Publication Ethics


Duties of Authors

  1. Authors must certify that their work has never been published or disseminated elsewhere before.
  2. Authors must not pirate the copyright or copy other’s article or work for one own use without permission or citation and must be checked by reliable plagiarism checker. The tools for help to check plagiarism by CopyCat program that limit for Thaijo website not be over more than 15%.
  3. Authors must ensure that their published work is based on genuine research and that the information presented is not falsified.
  4. Authors must adjust or revise their published work to comply with the formatting and referencing style as specified by the journal.
  5. Authors must amend their published work according to the recommendations or evaluations from the editorial board's peer reviewers. Failure to comply with these recommendations may result in the journal reserving the right to not publish the author's work.
  6. Abstracts, both in Thai and English, for research articles should not duplicate or resemble the content of other research works on the same topic.
  7. Authors must clearly specify the funding sources for their articles or academic works (if any).
  8. Authors must consent to the journal holding the copyright for their published articles or works and refrain from reprinting or disseminating them elsewhere.
  9. Authors must diligently revise their articles based on the recommendations of peer reviewers. Failure to comply with these recommendations within the specified timeframe may result in the journal reserving the right to reject the author's article for publication and may not refund any publication fees under any circumstances.


Duties of Editor

  1. Editor has duty to control and administer the Journal business smoothly in line with the criteria set by Thai Citation Index Center.
  2. Editor must practice according to the Code of Ethics or use academic reasons to consider the article without any biases or interest with the article authors.
  3. Editor must accept the evaluation results from the peer reviewers, by not revise or change contents, except the peer reviewers recommend to do so.
  4. Editor must not have conflict of interest with the article authors.
  5. Editor must not use his or her power to dominate the peer reviewers to evaluate the article the way he or she wants it to be.
  6. Editor should not acknowledge the receipt of the article that has not been evaluated by the peer reviewers.
  7. Editor must check the duplication of the article seriously by using the reliable plagiarism checker to be sure that the article to be printed in the Journal does not pirate the other’s copyright.
  8. Editor must stop the evaluation process immediately when the infringement of copyright is found and must inform the article authors immediately. If the article authors do not act according to the editor’s suggestion, the editor has the right to refuse the printing of that article immediately.
  9. Editor must strictly select the peer reviewers who have direct knowledge and expertise of that article.


Duties of peer reviewers

  1. The peer reviewers must consider the quality of the article as the main criteria by academic standard and the objectives of the Journal and strictly follow standard of the Journal without any biases.
  2. The peer reviewers must adhere to the code of ethics, do not reveal the results of evaluation to any organizations or other people.
  3. The peer reviewers must not use any part of the article for his or her own use without permission from the article owner or from the Journal.
  4. The peer reviewers must have knowledge, skill and clear understanding the content to be evaluated. If not the peer reviewers can refuse the evaluation and let the editor know the reason.
  5. The peer reviewers must inform the editor immediately if the duplication of the content or the content of the article is similar to others’ articles is found.
  6. The peer reviewers must strictly follow the evaluation format. If there is any suggestion beyond the content evaluated, they can clearly submit the suggestion in writing.
  7. The peer reviewers must not have conflict of interest or mutual interest with the article authors. If found later, the result of evaluation can be cancelled and the editor reserves the right not to send the article to that peer reviewer for evaluation again.
  8. The peer reviewer must evaluate the article within the time frame set by the Journal and send the result to the Journal within 14 days from the day the article is received.