Publication Ethics

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Surindra Rajabhat University

วารสารมนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏสุรินทร์

ISSN 3027-8724 (Print)  ISSN 3027-8732 (Online)


Publication Ethics  

           The author should be aware of the importance of preparing the article correctly according to the article’s format as the journal determines. In addition, there must be a validation check and proofreading before submitting the article to the editorial boards. However, the preparation of the article correctly according to the requirements of the journal will make the publication faster. In this regard, the editorial boards reserve the right not to consider the article until correcting the requirements of the journal. The original article that has been printed must never be published in any journal or publication before or not in the process of considering proposals for publication in journals or other publications. If using tables, images or charts of other authors that appear in other publications, the author must first ask permission of the copyright owner. The official letter must be presented with the consent of the editorial boards before the article is published. must follow the guidelines for Publication Ethics as follows :

Ethical Standards of Authors

  1. The author of the article must be responsible and certify that articles submitted for publication in the Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences must not have been previously published or under peer review for publication in another journal.
  2. The author of the article must follow the guidelines for submitting academic or research articles to be published strictly in Humanities and Social Science Journal including the reference system must follow the journal's guidelines.
  3. The author must adjust editing the article to be correct according to the journal's format on the title “Guidelines for submitting articles and recommendations for authors for publication in Humanities and Social Science Journal,” especially the topic of an article format and printing of article content of manuscript preparation. This will lead to articles having the same standard publishing format.
  4. Authors must consider research ethics, that is, they must not infringe or copy the work of others as their own. The journal has determined the duplication of work using the Copycatch program on the Thaijo website. The journal has set the value at a level not exceeding 30%.
  5. The author whose name appears in the article must have participated in the preparation of the article or participated in the research. This point is reserved for those who were not involved in the preparation of the article. Their names will not be allowed. If it is found that there are people who were not involved in the preparation of this article, the journal will immediately withdraw the article.
  6. Authors must be responsible for citing content in their work, images, or tables if they are used in their own articles by specifying the “origin” to prevent copyright infringement. (If there is a lawsuit, it will be the sole responsibility of the author. The journal will not be held responsible in any way) and will immediately withdraw the article from publication in the journal.
  7. Authors must check the accuracy of the list of references both in terms of format and content and academic documents that have not been read should not be cited or included in the bibliography and should refer to documents as necessary and appropriate, should not refer to too many documents. You must also refer to the citation format of the article. The references must be in accordance with the format specified by the journal.
  8. The author must adjust the article according to the evaluation results from the article evaluators and the editorial team. To be completed within the specified time. If it is not as specified, publication must be postponed or may be removed from the journal.
  9. Authors should specify the name of the funding source supporting the research (if any) and should indicate any conflicts of interest (if any). In the article, authors must not report information that is inaccurate. Whether it is creating false information or forgery, distortion, including decoration or choose to display only information that is consistent with the conclusions.
  10. Authors should not refer to documents that have been withdrawn except for the message you want to support. It is a message related to the removal process and must also be specified in the reference document as the document that has been withdrawn.

Ethical Standards of Editors     

  1. The editor must supervise, monitor the operation of the journal and adhere to policy and objectives in accordance with ethics according to the announcement of the Thai Journal Citation Index Center (TCI) regarding the evaluation of ethics of Thai academic journals in the TCI database on June 24, 2019.
  2. The editor must supervise and monitor and take appropriate action against authors or articles found to have committed ethical/ethical violations, such as violating or copying the work of others as their own. The journal has determined the duplication of work using the Copycatch program on the Thaijo website. The journal has set the value at a level not exceeding 30%, etc.
  3. Editors must significantly supervise and monitor, for example, the publication of their own articles (editors or editorial staff) or there is no quality checking of the article before publication by experts who have no interest in the article, etc.
  4. The editor is responsible for supervising and considering the quality of the article for publication in journals and articles must be selected for publication after going through the article evaluation process. Considering clarity and the consistency of the content with the journal's policies is important. Moreover, there must be knowledge that reflects the perspective. Theoretical concepts gained from experience synthesizing documents or research emphasis is placed on presenting new theoretical concepts and conceptual models that helps enhance understanding which will lead to research on important academic topics.
  5. Editors must not disclose information about the author and evaluators of articles to other persons who are not involved at the time of article evaluation which the journal has determined in a manner that conceals the names (Double blind peer-reviewed).
  6. Editors must not publish articles that have been previously published elsewhere. There must be a serious check for plagiarism of others' work and use of reliable programs such as the Copycatch program on the Thaijo website at a level not exceeding 30% to ensure that articles published in journals no copying of other people's work. If plagiarism of others' work is detected beyond the specified limit, the evaluation process must be stopped and contact the main author of the article immediately to ask for clarification to “accept” or “reject” the publication of that article.
  7. The editor must have absolutely no conflicts of interest with the authors and evaluators in order to strictly maintain good governance in operations.
  8. Editors must not use part or all of the information in the article as their own work.
  9. Editors have a duty to consider and publish research works that have correct research methods and provide reliable results by using the results of the research as a guideline that should it be published or not?
  10. If the editor finds that the article is illegally plagiarized or contains falsified information which deserves to be removed but the author refused to retract the article. The editor can retract an article without the consent of the author. This is the editor's right and responsibility for the article.
  11. The editor is responsible for considering the abilities of the editorial team and work should be assigned to match each person's abilities.
  12. Editors must supervise and monitor both by myself and the working group regarding quantity and quality Journal citations that deviate from reality, for example, by directing and requesting citations of articles in journals either in secret or openly and references are used that are incorrect and consistent with the content.
  13. Editors must supervise and monitor the collection of Page Charges or Processing Fees, that is, they must be carried out in a transparent manner, such as requiring a clear announcement of the collection process or specify the price or conditions for collecting Page Charges as specified and strictly announced.

Ethical Standards of Reviewers

  1. Article reviewers should have ethics, that is, they must evaluate articles in which they have aptitude or qualifications or expertise in the subject or article being evaluated. Article reviewers should evaluate articles in their area of expertise considering the importance of the content of the article to that field of study. The quality of the analysis and the intensity of the work or identify important research are results and be consistent with the article being evaluated but the author of the article does not refer to it in the evaluation of the article. Reviewers should not use personal opinions that are not supported by data as a criterion in judging the article and should reject articles that they are not good enough.
  2. Article reviewers should have ethics, that is, recommend their own academic opinions into the evaluation form or content of the article in a fair, unbiased, straightforward, impartial, and punctual manner as determined by the journal in the evaluation.
  3. Article reviewers should have a code of conduct, that is, they must maintain confidentiality and not disclose information about articles submitted for consideration to unrelated persons during the period of article evaluation including after considering and evaluating the article.
  4. After receiving the article from the journal editor and article reviewers are aware, they may have a conflict of interest with the author that prevents you from freely giving your opinions and suggestions. Article reviewers should notify the journal editor and reject the evaluation of the article.
  5. Article reviewers’ consideration should be given to considering the topic title. If it is an academic article, the title can be considered edited. But if it is a research article only spelling errors should be considered and did not consider changing the title of the research article.
  6. Article reviewers must not use a part or all of the information in the article as their own work.
  7. When the article reviewers finds what parts of the articles are similar or duplicates with other works, the article reviewers must notify the editor ready to show evident evidence.

         Note: Translated and updated from https://publicationethics.org and the announcement of the Thai Journal Citation Index Center (TCI) regarding the ethical evaluation/code of conduct of Thai academic journals in the TCI database on June 24, 2019.