Publication Ethics

Chiang Mai University Journal of Humanities operates to maintain the standards of the journal and publication ethics in accordance with the practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in all aspects as follows:

Responsibility of the Editor and Editorial Board

1. The editor and editorial board are responsible for managing the journal's operations to ensure correctness, orderliness, and suitability in accordance with the journal's objectives, ethics, and the operational guidelines under the Thai-Journal Citation Index Center (TCI).
2. The editor and editorial board are responsible for reviewing and verifying the submitted articles sequentially, considering the quality, academic value, and relevance of the content to the scope of the journal, as well as ensuring the quality of the articles after the quality assessment process and necessary revisions before publication.
3. The editor and editorial board must make decisions about articles fairly, without bias or favoritism.
4. The editor and editorial board must monitor articles to prevent duplicate publication or plagiarism, which would constitute unethical behavior.
5. The editor and editorial board must strictly adhere to the journal’s procedures, maintaining its standards and managing the journal to ensure quality within the specified timeframe.
6. The editor and editorial board must not disclose information about reviewers or authors during the journal’s review process or before the article is published, under any circumstances.

Responsibility of the Reviewers

1. Reviewers must uphold ethical standards in reviewing articles, ensuring they have expertise in the relevant field and evaluating articles based on quality, correctness, and academic reasoning, free from any bias.
2. Reviewers must justify their evaluation by referencing principles and works relevant to the article, even if not cited in the submission. If plagiarism or duplicate publication is detected, reviewers must report it to the editorial board with verifiable evidence.
3. Reviewers must not disclose confidential information from articles under review before they are published and must not engage in any behavior that could reveal their identity through the review process.
4. Reviewers must have no conflicts of interest with the authors or the editorial board, either directly or indirectly. If a conflict of interest is identified, the reviewer must inform the editor and decline to review the article.
5. Reviewers must adhere to the journal’s timelines and complete their evaluations within the prescribed period.

Responsibility of the Authors

1. Authors must thoroughly review the journal’s details and guidelines, ensuring their submission is correct and complete, and they must adhere to the journal's requirements for submission to Chiang Mai University Journal of Humanities.
2. Authors must not engage in unethical practices such as plagiarism or duplicate publication.
3. While submitting an article for consideration in Chiang Mai University Journal of Humanities, authors must not submit the same article for review elsewhere.
4. Authors must not fabricate or distort any data in their submitted articles.
5. Authors must check for self-plagiarism and proper citation before submitting their article, ensuring all references are complete and accurate.
6. For articles based on research involving human or animal subjects, authors are not required to submit ethical approval documentation with the journal but are responsible for keeping the ethical approval certificate in case it needs to be presented.
7. Authors must make necessary revisions based on the review and suggestions from the reviewers and editorial board within the specified timeframe. Failure to do so may result in the delay of publication or withdrawal of the article from the journal.
8. Authors should clearly acknowledge any funding sources for their research (if applicable) and disclose any conflicts of interest (if applicable).
9. Authors are prohibited from modifying, reproducing, or translating articles published in the Journal into another language for submission to other journals, or presenting them in other formats or making further modifications.

Note: The journal does not allow changes to funding sources after an article has been published.