Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

Types of Manuscripts Accepted

NIDA Journal of Language and Communication (NIDAJLC) welcomes submissions of research papers, academic papers, and book reviews. Submitted research and academic papers should address issues that are significant to the diverse areas of language and communication. Papers accessible to both scholarly audiences and the learned public are encouraged.

Research papers must be based on current empirical research contributing to connecting theories and practices in the related fields. Both qualitative and quantitative research papers are accepted. Submitted papers should make an important, substantive contribution to existing or emerging bodies of knowledge. Suitable manuscripts should not exceed 8,500 words, including references and appendices. Each manuscript must include an abstract (not exceeding 250 words) and five keywords are also required for each manuscript.

Academic papers present a comprehensive review of up-to-date scholarship and interest in the related area of language and communication. Manuscripts based on interpreted references to others’ works should offer a critical discussion of implications or applications for theory and practice. Suitable manuscripts with references should not exceed 4,500 words with an abstract of no longer than 250 words.

Book reviews are based upon recent books in the fields of language and communication. Manuscripts should not exceed 1,200 words.

Manuscript Submission Guidelines

• Authors have to register before submitting a paper.
• Authors are requested to submit a paper electronically by using the submission site at the following address: https://lcjournal.nida.ac.th/main/public/submission. This site will guide authors through the submission process. Submissions that do not adhere to this procedure will not be considered for the review process.
• Authors’ names, all references to the authors and institutional affiliations must not appear in the manuscript for the blind review. Only the title and the abstract should be included on the first page.
• A bio-data of 50 words, an email address, and an affiliation must accompany each submission.
• Submission of a manuscript implies that it has not been published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere in either the same or a different language. Authors are responsible for obtaining necessary permission to publish materials (e.g., figures, tables) for which they do not own the copyright.
• After submitting a manuscript to NIDAJLC, the author maintains that he/she will not submit the manuscript to another outlet, either in the same or in a different language, without first withdrawing it from consideration by NIDAJLC. Submitted manuscripts which overlap substantially with manuscripts already published elsewhere will not be accepted.
• The authors must carefully edit for language quality before submitting a manuscript to the journal.
• There is no article processing charge or publication fee.
• Authors can track the status of a submitted paper online by logging onto the submission system.

Manuscript Format Guidelines

• Manuscripts submitted to the journal must conform to the stylistic guidelines prescribed by the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition.
• Manuscripts submitted for consideration must be typewritten, single-spaced, and formatted using 12-point Times New Roman font. Page margins should be set to 1.5 inches at the top and 1 inch on the bottom, left, and right sides. The main body of the text must be fully justified, while the reference list should be left-justified.
• All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• All pages must be numbered except the title page.
• Page numbers must be placed at the top of the page in the upper right-hand corner.
• The article title and headings must be printed in bold style and placed at the center of the page. Sub-headings should be italicized and positioned at the left margin.

Reference Format Guidelines

All sources cited in the manuscripts must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition) and must be listed in alphabetical order. Purdue University provides a comprehensive online source for APA guidelines, accessible at: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/1

In-text Citations
Within the text, only brief author–date citations should be used, providing the author’s last name, year of publication, and page number(s) where relevant. For example:

According to Jones (1998), “manuscripts must be properly cited” (p. 199).

Long Quotations
Direct quotations that are 40 words or more should be placed in a free-standing block of text. Start the quotation on a new line, indented 0.5 inches from the left margin, without quotation marks. For example:

Pawley and Syder (1983) also pointed out the importance of ready-made lexical units in language production:

In the store of familiar collocations there are expressions for a wide range of familiar concepts and speech acts, and the speaker is able to retrieve these as wholes or as automatic chains from the long-term memory; by doing this he minimizes the amount of clause-internal encoding work to be done and frees himself to attend to other tasks in talk-exchange, including the planning of larger units of discourse. (p. 192)

Paraphrase and Summary
Paraphrase and summary allow authors to include other people’s ideas without cluttering paragraphs with quotations and help the authors to maintain greater control of their writing. Always include a proper citation when summarizing and paraphrasing. For example:

A thorough understanding of a writer’s identity construction requires an understanding of the writer’s linguistic choices (Matsuda, 2015).

As emphasized by Flowerdew and Wang (2015), in academic writing, the discursive view of identity has questioned the extent to which individuals are free to construct their identity and this construction is controlled by contextual forces.

Examples of References

Books

Schmitt, N. (2010). Researching vocabulary. Palgrave McMillan. DOI (if available) https://doi.org/xxx

Celce­-Murcia, M., & Larsen-Freeman, D. (1999). The grammar book (2nd ed.). Heinle & Heinle.

Articles in Periodicals

Ellis, N. C. (2002). Frequency effects in language processing. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 24(1), 143–188.

Durrant, P., & Schmitt, N. (2010). Adult learners’ retention of collocations from exposure. Second Language Research, 26, 163–188.

Edited Books

Olander, T. (2025) (Ed.). The Indo-European language family. Cambridge University Press. DOI (if available) https://doi.org/xxx

Articles in Edited Books

Tomasello, M. (2009). The usage-based theory of language acquisition. In E. Bavin (Ed.), Handbook of child language (pp. 69–87). Cambridge University Press.

Journal Article with DOI

Park, S., Smith, J., & Dunkle, R. E. (2014). Social network types and well-being among South Korean older adults. Aging & Mental Health, 18(1), 72­–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2013.801064

Note: Use the format “https://doi.org” (preferred) or “http://doi.org”. If a DOI is presented in a different format (e.g., DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.801064), reformat it. Also, do not use live hyperlinks, and ensure the DOI is plain text (not blue or underlined).

Conference Proceedings

Harfield, A., Nang, H., Nakrang, J., & Viriyapong, R. (2014, December). A survey of technology usage by primary and secondary schoolchildren in Thailand. In The Eleventh International Conference on eLearning for Knowledge-Based Society (pp. 11–13).

Dissertations and Theses

Chewwasung, K.-O. (2020). Model of customer experience management in Thai full-service restaurant [Doctoral dissertation, National Institute of Development Administration]. NIDA Repository. https://repository.nida.ac.th/bitstreams/f5bdb317-22e9-4d50-a98e-ec2266612ad6/download

Nguyen, G. (2021). Social media impacts on customer satisfaction in food and beverage business: Case of Juicy Rolly [Bachelor’s thesis, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences]. Theseus. https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/503118

Unpublished Dissertations and Theses

Solomon, S. (2014). The relationship between psychological capital and employee wellness in organisations in the manufacturing industry in the Western Cape [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of the Western Cape. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/58915287.pdf

Translated into English from Other Languages

Introng, W. (2021). Naeothang kanphatthana samatthana kan son phumisat samrap khru sangkhomsueksa [Guideline to develop the geography teaching proficiency for social studies teacher]. Walailak Journal of Learning Innovations, 7(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.14456/jli.2021.1

Note: Text transliterated from Thai script should be Romanized following the Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS). See: http://legacy.orst.go.th/wp-content/uploads/royin-ebook/276/FileUpload/758_6484.pdf

Nagata R. (2025). Nihongo kyoin yosei katei de manabu imi: Manabi no saiko to kongo no tembo [The significance of learning in the training program for teaching Japanese as a second language: Reappraisal of learning and future prospects]. Journal of Japanese Language Education, 190, 50-61.

Note: Text transliterated from Japanese script should be Romanized following the Hepburn romanization with some exception for hatsuon (ん), sokuon (っ), and choon (-う／お). See: https://www.ezairyu.mofa.go.jp/passport/hebon.htmlTranslated Dissertations and Theses

Wongsuwan, N. (2016). Kon kan sangsoem kan talat borikan khong phu chai borikan ran ahan lae khrueng duem nai yan Nonthaburi [Marketing strategy to promote the services of the restaurants and beverage in district of Nonthaburi]. [Master’s thesis, Bangkok University]. BU Research. http://dspace.bu.ac.th/handle/123456789/2175

Note: NIDAJLC encourages the inclusion of sources in languages other than English. Please ensure all translations of non-English citations are accurate and consistently formatted according to APA and RTGS standards.

Notes on Thai Language References

• The romanization of Thai words should follow the Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS), published by the Royal Institute of Thailand (1999). The RTGS, however, does not include diacritics, which phonetically indicate the variation in vowels and tones.
• The transliteration of Thai names, preferentially adopted by Thai individuals—such as, Nidhi Auesriwongse and Chetta Puanghut—should not be altered.

Review and Selection of Manuscripts

• All manuscripts submitted for publication are initially reviewed by the editor for appropriate content and style. If a manuscript is clearly outside the scope of the journal, its author(s) will be notified, but the editor reserves his/her right not to return such manuscript.
• Manuscripts that meet the basic requirements will be passed on to three anonymous reviewers and a double-blind review process will be used. Reviewers are chosen by the editor based on their expertise in the topic and/or research methods.
• The authors will receive comments from reviewers and will be notified of the journal’s decision. The editorial board reserves the right to accept or reject manuscripts and to make editorial changes to any manuscripts accepted for publication to enhance clarity and style. The editorial board also reserves the right to shorten the article when necessary without altering the original meaning. The authors will be informed if the content alteration is considered necessary. Editors reserve the right to accept or reject the manuscript and the editors’ decision is considered final.
• Authors usually receive a decision on their manuscript within 8 weeks after submission.
• On special occasions or in special editions, the editor may invite authors with a particular expertise to submit manuscripts. In such cases, the publication decision rests with the editor. Such manuscripts are designated as “invited.”
• Any breach of ethical standard for publication found after the article is published may result in the article being retracted from the NIDA Journal of Language and Communication.

Disclaimer

Opinions and recommendations published in the article are the viewpoint of the author and may not represent the view of NIDA Journal of Language and Communication.