Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU)
Full Paper Submission
The full paper submission format for the FARU Journal and the FARU Annual Conference is the same. The paper should be prepared according to the FARU full paper template. Authors have 3 publishing opportunities:
FARU Journal (Issue 01)
Calls opens from January – April via FARU website. The Issue 01 of the FARU Journal is published in June each year. Papers should be submitted using Sri Lanka Journals Online (sljol) platform, https://faruj.sljol.info/
FARU Journal (Issue 02)
Call open from April – August via FARU website for the FARU Annual Conference. Only the highly ranked papers of the Annual conference will be selected to be published in FARU Journal (Issue 02) after necessary improvements to meet journal quality. The Issue 02 of the FARU Journal is published in December.
Conference Proceedings
Calls open from April – August via FARU website. The conference proceedings is published in December. Papers should be submitted by email to faru@uom.lk with subject ‘Full paper submission for FARU 2024 Annual Conference’.
FARU Author Guidelines
The full paper should contain completed research, the description of your study and should be structured in different sections such as: Abstract, Introduction, Lietratre review, Methodology, Results, Conclusions, Acknowledgements (if applicable) and References. The paper should be prepared according to the and limited to 10-12 pages including figures, tables and references (papers exceeding this page limit will be rejected). In addition, the authors need to complete and submit ‘FARU Full Paper_Author Details’. If the paper is selected after the review process, the author is expected to revise the paper according to comments by the reviewers and submit the camera-ready paper. The initial review process takes nearly two months and the authors are notified of the final decision together with reviewer comments. The details of the FARU Review process can be found here. Authors submitting full papers to the FARU Annual conference is eligible to apply for the FARU Awards by submitting the before the deadline.
How to Submit Full Paper
Read the ‘Author Guidelines’, ‘FARU Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement’ , and follow the below steps on How to Submit full paper for FARU Publications:
Presentation Guide
The time duration and the options of presentation is as follows:
In-person for 10 minutes with 5 minutes of question time Or Virtually via Zoom for 10 minutes with 5 minutes of question time Or Submit pre-recorded presentations for 10 minutes with 5 minutes of question time.
All selected authors will be notified via email on how to prepare for presentation. If an author requires FARU PowerPoint Template and the Speaker guide on recording presentation can be accessed here.
FARU Awards
Authors submitting full papers to the FARU Annual conference are eligible to apply for the FARU Awards. To proceed, the author must fill the and email to faru@uom.lk with the subject ‘FARU Awards Submission Form’. All winners will be awarded with a certificate at the award ceremony of the FARU Annual Conference. Submission forms must reach before the stated deadline (important dates).