Author Guidelines for Articles in English

Author Guidelines for Articles in English

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To submit your manuscript to the ARTS, please follow the guidelines for online submission. First, visit the ARTS registration page and proceed with the step-by-step instructions for creating an account and uploading your files. Please note that the manuscript source files used during the review process will also be required for further processing after acceptance.

All correspondence regarding your submission, including the Editor's decision notification and requests for revision, will be conducted through email and your author's homepage. This online submission process eliminates the need for a physical paper trail, offering a more streamlined and efficient manuscript submission and review system.

1. Policy and Submission of Manuscripts 

ARTS is a scholarly journal that follows a rigorous double-blind peer-review process. Published every four months, ARTS is an online open access journal, overseen by the Faculty of Arts at Silpakorn University. The journal is dedicated to publishing original and high-quality research articles, review articles, and book reviews in the fields of humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and any topics on Thai studies.

ARTS welcomes manuscripts covering a wide range of topics including:

  • Humanities: Language, Literature, Linguistics.
  • Social Sciences: History, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Library and Information Science, Political Science, Philosophy, Religion, and Cultural Studies.
  • Fine Arts:  Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Music, and Art History.

Furthermore, ARTS welcomes articles that explore the study of Thailand across various disciplines: language, culture, traditions, arts, politics, administration, and other relevant fields. The journal aims to provide a platform for comprehensive research and scholarly discourse in these areas.

Once received, all papers will be subject to peer review by experts in the field. Every manuscript is assessed in a double-blinded review in which the author’s identity is not revealed to the reviewers. We aim to review all papers within 4-8 weeks and if accepted the paper will appear in the issue of the journal.

2. Manuscript Preparation 

Authors are encouraged to download the Journal template at ARTS template when preparing their manuscript. The manuscript should be in Browallia New, with a 1-inch margin around a standard A4 page. The total word count of the manuscript, excluding references, should not exceed 8,000 words. Manuscripts should be arranged as follows:

  • Template (ARTS Template)
    the manuscript should be in Browallia New, with a 1-inch margin around a standard A4 page. The total word count of the manuscript, excluding references, should not exceed 8,000 words.
  • Title page. The title page should include:
  1. A concise and informative title.
  2. Authors’ names.
  3. Name of the faculty, university, and country of the author.
  4. E-mail address of the author.
  • Abstract. Abstracts should be succinct and encompass only the essential aspects of the study. The abstract must be structured into the following sections: 1) Research Objectives: clearly state the goals and purposes of the research. 2) Research Methods: outline the methodologies employed in the study. 3) Research Results: summarize the key findings and outcomes obtained. 4) Applications: discuss the potential practical applications or implications of the research. Avoid including citations or footnotes in the abstract.
  • Graphical abstracts. A graphical abstract is a single, concise, pictorial, and visual summary of the main findings of the article. This could either be the concluding figure from the article or a figure that is specially designed for the purpose, which captures the content of the article for readers at a single glance.
    1. Image size: Please provide an image with a minimum of 531 x 1328 pixels (high x wide) using a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. If you are submitting a larger image, then please use the same ratio (200 high x 500 wide).
    2. File type: preferred file types are TIFF, PNG, JPEG.
    3. No additional text, outline or synopsis should be included. Any text or label must be part of the image file. If the author is unable to compose a graphical abstract, should create an outline to serve as a guide for the journal's preparation. This outline can be hand-drawn or generated using other methods to convey necessary details. It should be submitted along with the original article. The graphical abstract file should be separated into a distinct file.
  • Keywords. Three to seven keywords should be given below the abstract.
    We recommend that the keywords are specific to the article, yet reasonably common within the subject discipline.
  • Text. The text should be subdivided into (1) an introduction giving the background and rationale of the research; (2) objectives; (3) methods; (4) results ; (5) conclusion and discussion; (6) acknowledgments; and (7) references. A recommendation is optional depending on the type and discipline of the research. General points for authors to consider include:
  1. Please ensure that your manuscript has been spell-checked and grammar-checked before submission to remove trivial errors.
  2. Papers in English should be written in either American or British English but must be consistent throughout the paper not use both in the same paper.
  3. Use only symbol and normal text character sets when inserting Greek letters (a), German umlauts (ä), accents (é), etc.
  4. Use tab stops for indents, not space bar.
  5. Use the table function and not spreadsheets to create tables.
  • Acknowledgements. Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc should be included in a section just before the references. The names of funding agencies, scholarships, etc should be written in full. 

3. Citation and References (Following the APA (Modified))

3.1 Citation
Following the APA (Modified) style, references should be cited in the text by giving the last name of the author(s) followed by the year of publication in parentheses, e.g. Mitchell & Smith (1993); (Thomson, 1991a, 1991b). Citations of particular pages should be in the following form (Davis, 1992 : 5).

The full references must be at the end of the manuscript, in alphabetical order. They should include all authors’ names and initials, year of publication, the title of the article or book, the full title of the journal, volume, issue (if any), and page numbers, and for books and other print sources, the publisher’s name and place of publication.

For citations, the writer should indicate the name of the author, year, title, and page number in parentheses following the reference in the text. If the name of the author is part of the text, the writer needs only to parenthesize the year of publication and the page following the author's name.

Examples of the citation in the text are:

Vinten (1990 : 125-36) has provided a working definition of social audit…

Mitchell (2017) states… Or …(Mitchell, 2017)

Mitchell & Smith (2017) state… Or …(Mitchell & Smith, 2017)

Mitchell, Smith, and Thomson (2017) state… Or …(Mitchell, Smith, & Thomson, 2017)

For more than three authors cites can be shorted to the first author’s name followed by et al:

Mitchell et al (2017) state… Or …(Mitchell et al, 2017).

3.2 References

1) Book

Srikantaiah, T. K., & Koenig, MED., Eds. (2000). Knowledge management for the information professional. Medford NJ.: American Society for the Information Science.

Smith, R. L. (2013). RDA and Serials Cataloguing. London: Facet Publishing.

Wipawin, N., & Premkamolnetr, N. (2008). Library Innovation and Knowledge Management. Bangkok: CAT Solutions.

2) Articles in Journal

Bartol, K. M., & Srivastava, A. (2002). Encouraging knowledge sharing: The role of organizational reward systems. Journal of Leadership and Organization Studies, 9(1), 64-76.

Sacchanand, C. (2015). Internationalization of library and information science education in Thailand. TLA Research Journal, 8(2), 1-19. (In Thai)

Tuamsuk, K., Kwiecien, K., & Sarawanawong, J. (2013). A university library management model for students’ learning support. International Information & Library Review, 45, 94-107.

3) Conference Papers

Sturges, P., & Gastinger, A. (2013). The information literate brain. In Kurbanoğlu, S. et al. (Eds.), Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice, pp. 31-40, European Conference, October 22-25, 2013. Istanbul, Turkey.

4) Articles in Book

Browne, M., Plovnick, C., Palmer, C., & Caldwell, R. (2015). Framing a topic for library research. In Bravender, P., McClure, H. and Schaub, G. (Eds.), Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans for Librarians, pp. 45-53, Chicago, IL: ACRL. 

5) Thesis

Leenaraj, B., & Tuamsuk, K. (2012). Research Support Services Model for Thai Research University Libraries. Doctoral Dissertation, Ph.D. in Information Studies, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. (In Thai)

6) Website

Rochester, M. K., & Vakkari, P. (2003) International library and information science research: A comparison of national trends. IFLA Professional Reports, No. 82. Retrieved 22 August 2001, from https://archive.ifa.org/VI/s24/publiflapr 82-e.pdf

Funding boost for malaria vaccine. (2003). Retrieved 22 August 2020, from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-09-22/250m-funding-boost-for-malaria-vaccine/1482220

7) Interview
Triratanasirichai, K. (2015, August 22). Interview. President. Khon Kaen University.

8) Documents in Non-English Language
Example of Reference
8.1) Books

Original source in Thai: ปราณี วงษ์เทศ. (2549). เพศสภาวะในสุวรรณภูมิ (อุษาคเนย์). กรุงเทพฯ: มติชน.

Journal citation style: Wongthet, P. (2006). Phet saphawa nai suwannaphum (usa kha-ne) [Gender in Southeast Asia]. Bangkok: Matichon. (In Thai)

Ho Ba Tham. (2003). Ban sac van hoa dan toc. [National cultural identity]. Hanoi: Nha xuat ban Van hoa - thong tin. (In Vietnamese)

Bunkhachorn, T. (1987). Phatthanakan Kansueksa Khonkha Lae Wichai Wannakhadi. [Development of study and research on Thai literature]. Bangkok: Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University. (In Thai)

8.2) Articles in Book

Chaiprawat, O. (1988). Yuk thong khong setthakit thai pi 2529-2533 [The golden age of the Thai economy in 1986-1990]. In N. Ruengsakul, C. Wibulswadi and D. Wongprathip (Eds.). Kanngoen kanthanakhan lae kandamnoen nayobai setthakit khong prathet. [Finance, banking, and economic policies of Thailand]. (pp. 53-65). Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Press. (In Thai)

8.3) Articles in Journal

Viravong, S. (1958). Nakhon Luang Prabang. [Historical Names of Luang Prabang]. Vannakhadisan (Vientiane), 2(7), 46-56. (In Lao)

4. Reprints

Authors will receive a PDF file of their paper.