Sri Lanka Journals OnLine

Sri Lanka Journals OnLine (SLJOL) is a service to provide access to Sri Lankan published research, and increase worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship.SLJOL is a database of journals published in Sri Lanka, covering the full range of academic disciplineswith the aim of giving greater visibility to the participating journals, and to the research they convey. Sri Lanka Journals OnLine (SLJOL) was initiated in August 2008. It is a project supported by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publication (INASP).


Journals are selected for inclusion on SLJOL using the following criteria:

1.They are scholarly in content, and contain original research (in addition to other content)

2.Their content is peer reviewed and quality controlled

3.They are able to provide all content for inclusion on SLJOL (tables of contents, abstracts and PDFs of full text) in electronic format

4.They are published within Sri Lanka. Management of publishing strategy, business development and production operation are all run from Sri Lanka.

SLJOL provides information on each participating journal, including aims and scope, contact details and general information. It also provides Tables of contents and abstracts (where available) for all articles published within these journals. Many full text articles are also available.

All the material on SLJOL is free to view, search and browse, however copyright of all content is retained by the journals or authors - each journals will need to give permission for any use or re-use of the content that falls outside Fair Use.

The journals are listed alphabetically, to help researchers find journals of relevance, and allow browsing of the journals and the website also has a sophisticated searching tool, to help researchers locate articles of interest and relevance to their area of study. Email alerts also provide a reminder service, to alert researchers to newly-published issues from their selected titles.

Researchers should also take note of the Research Support Tool which accompanies the abstracts of each article. The links from the red box to the right of each Abstract screen are designed to support the reading and use of the abstracts. Tools offered include information about the authors, quick and easy links to allow identification of further articles from other websites, definition of difficult terms using online dictionaries (simply click twice on any word in the abstract), and the automatic generation of citations to the article using "Capture Cite."
Titles currently included in SLJOL comprise:

• Built-Environment Sri Lanka (An international refereed research publication of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects.)
• Ceylon Journal of Medical Science (Published by the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.)
• Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) (Published by the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.)
• Ceylon Medical Journal (The Official Publication of the Sri Lanka Medical Association. Established 1887.)
• COCOS (The Journal of the Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka.)
• Galle Medical Journal (The Official Journal of Galle Medical Association.)
• International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer) (Published by the University of Colombo School of Computing. The journal also has a website at http://www.icter.org/index.php/ICTER/index)
• Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Published by the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka)
• Journal of Diagnostic Pathology (Official journal of the College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka.)
• Journal of Food and Agriculture (A half yearly publication by the Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management and Faculty of Livestock fisheries and Nutrition of the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka which provides a valuable forum for scientists endeavouring in research and development aspects in agriculture, food and nutrition.)
• Journal of Science of the University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka (Official journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.)
• Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians (The Official publication of the Ceylon College of Physicians.)
• Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka (Official publication of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, established in 1995.)
• Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (The Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka publishes the results of research in all aspects of Science and Technology. The journal also has a website at http://www.nsf.ac.lk/)
• Journal of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka (The official publication of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka.)
• Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka (JULA provides a forum for the publication of research and developments done by university library professionals and opens the doorways to explore the current topics related specifically to university library profession.)
• OUSL Journal (A peer-reviewed journal published by the Open University of Sri Lanka. It was the first academic journal to deal with Open/Distance Learning in Sri Lanka and although it welcomes research publications in other academic areas, its main focus remains Open and Distance Learning/Teaching.)
•  Sabaragamuwa University Journal (The official journal of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Advanced Social Studies (Published by the National Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences.)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences (Official journal of the Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Also available on SLAFAR website.)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics (The joint official publication of the Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka (HISSL) and the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM) of the University of Colombo.)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health (The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website at http://www.srilankacollegeofpaediatricians.com/publications.php)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Critical Care (A peer-reviewed publication of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science & Law (Official publication of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (The official journal of the National Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences.)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (The official publication of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry (Official journal of the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery (Official publication of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka.)
• Sri Lanka Journal of Urology (Oficial Publication of the Sri Lanka Association of Urological Surgeons.)
• Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics (The official journal of the Sri Lankan Agricultural Economics Association.)
• Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology (The Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology publishes clinical investigations, research articles, case reports, review articles and CME articles relating to anaesthesiology and critical care.)
• Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases (Official journal of the Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology (SSM).
• Sri Lankan Journal of Librarianship and Information Management (SLLIM is a journal for all those concerned with librarianship, information management, records management, information technology and any other related disciplines.)
• Sri Lankan Journal of Physics (Official journal of the Institute of Physics - Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website at http://www.ip-sl.org/sljp/ )
• Staff Studies (The official journal of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.)
• TAPROBANICA: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity (Official journal of the Taprobanica Private Limited, Homagama, Sri Lanka)
• Tropical Agricultural Research (Official journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya.)
• Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension (An International Journal on Agricultural Research and Extension in the Tropical and Subtropical Areas, published by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.)
• Vidyodaya Journal of Science (Official science journal of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura)
• Vingnanam Journal of Science (Vingnanam is a biannual refereed Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka)

Bangladesh Journals Online

Bangladesh Journals OnLine (BanglaJOL) provides free access to a collection of over 75 academic journals published in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journals OnLine (BanglaJOL) is a service to provide access to Bangladesh published research, and increase worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship.


The journals included cover a range of topics, are scholarly in content and contain original research and are peer reviewed. While there is an emphasis upon scientific topics, there is also coverage of health and development topics, and this resource is recommended for discovering articles which may have been missed by the more mainstream journal indexes.
 
The journals are listed alphabetically, to help researchers find journals of relevance, and allow browsing of the journals. The website also has a sophisticated searching tool, to help researchers locate articles of interest and relevance to their area of study. Email alerts are available to provide a reminder service, to alert researchers to newly-published issues from their selected titles. Each journal has its own home page, where researchers can find information about the aims and scope of the journal, and information on how to submit articles to each journal. Researchers should also take note of the Research Support Tool which accompanies the abstracts of each article. The links from the red box to the right of each Abstract screen are designed to support the reading and use of the abstracts. Tools offered include information about the authors, quick and easy links to allow identification of further articles from other websites, definition of difficult terms using online dictionaries (simply click twice on any word in the abstract), and the automatic generation of citations to the article using "Capture Cite."


Bangladesh Journals OnLine (BanglaJOL) was initiated in June 2007 and officially launched in September 2007. It is a project supported by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publication (INASP). It aims to promote the awareness and use of Bangladesh-published journals in all disciplines by providing access to tables of contents (TOCs), abstracts and full text on the Internet. BanglaJOL uses the Open Journals System created by the Public Knowledge Project based in Canada.

The Journals Online project is part of the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERii) which provides support to researchers around the world through access to information and training and support for the use of information.
 
Journals currently included in Bangladesh Journals OnLine are:

Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Journal
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal
Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research
Bangladesh Journal of Anatomy
Bangladesh Journal of Animal Science
Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics
Bangladesh Journal of Botany
Bangladesh Journal of Child Health
Bangladesh Journal of Genetics and Biotechnology
Bangladesh Journal of Medical Microbiology
Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science
Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology
Bangladesh Journal of Neuroscience
Bangladesh Journal of Nutrition
Bangladesh Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Bangladesh Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
Bangladesh Journal of Pathology
Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology
Bangladesh Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Bangladesh Journal of Plant Breeding and Genetics
Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy
Bangladesh Journal of Plastic Surgery
Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research
Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research
Bangladesh Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Bangladesh Journal of Zoology
Bangladesh Liver Journal
Bangladesh Medical Journal
Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin
Bangladesh Oncology Journal
Bangladesh Veterinarian
Cardiovascular Journal
Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin
Daffodil International University Journal of Science and Technology
Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences
Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics
Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faridpur Medical College Journal
Ibrahim Cardiac Medical Journal
GANIT: Journal of Bangladesh Mathematical Society
Ibrahim Medical College Journal
IIUC Studies
International Current Pharmaceutical Journal
International Journal of Hepatology
International Journal of Natural Sciences
Journal of Agriculture & Rural Development
Journal of Armed Forces Medical College, Bangladesh
Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons
Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners
Journal of Bangladesh Society of Physiologist
Journal of Bio-Science
Journal of Business and Technology (Dhaka)
Journal of Chemical Engineering
Journal of Chittagong Medical College Teachers' Association
Journal of Dhaka Medical College
Journal of Electrical Engineering
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Journal of Life and Earth Science
Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Journal of Medicine
Journal of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Journal of Scientific Research
Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University
Journal of the Bangladesh Association of Young Researchers
Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society
Journal of the Bangladesh Society of Anaesthesiologists
Medicine Today
MIST Journal: GALAXY (DHAKA)
Mymensingh Medical Journal
Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
Pulse
Stamford Journal of Microbiology
Stamford Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
TAJ: Journal of Teachers Association
The Agriculturists
University Heart Journal
University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University

Open access journals - South East Asia and the Caribbean

Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) offers free open access to backfiles of two leading journals, The Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and Oceania (Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde)  and the New West Indian Guide (Nieuwe West-Indische Gids).

The two journals have existed since 1853 and 1919, respectively. The contents of all back issues, mostly full text, will also be made freely available through the journals' web archives. Published continuously since 1853, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde is focuses on the linguistics, anthropology, and history of Southeast Asia, and more specifically of Indonesia. It appears in four issues, running a total of roughly 600 pages annually. The large majority of articles, brief notices, and book reviews are published in English.

The New West Indian Guide is the oldest scholarly journal on the Caribbean, published continuously since 1919. It presents English-language articles in the fields of anthropology, art, archaeology, economics, geography, geology, history, international relations, linguistics, literature, music, political science and sociology. It includes the world's most complete review section on Caribbean books, covering some 150 books each year.

Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online; Open Access journal from Royal Society of New Zelaand

Kotuitui is an online opan access (free to view) journal published by the Royal Society of New Zealand and hosted by Taylor and Francis.

The journal aims to showcase the increasing number of collaborative research endeavours across the social sciences. Although of particular relevance to New Zealand, the journal’s subject matter is of worldwide relevance and interest to researchers in universities, research institutes, and other centres. The Maori name ‘Kotuitui’ means ‘interweaving’, and reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the journal.


Kotuitui publishes original research papers, short communications, book reviews, and letters. Although the journal predominately highlights research in the New Zealand context, international submissions are welcomed. The journal’s subject matter includes contributions from long-established fields (including psychology, economics, human geography, sociology, education, political science, anthropology, social work, population studies, and history); as well as more recent disciplinary and inter-disciplinary fields such as public policy, development studies, conflict resolution, gender studies, international relations, security studies, human rights, cultural and ethnic studies, ethics, criminology, health, sustainability, communications, and media studies.

The journal is freely available online, facilitating the distribution of New Zealand social science knowledge both nationally and internationally. Papers with likely high impact will be fast-tracked for rapid publication.

Open Access and the Pacific

With thanks to the Savage Minds blog:

Open access is a growing trend in scholarly publishing, and a particularly important one enabling better access to scholarly work in the developing world. The Savage Minds blog has recently highlighted that some of the most focused journals on anthropology and the Pacific are available open access.


The blog author states: "These journals are small and specialized — despite the size of the Pacific, the scholarly community is pretty small — but despite this they are all being made more and more available online. Or maybe I should say because of this. I also think that we, like the physicists, are a group of people with a strong sense of community and a commitment to the values of our discipline — and the Pacific is a place where people value share and community."

Highlighted journals include Pacific Studies which has posted over thirty years of back issues available for free on its website; The Contemporary Pacific  which has placed over twenty years of its issues online; and
the University of the South Pacific's Journal of Pacific Studies which currently has 8 volumes of its back issues available open access and has abstracts and tables of contents for the remaining issues online, while work is ongoing to provide full text access to these.


At the University of Hawaii the Center for Pacific Island Studies has done a superb job of making its work available open access. It includes a occasional papers series that began with relatively staid titles like Pacific-Related Audiovisual Materials for Secondary Schools to truly new and exciting scholarship by Pacific Islanders such as Indigenous Encounters: Reflections on Relations Between People in the Pacific edited by Katerina Teaiwa and The Space Between: Negotiating Culture, Place, and Identity in the Pacific by Marata Tamaira.

For the full blog post please go here.

Royal Society journal archive - free open access

The Royal Society has announced that its world-famous historical journal archive – which includes the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal – has been made permanently free to access online. Around 60,000 historical scientific papers are accessible via a fully searchable online archive, with papers published more than 70 years ago now becoming freely available. These include both historic and modern papers on Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific and South Asia, as well as the British colonies of Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Early papers include descriptions of plants, animals and diseases; observations of earthquakes, magnetism, meteors, and atmospheric conditions; and letters and reports from expeditions.

The Royal Society is the world’s oldest scientific publisher, with the first edition of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society appearing in 1665. Henry Oldenburg – Secretary of the Royal Society and first Editor of the publication – ensured that it was “licensed by the council of the society, being first reviewed by some of the members of the same”, thus making it the first ever peer-reviewed journal.

The move is being made as part of the Royal Society’s ongoing commitment to open access in scientific publishing. Opening of the archive is being timed to coincide with Open Access Week, and also comes soon after the Royal Society announced its first ever fully open access journal, Open Biology.

Search the journal archive here

Open Access Journals - General Titles

Our final list of journal titles - being titles of a general nature available on display for one year:

Black and Asian Studies Association Newsletter
Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Developing Economies
Development Dialogue
Developments
Global Development Studies
IDS Bulletin
International Journal
International Migration
Interventions
Itinerario
New Internationalist
Third World Resurgence

Open Access Journals - Africa

Below are listed African journal titles for which the most recent year is available on open display:

Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Africa Insight
Africa Quarterly
Africa Today
African Affairs
African Book Publishing Record
African Historical Review
African Journal of Conflict Resolution
African Research and Documentation
African Security Review
African Studies Review
Agenda
Australasian Review of African Studies
Canadian Journal of African Studies
Conflict Trends
Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review
Fast Facts
History in Africa
International Journal of African Historical Studies
Journal of Contemporary History/ Joernall vir Eietydse Geskiedenis
Journal of African Economies
Journal of African History
Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Journal of Modern African Studies
Journal of Namibian Studies
Journal of Southern African Studies
OSSREA Newsletter (Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa)
Review of African Political Economy
Society of Malawi Journal
South African Historical Journal
South African Journal of International Affairs
Tanzanian Affairs
Transformation
The Zimbabwean

Open Access Journals - Asia

Continuing to work through our lists of journals for which we keep the last year on open access for your browsing pleasure and to support keeping up to date on your areas of interest. Today we list Asian titles covering South and South East Asia:

ASEAN Economic Bulletin
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
Asia Pacific Viewpoint
Asian Economic Review
Asian Studies Newsletter
Asian Survey
Bangladesh Development Studies
BIISS Journal (Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies)
Contemporary South Asia
Contemporary Southeast Asia
Economic and Political Weekly
Indian Journal of Public Administration
Indian Journal of Secularism
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Pakistan Development Review
South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies
South Asia Economic Journal
South Asia Newsletter

Open Access Recent Journals - Canada

The most recent twelve months of the following Canadian journals are available on open access for browsing. Earlier issues can be requested and consulted on the 4th Floor South Block Library.

Acadiensis: Journal of the history of the Atlantic region
American Review of Canadian Studies
Australasian Canadian Studies
BC Studies
British Journal of Canadian Studies
Canadian Foreign Policy
Canadian Historical Review
Canadian Journal of Political Science
Canadian Parliamentary Review
Canadian Public Administration
Canadian Social Trends
Etudes canadiennes: Canadian Studies
Inroads: A Journal of Opinion
International Journal of Canadian Studies
Journal of Canadian Studies/ Revue d’études canadiennes
Labour/ Le Travail
Labour, Capital and Society/ Travail, Capital et Société
Literary Review of Canada
Quebec Studies

Open Access Recent Journals - Caribbean

The last 12 months of the following titles are on display for browsing in NG22, within the new Commonwealth Studies Library:

Arts Journal
Caribbean Dialogue
Caribbean Quarterly
Caribbean Review of Books
Caribbean Studies
Jamaican Journal
Journal of Caribbean History
Journal of Caribbean Studies
Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies
Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
NWIG (New West Indian Guide/Niewe West-Indische Gids)
Small Axe
Social and Economic Studies
Society for Caribbean Studies Newsletter
Wadabagei

Open Access Recent Journals - Atlantic and Mediterranean

The last twelve months of the following journals are avauilable in NG22 for browsing:

MEDITERRANEAN

Cyprus Economic Policy Review
Cyprus News
Cyprus Review
Cyprus Today
Ekonomia
FEMA Research Bulletin
Report: Friends of Cyprus


ATLANTIC

Falkland Islands Journal
Falkland Islands Newsletter
Falklands Focus
Tristan da Cunha Newsletter

Open Access Recent Journals - Oceania

Room NG22 contains our teaching collection, a small quick reference section and recent issues (usually a year) of a selection of journal received.

These include:

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
AQ: Australian Quarterly
Arena Journal
Arena Magazine
Australasian Parliamentary Review
Australia Book Review
Australian Economic History Review
Australian Economic Papers
Australian Historical Studies
Australian Journal of International Affairs
Australian Journal of Political Science
Australian Journal of Politics and History
Australian Journal of Public Administration
Australian Journal of Social Issues
Australian Studies
CNZS Bulletin of New Zealand Studies
Economic Record
Economic Round-Up
Griffith Review
History Australia
Journal of Australian Colonial History
Journal of Australian Political Economy
Journal of Australian Studies
Journal of New Zealand Studies
Journal of Sociology
Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
Labour History
Melbourne Journal of Politics
New Zealand Books
New Zealand Economic Papers
New Zealand International Review
New Zealand Journal of History
Overland
People and Place
Political Science
Quadrant
Social Alternatives
Sporting Traditions



PACIFIC
Nabanga. British Friends of Vanuatu
The Contemporary Pacific. A Journal of Island Affairs
Islands Business
Journal of Pacific History
Journal of Pacific Studies
Journal of the Polynesian Society
Pacific Economic Bulletin
Pacific News from Manoa