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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses Angsana new Font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
A research ethics certificate must be attached. If it is a research article related to humans, animals (for scientific purposes) and biosafety.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Author Guidelines
Manuscript format is as follows:
The manuscript can be in Thai or in English. The text of the manuscript should be 16 points, single space, Angsana font. Pages must be in one column and numbered. The length of the entire manuscript should not be more than 12 pages.
On the first page should appear the authors’ name, affiliations and contact information. The abstract should be on the second page. The body of the article will begin from the third page.
Abstracts will be published in both English and Thai. The information should be written in complete sentences. The length should be less than one page. The abstract must include a rationale of study, objectives, methodology, and important findings. Conclusions must relate to the objectives. Up to five keywords are allowed.
Figures, tables, pictures, and charts should be included to facilitate better understanding but not more than 5 of them are allowed for each article.
References and citations should be marked with superscript in the text and numbered in the reference section according to the Vancouver style. If the reference has more than one author, all authors’ names should be listed. However, if there are more than six authors, only six names are required, and the rest of them are to be represented by et al. Names of journals should be abbreviated according to Index Medicus. Page number must be included. Titles in other languages should be translated into English where possible.
Research involving human subject should submit approval of ethical review. If there is more than one author, each of them should provide the proportion of his or her contribution to the article.
