Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submitted work has not been previously published and is not under consideration by another journal. If the manuscript has been previously published or is being considered elsewhere, authors are expected to provide an explanation in the Comments to the Editor section.
- Two documents must be submitted: the Manuscript and the Cover Page. The Cover Page should include the names of all authors, their affiliations, and any necessary acknowledgments.
- The submission file should be in Microsoft Word (DOCX) only.
- The manuscript should not exceed 8,000 words, excluding references, which amounts to approximately 25 pages. The Abstract should not exceed 200 words. The text should be double-spaced, in Times New Roman, in 12-point font, and use italics instead of underlining (except URLs). All illustrations, figures, and tables should be appropriately placed within the text rather than at the end.
- Where available, references should include DOIs or URLs.
- All field codes from Reference Manager programs (e.g., EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero) should be removed from the document.
- Manuscripts must clearly indicate any Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval obtained for the research.
- The text should adhere to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th Edition. For detailed guidelines, authors should refer to the Author Guidelines ( Author Guidelines).
- Authors should be aware of the language editing policy that became effective in January 2020.
- Authors should also be aware that an Article Processing Charge (APC) of 10,000 Thai Baht applies to all accepted articles submitted from 1 January 2023.