Submissions

Author Guidelines

Types of paper

Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication:

Research Article: Manuscripts must contain high-quality results in the field. However, we also welcome confirmatory studies that study any aspects of journal aim and scope. Research of scope for the journal include a wide range of approaches and can be experimental, modelling-based or data-driven. Articles contain main text including Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and/or Discussion, and Conclusion. Word limit for abstracts is 300.

Review Article: Authors should contact the Editors-in-Chief with a proposal (title, authors, summary) before submitting. Manuscripts should conform with the instructions given for an Research Article and should be focused on a specific clearly defined topic with interesting.

Short communications: manuscript in this format should highlight particularly novel findings that fall short of criteria for an Research Article. These can be initial studies or explorative findings. Short communications should consisting of a short abstract that summarizes the main findings of the work and a continuous text without headings for separating Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion. Word limit for abstracts is 200 and reference limit is 25. The components are to be prepared in the same format as used for research papers.

Manuscript Preparation

-Times New Roman size 12 pt (throughout manuscript)

-Title (A concise and informative title with bold and center you title on the page)

The title page should include:

• The name(s) of the author(s)
• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
• The e-mail address, and telephone number(s) of the corresponding author

-Use editable file such as Word (doc. or docx.)

-Figure (PNG JPG or TIFF with more than 200 dpi)

-Download Template of Manuscript here (docx.)

-Download Template of Manuscript here (pdf.)

-Checklist for initial submissions

Article structure

-Title: concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

-Author names and affiliations: please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.

-Abstract: a concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. A concise and factual abstract not exceeding 300 words is required.

-Keywords: immediately after the abstract, please provide 4-6 keywords, separate with ;

-Introduction: state the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

-Material and methods: Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.

-Results: Results should be clear and concise.

-Discussion and Suggestion: this should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat result, and compare your finding with other research.

-Conclusions: the main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short conclusions section.

-Acknowledgements: a separate section at the end of the article before the references List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.) and, if applicable, indicate project name and sources of funding which were used.

-Units: SI units should be used throughout, always be written in roman and separated from the numerical value by a space.

-Reference style

Text: All citations in the text should refer to:

1. Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication;
2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by 'et al.' and the year of publication.

Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups of references can be listed either first alphabetically, then chronologically, or vice versa.

Examples: 'as demonstrated (Aate, 2000a, 2000b, 1999; Aate and Jane, 1999)…. Or, as demonstrated (Jane et al., 1999)… Kramer et al. (2010) have demonstrated …

.....(Prathuangwong, 2009)... (Prathuangwong and Burr, 2009)… (Boekfa et al., 2008)… Boekfa et al. (2008)…

Reference to a journal publication:

DOWNLOAD APA Reference Style HERE!!

https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-examples.pdf (Common Reference Examples Guide; APA Style)