Submissions

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.

• How to prepare manuscripts:
  1. General guideline
  1.1 Manuscripts submitted should be academic ones either research article or review article. The manuscripts must be original and have not been published elsewhere nor is it currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  1.2 All submitted manuscripts are screened by the editor for general scientific quality and information. Articles which meet general standards are sent to expert referees for peer review with double-blind. Special article is an exemption. Referee’s comments are reviewed by editor and after authors revise the manuscripts in response to referee’s comments, the scientific editor will either accept or reject the manuscripts.
• 2. Manuscript Preparation
  All submitted manuscripts are screened by editorial board with the following requirement
  2.1 Font of manuscripts The manuscript must be an original copy typed in Thai or in English. The use of either language must meet written publication standards. The manuscript should not be margined with the length not more than 15 pages A4 issuing page number on the right top of the page
  - TH SarabanPSK size 16 is used in both Thai and English manuscript.
  *see further in detail at item 4 Form of typing
  2.2 Title: Name of article should be concise and relevant to content.
  2.3 Author’s name(s): It should put full name of author (s).
  2.4 Author affiliation: it should be specified by work place, province and postcode for convenient contact.
  2.5 Abstract: It should be made both Thai and English by summarize important content and not more than 300 words with 5 keywords.
  2.6 Content: It should be presented in relevant to research process including the following items:
  - Introduction: Explain research problem and importance objectives and scope of study and hypothesis (if any) or research question including review literature in the section of research problem and importance
  - Literature Review: Synthesize relevant literature to illustrate conceptual framework theory and information related to the study
  - Research Methodology: Specify method of data collection and method for analysis including period for data collection (year of research conducted)
  - Research Result: Illustrate research results and data, which may be contained in form of tables or graphs, and should discuss the research result with conceptual framework gained from literature review
  - Conclusion, Comments and suggestions: Conclude research result, discuss it with concept reviewed from literature review and provide suggestion based on the research result.
  2.7 Image and table : Image and table should be available only in case, be chronologically and represent the content clearly when printed in black and white. Picture caption and table should be provided concisely.
  2.8 References and bibliography : References and bibliography should be attached in every item and precisely, by referring only the ones relevant to the content. They should be done in the form determined. Details must be provided in order to follow the references and bibliography referred.
  *References and bibliography should be done in consistency using author-date system
  2.8.1 References and bibliography must be in chronology and alphabetical order without numbering. Thai references are firstly sought followed by foreign languages using the word Bibliography
  2.8.2 Bibliography in Thai
  Author’s full name-last name must be translated in item of
  Translated Thai References by writing in the same style with item 2.8.3 และ 2.8.4
  *see example in item 5 translation from Thai to English
  2.8.3 For bibliography in foreign languages, author’s last name must be firstly referenced by fully written followed by other names which summarized in the first capital letter. In the case of last name beginning with “Van de, der, von” they must be filled before last name.
  2.8.4 References and bibliography in foreign languages must be provided in APA style (American Psychological Association) which author can choose APA Sixth Edition from Reference in Microsoft Word 2007 or higher
  2.9 Suggestion for language use
  2.9.1 Correct, precise and understandable
  2.9.2 Vocabulary chosen in according with the Royal Institute’s dictionary and it’s declaration
  2.9.3 Academic terminology used in parallel with English vocabulary
  2.9.4 Original language of specific name or translated foreign word, if necessary, should be typed in bracket when firstly mentioned for example ไทรบุรี (Kedah) เคปเวอร์ด (Cape Verde)
  2.9.5 Not use foreign vocabulary in case of Thai is widely used
  2.9.6 Remain consistency in using vocabulary abbreviation throughout article
  2.9.7 Changing in manuscript: Editorial review is all rights preserved. In case, the manuscript will be sent back to authors to make final decision for publication 2.9.8 Reviewing process: It is normally completed within 3 months (depending the author duration to revise in response to the referee’s comments)
• 3. Conditions of Publication
  3.1 Manuscripts or articles should have not been published previously (except as the proceeding of Kasetsart University Annual Conference)
  3.2 Authors should revise the manuscripts according to comments given by referees and should return a revised versions on time. If authors refuse to revise or are not able to revise the manuscripts on time or cancel the submission, written notification must be sent to the editor.
  3.3 Manuscripts and disks will not be returned back to authors.
• 4. Preparation of Manuscripts (see table below)
  4.1 Thai manuscript uses TH SarabunPSK font
  4.2 English manuscript uses TH SarabunPSK font
  Sections Formats Layout Font size
  Title Bold Middle 18
  Author’s names Italics Keep right 16
  Abstract Bold Middle 18
  Topic Bold Keep left 18
  Sub-topic Bold numbered 16
  Text Normal - 16
  Highlighted text Bold - 16
  Text in tables Normal - 14
  Footnotes Italics - 14
  References Bold middle 20
  4.3 Margin setting
  Head 1.5 inches (3.81 centimeter)
  Bottom 1.5 inches (3.81 centimeter)
  Left side 2.0 inches (5.08 centimeter)
  Right side 1.0 inches (2.54 centimeter)
• 5. Manuscript submission
  Submission via website : https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/socku
  Facebook Page : Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
  Email : sockujournal@gmail.com
• 6. Contact information
  6.1 To submit manuscript and to ask for Guidelines for authors please kindly contact
  Miss Nannapas Udomlamul (Journal Manager)
  Tel. 0 2561 3484 ext 223, or sockujornal@ku.ac.th
  Faculty of Social Sciences, Kasetsart University 50 Ngamwongwan Rd.
  Ladyao, Jatujak Bangkok 10900
  6.2 To receive your manuscript for revision, to submit revised versions, and to receive approval letter please kindly contact
  Miss Nannapas Udomlamul (Journal Manager)
  Tel. 0 2561 3484 ext 223, or sockujornal@ku.ac.th
  Faculty of Social Sciences, Kasetsart University 50 Ngamwongwan Rd.
  Ladyao, Jatujak Bangkok 10900
  6.3 For more detail please visit
  Facebook: Page: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
  Website: (https://www.research.soc.ku.ac.th/send/)
  Email: (sockujournal@gmail.com)
• Reference format Please See more details.
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XydcbEle98IwifSCqD9bifOXX2RL9Ct2/view?usp=sharing