Author Instructions

ISSN 2985-2749 (Online)
Publisher: DR.KEN Institute of Academic Development and Promotion, Thailand

1. Purpose of These Instructions

These instructions explain the academic, ethical, and technical requirements for submitting manuscripts to the Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal (IARJ).

Authors must read these instructions together with the journal’s Publication Ethics policy and prepare their manuscripts using the applicable journal template.

The revised template, Declaration Form, and CRediT Author Contributions requirements apply to all articles published from Volume 7, Issue 1 (January–February 2027) onward. Authors whose manuscripts are already under consideration or have been accepted for these issues may be requested to update their files before production.

The revised template is available through the “Download Template” menu on the journal website.

2. Journal Scope and Article Types

IARJ publishes scholarly work in the humanities, social sciences, and related interdisciplinary fields.

The journal’s areas include social sciences, education, public administration, business administration, political science, religion and philosophy, development studies, law, linguistics, and interdisciplinary studies connecting these fields.

Authors must consult the full Aims and Scope before submission. Manuscripts must demonstrate an identifiable scholarly contribution and appropriate engagement with relevant literature.

2.1 Research Articles

Research articles report original empirical studies, systematic investigations, or research and development.

They must establish a clear problem, appropriate research questions or objectives, a sound design, transparent methods, credible findings, and conclusions supported by evidence.

2.2 Academic or Conceptual Articles

These articles develop scholarly arguments, theoretical explanations, conceptual frameworks, or critical interpretations.

They must identify a clear issue, engage critically with relevant scholarship, and offer a substantive contribution rather than a descriptive compilation.

2.3 Review Articles

Review articles critically synthesize existing knowledge, compare findings or perspectives, identify limitations and gaps, and develop implications for future research or practice.

Systematic and scoping reviews must explain their search, selection, and synthesis procedures as applicable. Other reviews must clearly describe their scope and analytical approach.

2.4 Book Reviews

Book reviews must identify the publication being reviewed and provide a balanced, evidence-based assessment of its arguments, contribution, strengths, limitations, and relevance.

Reviewers must disclose relationships with the book’s authors, editors, or publisher that could affect impartiality.

3. Submission Declaration

By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that:

• The manuscript fits the journal’s scope.

• The work is original and complies with the journal’s prior-publication requirements.

• It is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere.

• All listed authors meet the authorship requirements.

• All authors approve the submission, author order, and contribution statement.

• The work is reported honestly and accurately.

• Required ethics approvals, consent, and permissions have been obtained.

• Funding, competing interests, data availability, and material AI use have been disclosed.

• The manuscript follows the applicable template and these instructions.

Authors must disclose related publications, manuscripts, theses, preprints, conference abstracts, and other prior dissemination and explain any overlap.

A full paper already published in conference proceedings must not be presented as an unpublished original submission.

4. How to Submit

Submit manuscripts through the journal’s online submission system.

Authors must register or log in, complete the submission metadata, and upload the required files.

Provide accurate information for:

• Article title, abstract, and keywords.

• Every author’s full name, affiliation, country, and email address.

• ORCID iDs.

• Corresponding author details.

• References and other information requested by the system.

Authors without an ORCID iD may register at ORCID.

4.1 Required Files

Prepare:

1. Separate title page: Author identities, affiliations, contact information, ORCID iDs, corresponding author details, and the identifying Author Contributions statement.

2. Anonymized manuscript: The article prepared for reviewers without author-identifying information.

3. Declaration Form: Completed statements concerning competing interests, AI use, data availability, research ethics, and funding.

4. Supporting materials, where applicable: Supplementary files, permissions, or documentation requested by the editorial office.

Upload identifying documents using a file designation that excludes them from reviewer access. Consult the editorial office if the available file designations are unclear.

Do not upload identifiable participant records or other sensitive evidence unless requested through an appropriate secure process.

4.2 Anonymization for Peer Review

Remove names, affiliations, acknowledgments, identifying contribution information, and identifying document properties from reviewer files.

Cite the authors’ previous work in the third person. Retain academically necessary citations and essential methodological information.

Where ethics or funding details would reveal author identity, provide complete information separately to the editorial office and follow its instructions for the reviewer version. Restore approved identifying details in the final manuscript.

5. Language Requirements

IARJ accepts manuscripts in Thai or English.

Thai manuscripts must use clear academic Thai and consistent terminology. English terminology should be included where necessary for accuracy.

English manuscripts and English-language sections of Thai manuscripts must be clear, grammatically sound, and suitable for scholarly readers.

Provide Thai and English titles, abstracts, and keywords as required by the applicable template. Prepare author names and affiliations in the languages specified by the template.

Authors remain responsible for language quality. Editing assistance does not guarantee acceptance and must be acknowledged or disclosed where appropriate.

6. Manuscript Format and Length

Prepare the manuscript in Microsoft Word format using the latest applicable journal template.

Item	Requirement
File format	.doc or .docx
Page size	A4
Margins	1 inch on all sides
Layout	One column
Line spacing	Single
Font and sizes	Follow the applicable template
Maximum length	20 pages, including tables, figures, declarations, and references
Citation style	APA Style, 7th edition

For articles published from Volume 7, Issue 1 (2027) onward, use the revised template rather than an earlier version.

The template governs typography, heading styles, spacing, and placement of required sections. Requests to depart from the requirements must be explained to the editorial office.

7. Title Page, Abstract, and Keywords

7.1 Title Page

The separate title page must include:

• A concise, informative title.

• Each author’s full name.

• Institutional affiliations and countries.

• Email addresses and ORCID iDs.

• Clearly identified corresponding author information.

• The Author Contributions statement.

Names and affiliations must be accurate and consistent with the submission metadata.

7.2 Abstract

Each abstract must not exceed 500 words.

For research articles, summarize:

• Background and Aims: The context, problem, and objectives.

• Methodology: The design, participants or data sources, procedures, and analysis.

• Results: The principal findings.

• Conclusion: The main conclusion and contribution.

For academic, conceptual, and review articles, adapt the abstract to explain the purpose, approach, principal argument or synthesis, and implications.

Thai and English abstracts must communicate equivalent substantive information. Avoid unsupported claims, unnecessary abbreviations, and citations where possible.

7.3 Keywords

Provide no more than five keywords in each required language.

Choose specific terms representing the article’s main concepts. Keywords in Thai and English should correspond in meaning.

8. Structure of Research Articles

Research articles should normally include:

1. Title.

2. Abstract.

3. Keywords.

4. Introduction.

5. Objectives or research questions.

6. Literature review.

7. Conceptual or theoretical framework, where applicable.

8. Methodology.

9. Results.

10. Discussion.

11. Conclusion.

12. Recommendations, where appropriate.

13. Author Contributions and declarations.

14. Acknowledgments, where applicable.

15. References.

Related sections may be combined when academically appropriate and consistent with the template.

Introduction: Establish the problem, context, research gap, significance, and expected contribution.

Objectives or research questions: State the study’s focus clearly and ensure consistency with the methods and findings.

Literature review and framework: Critically integrate relevant concepts, theories, and evidence. Explain how they guide the investigation.

Methodology: Describe the design, setting, sampling or source selection, instruments, procedures, analysis, quality safeguards, and relevant ethics arrangements.

Results: Present findings logically and provide sufficient evidence to support them. Avoid unnecessary duplication between text, tables, and figures.

Discussion: Interpret findings in relation to the objectives, framework, and previous scholarship. Explain contributions, limitations, and implications without exceeding the evidence.

Conclusion and recommendations: State the principal contribution and provide recommendations grounded in the study.

9. Structure of Other Articles

Academic, conceptual, and review articles may use a structure appropriate to their purpose but must explain:

• The issue or question addressed.

• The scope and approach.

• The literature or evidence considered.

• The main analysis or argument.

• Limitations.

• Conclusions and implications.

Book reviews must include complete bibliographic details of the book and a critical review. Identifying reviewer information must be supplied separately during double-blind review.

10. Tables, Figures, and Supplementary Materials

Place tables and figures near their first substantive discussion and number them consecutively.

Authors must:

• Refer to every table and figure in the text.

• Provide clear English titles or captions.

• Explain abbreviations, symbols, and relevant analytical details.

• Supply readable figures and editable tables where possible.

• Avoid duplicating the same information in multiple formats.

• Identify reproduced or adapted material and obtain permission where required.

• Protect participant confidentiality.

Follow the revised template for title and caption placement.

Supplementary materials must be labeled, cited in the manuscript, and subject to the same ethical and accuracy requirements as the main article.

11. References and Citation Ethics

Use APA Style, 7th edition, consistently.

Authors must:

• Match in-text citations and reference-list entries.

• Verify author names, dates, titles, publication details, and links.

• Provide DOIs where available, preferably as https://doi.org/ links.

• Cite original sources where appropriate.

• Ensure cited sources support the associated claims.

• Avoid misleading attribution, irrelevant citations, and citation manipulation.

• Retain relevant foundational scholarship alongside appropriate current sources.

Use the correct APA format for each source type. For example, APA 7 book references do not include the publisher’s location.

Do not include nonexistent or unverified references, including references suggested by AI tools.

See the APA Style guidance.

12. Authorship and Author Contributions

12.1 Authorship Requirements

Authorship must reflect substantial scholarly contribution rather than status, seniority, courtesy, or administrative position.

All authors must:

• Have made a substantial contribution to the work.

• Have participated in drafting or substantive intellectual revision.

• Have reviewed and approved the final manuscript.

• Agree to submission and publication.

• Accept accountability and cooperate in resolving questions about the work’s integrity.

Ghost, guest, gift, honorary, and purchased authorship are prohibited. Eligible contributors must not be omitted.

The corresponding author ensures that names, affiliations, author order, contribution details, and approvals are accurate.

12.2 Author Contributions: CRediT Contributor Roles Taxonomy

IARJ requires an Author Contributions statement describing each author’s actual contributions using CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy).

Role	Meaning and Examples
Conceptualization	Developing the research idea and aims, such as identifying a problem, formulating questions, or proposing a framework.
Data curation	Organizing, cleaning, documenting, and preserving data, such as preparing codebooks or anonymizing transcripts.
Formal analysis	Applying systematic analytical techniques, such as regression, structural equation modeling, or qualitative coding and thematic analysis.
Funding acquisition	Securing financial support, including successful research grant applications.
Investigation	Conducting research and collecting evidence through surveys, interviews, observations, or documentary work.
Methodology	Designing research methods, instruments, sampling strategies, or analytical models.
Project administration	Coordinating activities, responsibilities, fieldwork, and milestones.
Resources	Providing materials, equipment, facilities, datasets, or other necessary research resources.
Software	Developing, implementing, or testing research code, programs, or algorithms. Merely using existing software does not establish this role.
Supervision	Providing research leadership, oversight, and mentorship.
Validation	Checking reproducibility or replicability, such as independently rerunning analyses or verifying a research workflow.
Visualization	Preparing charts, diagrams, maps, and other visual presentations.
Writing – original draft	Preparing the initial manuscript, including substantive translation.
Writing – review & editing	Critically reviewing and substantively revising the manuscript, including responses to reviewers.

12.3 Reporting Requirements

• List each author’s full name followed by the applicable roles.

• Include only roles actually performed.

• One author may perform several roles, and multiple authors may share a role.

• All 14 roles are not required.

• All authors must review and approve the statement.

• Single-author articles must also identify applicable roles.

At initial submission, provide the identifying statement in the separate title-page file for the editorial office, excluded from reviewer files.

After acceptance, place the approved statement before the References according to the revised template.

12.4 Example

Author Contributions

[Author 1 full name]: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft.

[Author 2 full name]: Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing.

[Author 3 full name]: Supervision, Project administration, Writing – review & editing.

All authors have read and approved the final manuscript, agree to its submission and publication, and accept responsibility for the integrity of the work.

Replace the example names and roles with accurate information.

12.5 Eligibility and Changes

CRediT describes contributions; it does not determine authorship eligibility or author order.

Funding acquisition, resources, project administration, supervision, or language assistance alone does not automatically establish authorship eligibility. Acknowledge non-author contributors with their permission.

Changes to author names, order, or contributions after submission require an explanation and written agreement from all affected authors. The journal may suspend processing while a dispute is resolved.

Further information: CRediT Role Descriptors.

13. Declaration Form

Complete the Declaration — Author Form provided in the revised template. Statements must reflect the actual circumstances of the work.

13.1 Conflict of Interest

Disclose relevant financial and non-financial relationships.

Where accurate:

“The authors declare no conflict of interest.”

13.2 Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

Identify the tool, provider, model or version where available, purpose, extent of use, and human verification.

Where accurate:

“The authors did not use generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in preparing this manuscript.”

13.3 Data Availability Statement

Explain where data or supporting materials can be accessed and any restrictions.

Examples:

“The data supporting this study are available in [repository] at [persistent link].”

“De-identified data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, subject to applicable ethics and access requirements.”

“The data are not publicly available because disclosure could compromise participant confidentiality.”

“No new data were generated or analyzed in this study.”

13.4 Ethics Statement

Identify the approving committee, approval reference, approval date where available, and relevant consent procedures.

Example:

“This study was approved by [committee and institution], approval number [number], dated [date]. Informed consent was obtained from participants before participation.”

Explain applicable representative consent, participant assent, or an authorized waiver. Where approval was exempted or not required, provide the basis and responsible authority where relevant.

13.5 Funding

Identify funding sources, grant or project references, and the funder’s role.

Where accurate:

“This research received no external funding.”

Do not leave a declaration blank merely because it does not apply. State the circumstances and provide a brief explanation where appropriate.

Include the completed statements in the final manuscript as directed by the template. During review, submit identifying details separately where necessary to preserve anonymity.

14. Research Ethics and AI Use

Research must comply with applicable ethical requirements.

Where required, obtain approval before research begins and informed consent before participation. Protect privacy, confidentiality, voluntary participation, and participant well-being.

Institutional permission does not replace individual consent or independent ethics review where required. Additional safeguards are necessary for vulnerable participants and dependent relationships.

AI tools cannot be authors. Material generative AI use in writing, translation, coding, analysis, interpretation, or content preparation must be disclosed. Research-related use must also be described in the Methods section.

AI must not be used to fabricate evidence, references, quotations, participant responses, or research activities. Confidential information must not be uploaded to AI services without appropriate authorization and safeguards.

Authors remain responsible for all submitted content.

See the full Publication Ethics policy.

15. Originality and Similarity Assessment

The journal screens submissions for textual similarity and other integrity concerns.

Similarity reports are interpreted in context. A numerical score alone does not establish originality or plagiarism. Unattributed copying may be unacceptable even when the overall score is low.

Substantial overlap, undisclosed prior publication, fabrication, falsification, or manipulation may lead to clarification requests, rejection, or post-publication action.

Authors must disclose overlap and cite reused material appropriately rather than attempting to reduce a score through superficial rewording.

16. Peer Review and Revision

IARJ uses double-blind peer review, with author identities withheld from reviewers and reviewer identities withheld from authors.

The process normally includes:

1. Administrative checks.

2. Editorial screening for scope, quality, originality, and ethical adequacy.

3. Similarity and integrity assessment.

4. Review by at least two independent subject experts.

5. Editorial consideration of the reports.

6. Revision and further review where necessary.

7. Final decision and production for accepted articles.

Decisions may include acceptance, revision, resubmission for further review, or rejection.

Revisions must include a point-by-point response explaining changes and providing reasons where a recommendation is not followed. A revision request does not guarantee acceptance.

The responsible editor makes the final decision. Review duration depends on reviewer availability, manuscript complexity, revisions, and any necessary inquiries.

17. Publication Charges and Acceptance Letters

IARJ charges an Article Processing Charge of THB 4,500 per article, or USD 200 for overseas payment, under the conditions published on the journal website.

Payment is requested after review has been completed and the manuscript has been accepted. Authors should follow official payment instructions and contact the editorial office about applicable waiver or discount arrangements.

Payment does not purchase acceptance or influence peer review.

Acceptance letters are issued electronically only after a formal acceptance decision. Authors and institutions may verify their authenticity through dr.keninstitute@gmail.com.

18. Copyright, Licensing, and Permissions

Published articles are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), subject to separately identified third-party material.

Reuse must comply with the license, including its attribution, non-commercial use, and restrictions on distributing adaptations.

Authors must obtain necessary permissions for third-party content. Copyright ownership and any rights granted to the journal must be stated clearly in the applicable publishing agreement.

19. Proofs, Corrections, Complaints, and Appeals

Authors must check proofs carefully and promptly report errors. Substantial changes to findings, authorship, or interpretation require editorial assessment.

After publication, significant errors must be reported to the journal. Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions are handled under the Publication Ethics policy.

Retraction normally preserves the article with clear status marking and an explanatory notice.

Appeals must identify substantive factual, scholarly, or procedural grounds and provide supporting evidence. Complaints about review, editorial conduct, or ethics should be specific and evidence-based.

Send these matters to dr.keninstitute@gmail.com. An appeal does not guarantee reversal.

20. Submission Checklist and Contact

Before submission, confirm that:

• The article fits the journal’s scope.

• Originality and prior-publication requirements are satisfied.

• All authors approve the manuscript, author order, and contributions.

• The applicable template has been used.

• The manuscript is within 20 pages.

• Titles, abstracts, keywords, and author information meet the language requirements.

• The separate title page and anonymized reviewer manuscript are prepared.

• The CRediT statement is complete and approved.

• The Declaration Form is completed.

• Ethics approvals, consent, and permissions are documented where required.

• Tables, figures, references, and supplementary materials are checked.

• Submission metadata match the manuscript.

• Publication charges and relevant conditions have been reviewed.

Editorial Office
Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal (IARJ)
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Publisher: DR.KEN Institute of Academic Development and Promotion, Thailand
Email: dr.keninstitute@gmail.com
Website: IARJ
Submission: Online Submission System