others, appropriate citations are required within the text of the article. Author should provide a list of references to indicate all sources that have supported the research at the end of the article.

Author information: Please include complete names and affiliation and/or experience of author(s) in a few lines at the end of the article; contact email address of author(s) can be included.

The author should give due acknowledgement to all individuals who have made contributions to the research, and those who have contributed significantly to the research should be listed as co-authors. The author should ensure that all co-authors have affirmed the final version of the paper and have agreed on its final publication.

Copyright: The copyright of a published article will remain with the author(s); the author(s) agree to require that the Journal on Defence Policy & Analysis be given credit as the original publisher in any republication of the article authorized by the author(s). Such credit shall include a proper citation to the article’s publication in the journal, including the author(s), the journal, the volume and issue numbers, the year of the article’s publication in the journal and the internet address for the issue.

The Editorial Team reserves the right to make changes to the content of submissions for publication and/or reject a submission at its discretion.

Please email your submissions to dpajournal@kdu.ac.lk