Publication Ethics
Publication Ethics of Thai Journal of Public Health and Health Education, ISSN 2985-251X (Online)
Thai Journal of Public Health and Health Education disseminates original articles and review articles in the fields of Public Health, Health Behavior, Health Sciences, Dental Public Health, Nursing and Health Education
The journal published 3 times a year, Issue 1 (January-April) Issue 2 (May-August) Issue 3 (September-December). All submitted research articles and review articles will be evaluated by a Double-Blind Peer Review process and reviewed by 3 experts.
Thai Journal of Public Health and Health Education establishes the roles and duties for three different groups in the process of article publication: editor, author(s) and reviewers. The following information is given to the three groups of people so that they will strictly abide by the benefits of those concerns in academia.
Roles and duties of the editor
1. The editor is responsible for verifying the quality of the presented articles to be published in the journal.
2. The editor will select the articles after the evaluation process has been completed by taking the importance, novelty, and clarity in association with the contents and policies of the journal into consideration.
3. The editor must not reveal any information about the author(s) and reviewers to any unrelated persons.
4. The editor must not publish or accept articles that have no supporting evidence.
5. The editor must verify plagiarism in all articles. If it is found, the author(s) will be informed about this and asked for any clarification. By this, the decision on “acceptance” or “rejection” of the articles will be undertaken.
6. The editor must check the application for research ethics approval of the article (Ethical approval) as well as check the duration of the research. This must be done only after receiving research ethics approval from the relevant organiser.
7. The editor must not have any mutual benefits with authors and reviewers.
Roles and duties of the author(s)
1. Author(s) must report the occurred facts without distorting or giving any false information.
2. Author(s) must guarantee that the work submitted is original and never published elsewhere or in the process of another publication waiting list.
3. The author (s) must acknowledge all the authors’ work and demonstrate this in the references section.
4. Author(s) must name another co-author (s) if the latter also takes part in conducting the work.
5. Author(s) must guarantee that the work has no plagiarism in terms of messages, illustrations, and any tables when submitting for publication.
Role and duties of reviewers
1. Reviewers should be the experts in the relevant field. The decision should be made reasonably in terms of academic knowledge and quality. Any bias must be avoided.
2. Any information on the articles reviewed as well as the results of them must be kept confidential by reviewers. This must be undertaken while reviewing and after reviewing the articles.
3. Reviewers should not have any conflict of interest with the author(s) so that the review will be transparent and independent. Should such a case occur, the reviewers must inform the editor.
4. Reviewer(s) should provide academic suggestions that are beneficial to the article and academics.
5. Reviewers should verify the repetition of the articles and plagiarism. Should they occur, these must be informed to the editor.
