About the Journal

Issue 1 January–February  

 Issue 2 March–April  

Issue 3 May–June  

Issue 4 July – August 

Issue 5 September–October  

Issue 6 November-December  

Criteria for the consideration and selection of articles

Each article will be reviewed by 2 to 3 peer reviewers with expertise in a related field and will receive editorial approval before publication. The article review will use a format in which the reviewer does not know the author's information, such as name, surname, work experience, etc., and the author of the article does not know the name of the reviewer (Double-Blind Peer Review).

Articles submitted for publication in a journal must not have been published or be under consideration by a peer reviewer for publication in another journal. The author of the article must comply with the journal's article submission guidelines and must follow the journal's format.

The opinions and opinions of the authors of articles are the responsibility of their authors and not the responsibility of the editors.

Journal History

The Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal, ISSN 2774-0374 (online) established in 2021 by the DR.KEN Institute of Academic Development and Promotion, Thailand, publishing 6 issues (two months per issue) annually.

• The Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal (Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal) was developed in 2020 as a hard copy publication, published twice a year: The First Edition issue (January-June 2020) and the Second Edition issue 2 (July-December 2020), but it is not included in the ThaiJo system.
• In 2021, the publication was revised to six editions per year to meet TCI certification requirements.
• Appearing in the Google Scholar database from 2021.
• 2021 Digital Object Identification (DOIs) was added to the DataCite database (DataCite database ).
• 2022 was assessed for inclusion in the TCI (Thai-Journal Citation Index Center) Tier 2 database in June 2022, and as a result, articles published since January 1, 2022, are in the TCI Tier 2 database.
•  In 2023, the IARJ has adapted the print format to make the print format more universal, which is implemented in Volume 3 Issue 1 to Volume 3 Issue 6
• From Volume 3 Issue 6 (November-December 2023), the Interdisciplinary Research and Academic Journal has adjusted its printing format to make it more international by adjusting the abstract writing format, which will be used from Volume 3  Issue 6 onwards.
• 13 November 2023, the Interdisciplinary Research and Academic Journal changed the ISSN from 2774-0366  to 2985-2749 from volume 3 issue 6 onwards. 
• 13 November 2023 onwards, Interdisciplinary Research and Academic Journal. The name of the journal has been updated using the name "Interdisciplinary Research and Academic Journal" only in English.
• In 2023, the Interdisciplinary Research and Academic Journal, since Volume 3 issue 6 onwards, our Journal uses Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) of Crossref DOI
• In 2024, the Interdisciplinary Research and Academic Journal changed its citation writing format to APA Style Version 7. [

  https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-examples.pdf]  The author could learn how to set APA Style Version 7 from the Center for Educational Innovation in Print and Online Media, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University

• 2024 appearing in the ResearchGate, SEMANTIC SCHOLAR, SciSpace Open AI  database. 
• 4 February 2025, Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal has been assessed for academic journal quality in the TCI database in the 5th round (5-year journal quality assurance from 2025-2029) at Tier 2 level.

Plagiarism Policy

The Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal is part of the Thai-Journal Citation Index Center database, which has a CopyCatch system for checking plagiarism. All the manuscripts submitted for publication are checked for plagiarism within 24 hours. If plagiarism is identified by the editor-in-chief, editor, reviewer, etc., at any step of the article before or after the peer review process and acceptance, in that case, we will alert the author(s) and will request them to rewrite the content in the article or to cite the references from where the content has been copied. If more than 20% of the content is plagiarized, the article may be suggested to be rewritten or rejected, and the same is informed to the author.

Peer Review Policy

All research articles and most other article types, published in The Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal, undergo peer review. This usually involves using a double-blind review by at least two independent, expert peer reviewers. Peer reviewer selection is critical to the publication process. It is based on many factors, including expertise, reputation, specific recommendations, conflict of interest, and previous performance. Speed, thoroughness, sound reasoning, and collegiality are highly desirable. There should not be a direct correspondence between authors and peer reviewers; communication is mediated by the Editor.

The five steps of the publication peer review process of the Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal are as follows:

1. A manuscript assessed by editors (1 week):

The editors will check the submitted manuscripts as follows;

• Format
• Readability 
• Language
• Plagiarism (no more than 20%) 
• Sufficiency and credibility of references
• Reference writing style
• As well as the arrangement of the citation against the Author’s Guidelines.

 Any wrong arrangement of the citation, excessive redundancy, or repetition will result in the manuscripts being rejected. Then, will inform the author of further acknowledgment

2. Peer reviewing (1-2 weeks):

Throughout the review process, the journal uses a double-blind review. After the manuscripts pass the first step, they will be assessed by at least 2 to 3 reviewers. The assessment results are divided into four categories: ‘accept’, ‘accept with minor revision’, ‘accept with major revision’, and ‘reject.’

3. Notification of peer reviewing results (1 week):

After accepting the manuscripts that have passed the screening stage from reviewers, the editors will reconsider and finalize the results. Only manuscripts passing with ‘accept’ or ‘accept with minor revision’ will be passed to the next step. Those with ‘accept with major revision’ will be carefully reconsidered by the editors. Those with ‘reject’ results will not be published in the journal.

4. Revision (1-3 weeks):

At this stage, when receiving the manuscripts back, the authors have to respond to reviewers’ suggestions and those of the editors (if applicable) and make necessary corrections. Also, they have to inform of the revision. Then, the authors have to return both the revised manuscripts and the completed form to the editors within a specific deadline.

5. Reviewing the revision (1 week):

After receiving the submitted revised manuscripts, the editors will check whether the authors have successfully addressed the reviewers’ and the editors’ comments or suggestions. If the revised manuscripts pass this stage, the editors will deem the manuscripts accepted for publication and send them to the publishing process.

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

There are Article Processing Charges (APCs) for publishing articles in the IARJ.

Publishing Fee (Article Processing Charges: APCs)

IARJ is a self-funded journal and does not receive any public funding, so Article Processing Fees (APCs) from authors are the only source of funds for the journal to cover the cost of maintaining it. As IARJ is an open-access journal, the journal charges Article Processing Fees (APCs), which allow all readers to access articles online for free without having to pay a subscription fee.

However, IARJ also charges annual and per-article peer reviewer fees, ThaiJo database fees, and CrossRef membership fees. In addition, the journal waives publication fees for editors and authors from low-income countries and offers discounts for authors from middle- and lower-income countries. The journal also uses part of its income to support scholarships for underprivileged people who lack financial resources and to support other academic promotion activities. Therefore, the Article Processing Fees (APCs) listed are primarily to raise funds for the efficient management of the journal and the distribution of articles to databases worldwide, which are not primarily for financial gain.

The article's author must pay an academic paper publication fee at the rate of 4,500 baht per article (four thousand and five hundred baht only), or if transferring from overseas, pay 200 USD (Two hundred dollars only), including the international transfer fees. The Fee Payment is required after notification of the reviewing results has been completed and accepted for publication. The payment can be made at;

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In addition, Article Processing Fees (APCs), once paid, will not be refunded to authors under any circumstances.

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Open Access Statement

Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal is loyal to open access for academic work, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles and to use them for any other lawful purpose. All the articles published in this journal are free to access immediately from the date of publication. We do not charge any fees for any reader to download articles for their own scholarly use. Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal operates under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This allows for the reproduction of articles, free of charge, for non-commercial use only, and with the appropriate citation information. All authors publishing with the Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal accept these as the terms of publication.

Data Availability Statement

The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors without undue reservation.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Publisher’s Note

All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors, and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Copyright Notice

Articles published in the Interdisciplinary Academic and Research Journal (IARJ) are copyrighted by the IARJ. Articles that have already been accepted for publication in the IARJ must not appear in any other publication before their appearance in the IARJ. The editors will send authors a link to the journal containing the author's published article, or if the author wishes, the published article can be downloaded or printed on the IARJ website.

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