Author Guidelines

Instruction for Authors

              Authors interested in submitting to the Health Workforce Education Journal should read and follow the Instruction for Authors carefully to ensure a rapid and efficient review process. The editorial office reserves the right to return manuscripts that are not prepared according to these instructions.

                All documents should be submitted via the online submission system at https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/hwej/about/submissions Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.

Instruction

• All manuscripts sent for consideration must contain original material that has not been submitted for publication nor has been previously published This should be clearly certified in an accompanying cover letter.
• Where possible, authors should also include a list of three or more potential reviewers for their manuscript, with contact information.
• There are no page charges for submission or publication.
• Health Workforce Educ J requires the copy of Ethics approval of research. For original articles and case report, details of ethical approval should be stated in Materials and Methods section.
• Language proof
  Grammar, spelling and accuracy are considered as the requisite screening criterion. If your manuscript contains errors, it will be returned. Non-English speaking authors are encouraged to have their manuscript checked and edited by a native-English speaker.

Review Process

           Authors must follow the Instruction for Author, complete the manuscript form and submit documents via the online submission system at https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ hwej. Once submitted, the manuscript will be sent for screening and consideration. Once submitted, the manuscript will be sent for screening and consideration. The notice of acceptance or rejection for reviewing will be notified.

           After acceptance noticing, the manuscript will be forward for review by 3 reviewers selected by section editors. The author may be asked to revise your draft, or parts of your draft, provide additional information and make any other necessary changes according to the reviewers’ comments, suggestions and language proof. The edited manuscript and will be re-submitted via the online system. The edited manuscript will be considered and proved. The author will receive a formal Notice of Acceptance, after the final manuscript is approved. The approved manuscript will be sent for technical formatting and online publication preparation and will be sent to the author for final approving. The author also be asked to accept the Copyright Agreement.

Type of article

1. Invited article: These are invited by the editor-in-chief of Health Workforce Educ J and should be written in Selected editorials should not be less than 1,000 words but not exceed 1,500 words in total.
2. Original article: The manuscripts are reports of an original research in basic and clinical sciences that contribute new knowledge to the Full reports should include the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement, Funding sources and Conflict of interest. The length should not exceed 3,500 words, with no more than 250 words in the abstract, 8 tables and/or illustrations and limited to 40 references.
3. Review article: The manuscripts provide a critical review and summary of current knowledge from a published literatures or textbooks and highlight recent developments on the The length should not exceed 4,000 words, with no more than 250 words in the abstract, 8 tables and/or illustrations, with no limited of references.
4. Case report: These manuscripts present discussion of a single case or a series of cases with important or unusual features not previously The manuscript of case report should contain the following sections: Introduction, Case report, Discussion, Acknowledgement, and References. The length should not exceed 2,500 words, with no more than 250 words in the abstract, 1 table, 4 illustrations and 15 references.

Manuscript Preparation

The manuscript text file should be prepared using Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)  with Times New Roman size 12, single-spaced spacing in standard A4 (21.2 x 29.7 cm) pages,cm margin on all four Pages should be numbered in succession, the title page being no.1. All texts and pictures arrangement should be in single-column format.    

• English manuscript should be in Times New Roman size 16 Bold for Title orHeading, size 14 Bold for subheading and author’s name and size 12 Regular for contents.
• Thai manuscript should be in TH SarabunPSK size 20 Bold for Heading, size 18 for Subheading and Author name, and size 16 for contents.
• Symbols should be in Mathtype format for all languages.
• Picture, figure and table should be in English.

The manuscript should should contain the following:

        1. Title page: Title of the article, names and affiliations of authors which are identified by superscripts in Arabic numerals, contact information of corresponding author (mailing address, tel/fax and email address) , abstract word count, total word count (abstract to acknowledgements), total number of tables/figures, number of references. The running title should be limited to 40 characters and contains a minimum of 5 keywords in alphabetical order.

        2. Abstract: With no more than 250 words, the abstract should contain the headings: “Background/ objectives”, “Materials and methods”, “Results”, and “Conclusion” for the respective Review articles and Case reports should have an unstructured abstract.

       3. Main manuscript

• Introduction: Contains the review of relevant literature, rationale and objective of the study.
• Materials and methods: Describe the study design, study population, protocols, statistical analyses, and experimental procedures, with sufficient details that the experiments could be For studies with human subjects, authors should indicate that the study protocols have been approved by an appropriate Institutional Review Board and written informed consent was obtained. Studies involving the use of laboratory animals are also required to certify that the protocols have been approved by institutional review to ensure humane practices.
• Results: Describe the results from the study in accordance with study objectives, figures and tables may be used to illustrate the
• Discussion: Include interpretations of the results in the context of existing data, strengths and limitations of the study, new insights or hypothesis, and future
• Conclusions: Summarize the main results of the
• Acknowledgement: Include funding agencies, institutions and people who provided support or technical
• References: The author(s) should verify all references against the original The reference style of the journal was adapted from the Vancouver system and follows the format suggested by "International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html)". All references should be cited by consecutive numbers in the text. The numbers should appear in superscripts that appear after closing punctuation. When the cited work is by 6 or more contributors, "et al." should be used. The journal names, which appear in the reference list, should be use the abbreviation

           When citing a Web site, provide the authors and title, the URL, and the date accessed in parentheses. If the referenced papers are accepted but not yet published; designate the journal as "in press." Any information not yet accepted for publication should be cited as "unpublished observations" in parentheses, but should not be listed in the references section.

Examples of references:

    1. Standard journal article (List all authors, but if the number exceeds six, give six authors’ names followed by et al).

Thongprasom K, Chaimusig M, Korkij W, Sererat T, Luangjarmekorn L, Rojwattanasirivej A randomizedcontrolled trial to compare topical cyclosporin with triamcinolone acetonide for the treatment of oral lichen planus. J Oral Pathol Med. 2007;36:142-6.

Torrungruang K, Nisapakultorn K, Sutdhibhisal S, Tamsailom S, Rojanasomsith K, Vanichjakvong O, et The effect of cigarette smoking on the severity of periodontal disease among older Thai adults. J Periodontol. 2005;76:566-72.

Organization as author

Diabetes Prevention Program Research Hypertension, insulin, and proinsulin in participants with impaired glucose tolerance. Hypertension. 2002;40:679-86. 

     2. Books and Other Monographs

• Personal author(s)

Sarver DM. Esthetic orthodontics and orthognathic surgery. St. Louis: Mosby,1998:140-2.

• Editor(s), compiler(s) as author

Gage TW, Picket FA, editors. Dental drug reference. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby,1999:21-9.

• Organization(s) as author

Virginia Law Foundation. The medical and legal implication of AIDS. Charlottevill: The Foundation; 1987.

• Author(s) and editor(s)

Greenberg MS. Ulcerative, vesicular and bullous lesions. In: Lynch MA, Brightman VJ, Greenberg MS, editors. Burketûs oral medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1994:11-50.

• Dissertation

Thunyakitpisal P. Cloning and functional analysis of a novel family of nuclear matrix transcription factors (NP/NMP4) that regulate type I collagen expression [dissertation]. Indianapolis (IN): Indiana University; 2000.

• Abstract

Mutirangura A, Supiyaphun P, Trirekapan S, Sriuranpong V, Sakuntabhai A, Yenrudi S, et al. Telomerase activity in oral leukoplakia and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma [abstract]. Cancer Res. 1996;56:3530.

3. Chapter (Chapter author(s) surname(s), Initial(s). 'Title of chapter'. In: Name ofeditors, Editors. Title of book. Place of publication: publisher; Year. Page numbers preceded by p.)

Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer.New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.

4. Journal article on the internet (Author(s) Initial. Title of article. Abbreviated title of journal. Year. [cited year month date]; Volume number (Issue number): Page numbers (without p). Available from: URL or DOI)

Fanta CH. Asthma. N Engl J Med. [Internet] 2009 [cited 2013 Jan 9]; 360(10):1002-14. Available from: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056.NEJMra0804579

Fanta CH. Asthma. N Engl J Med. [Internet] 2009 [cited 2013 Jan 9]; 360(10):1002-14. Available from: doi:10.1056/NEJMra0804579

        5. Homepage/Website (Author/Organisation. Title site [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; [updated year    month date; cited year month date]. Available from: URL.)

Cancer-Pain.org [Internet]. New York: Association of Cancer Online Resources, ; c2000-01 [updated 2002 May 16; cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from: https://www.cancer- pain.org/.org

Introduction to general relativity [Internet]. 2021 [updated 2021 May 28; cited 2021 July 13]. [9 screens]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Introduction_to_general_relativity.

        Abbreviation: Standard abbreviations may be used in your Authors are advised to keep abbreviation to a minimum, using them only when they are clearer than their long/full terminology. Terms should be written out in full upon first usage, in both the abstract and text, with the abbreviation following in parenthesis. After the first usage, the abbreviation must be used consistently. Plurals of abbreviations do not require apostrophes.

        Figure legends: Included at the end of the main text These should describe the figures so that they can be comprehensible without reference to the text. Any abbreviations and/or symbols used should also be described.

        Tables: Use when necessary and must be referred to in the Each table should be prepared on a separate page that follows the main text in the same file using word-processor table functions, with individual entries in individual table cells. They must not be supplied as tab- or space- separated text or as multiple entries separated by line breaks in single table cells. No vertical line or outside border should be included. Horizontal lines may be used to separate table headings from the contents. Each table should have a title and include a footnote to describe any statistics, abbreviations and/or symbols used in the table.

          Illustrations: Use only when necessary and must be referred to in the Figures should be prepared according to the minimum resolution requirements in the preferred file formats for each category:

          Photographic Image: Minimum resolution: 300dpi; preferred file formats: TIFF, JPEG

          Line-art Image: Minimum resolution: 800dpi; preferred file formats: EPS, PowerPoint, Illustrator.

         Combination Image: Minimum resolution: 800dpi; preferred file formats: PDF, EPS, PowerPoint, Illustrator. All figures should be prepared in the size intended for final production. The maximum width is 8.3 cm for 1-column figures and 17.35 cm for 2-column figures. The maximum height is 23.35 cm. For photomicrographs, the scale should be shown by a scale bar.

Copyright

          Authors must also attest that the manuscript is previously unpublished, not currently under consideration elsewhere and will not be submitted for publication elsewhere regardless of language and is submitted only to the Journal. Manuscripts under multiple publication policy are exempt from the said practice. Articles published in the Health Workforce Education Journal are copyrighted. No part of the articles may be copied, modified, reproduced or utilized in any form for any purposes without permission from the Journal. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the Author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the manuscript. All statements in, or omissions from, published manuscripts are the responsibility of the Authors, who will assist the editors by reviewing proofs before publication. The contents and opinions presented in the articles published in Health Workforce Education Journal do not reflect   the opinion shared by the Journal editorial board.

Permission and Waivers

          Permission of the copyright holders must be obtained in writing for the direct use of illustrations or tables previously published and under copyright (except for reference use). Written permission must be submitted to the editor before the manuscript can be published. Quotations must be written in quotation marks and references must be identified for      each quotation. Waivers must be obtained in writing while identifiable photograph of the persons and waivers must be presented to the editors.

Reprints

Authors will be given PDF file of the publication.

Contact

The National Health Professional Education Foundation

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Phone: +66 (0) 97-117-5041