Submissions

Author Guidelines

0. Conceptual Framework and Scope of Development

1. Steps for authors in the ThaiJo system

2. Guidelines for Authors Submitting Articles for Publication

3. Format for preparing original research articles.

4. Format for preparing original academic articles.

5. Article Submission Form for Publication in the Education Journal of Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University

If the article does not follow the format and guidelines for manuscript preparation as specified by the journal. The journal will immediately refuse consideration of the article.

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Cite and References
Education Journal of Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University uses the APA (7th Edition) reference format and includes accessible URLs (if available). All references must be listed in English only. For all Thai references, authors must translate them into English and add "(in Thai)" at the end. References should be arranged in alphabetical order according to the English alphabet.

📌In-text citation method
In-text citations should include the author’s name and the publication year. When directly referencing content, ideas, or quoting a portion of text, the page number should also be included after the publication year, separated by a comma (,). The author’s last name should be cited in English.
– No year of publication available Use (n.d.)
– In the case of the 1st printing, there is no need to specify the printing time.
– No place of publication/ publisher available Use (n.p.)
Note / means space 1 character

1. Author Citation Format for Beginning-of-Sentence Citations
   One Authors Last Name/(Year) or Organization/(Year) example
                        Chamthong (2007) stated that_____
                        Ministry of Education (2024) stated that_____
   Two Authors Last Name1/and/Last Name2/(Year) or Last Name1/&/Last Name2/(Year) example
                       Kunweechuay and Prasan (2019) stated that_____
                       Kunweechuay & Prasan (2019) stated that_____
   Three or More Authors Last Name1/et al.,/(Year) example
                         Saenpromma et al. (2019) stated that_____     
2. Author Citation Format for End-of-Sentence Citations
   One Authors (Last Name,/Year) or (Organization,/Year) example
                        ______(Buddee, 2016)
                        ______(Ministry of Education, 2024)
   Two Authors (Last Name1/and/Last Name2,/Year) or (Last Name1/&/Last Name2,/Year) example
                         _____(Kunweechuay and Prasan, 2019)
                        _____(Kunweechuay & Prasan, 2019)
   Three or More Authors (Last Name1/et al.,/ Year) example
                          _____ (Saenpromma et al., 2019)        

3. When citing a specific portion of text, include the page number
   Beginning-of-Sentence Last Name/(Year,/p. or pp./ Page Number) example
                      Kongchim (2018, pp. 18-20) stated that ______
   End-of-Sentence (Last Name,/Year,/p. or pp./ Page Number) example
                         _____(Thampiban-Udom, 2015, p. 125)
   

4. Regarding multiple citations with different authors, the citations shall be arranged alphabetically by the authors’ last names, separated by a semicolon (;), as shown in the examples below
   Beginning-of-Sentence Last Name1/(Year);/Last Name2/(Year) example
                       Buddee (2019); Sangploy (2011) stated that ______
   End-of-Sentence (Last Name1,/Year;/Last Name2,/Year) example
                         _____(Aungkurarat, 2021; Nillakan, 2014)
   

5. For secondary source citations, the original author and the phrase “as cited in” shall be mentioned followed by the secondary source author, as shown below
   Beginning-of-Sentence Last Name1/(Year,/Page Number (If Any)/as cited in/ Last Name2,/Year,/ Page Number (If Any)) example
                       Promthong (2003, p. 47 as cited in Klabsee, 2014, p. 135) ______
   End-of-Sentence (Last Name1,/Year,/ Page Number (If Any)/as cited in/ Last Name2,/ Year,/ Page Number (If Any)) example
                         _____(Wallis, 2006 as cited in Kaewsanit, 2015, p. 23)
   

6. Regarding personal communication citations, for example, letters, memos, emails, electronic bulletin boards, conversations, or interviews, the last name of the person communicating, the type of communication, and the date, shall be included separated by commas (,), as follows
   Beginning-of-Sentence Person - initial./last name/(personal communication,/Month/Day,/Year)  example
                       P. Rattanaburi (personal communication, February 18, 2014)______
   End-of-Sentence (Person - initial./last name,/personal communication,/Month/Day,/Year) example
                    _____(P. Rotduang, personal communication, December 20, 2020)
   Use in-text citations to cite Personal communications.
   No entry in the References list is needed as personal communications are unable to be retrieved.
   

7. For citing documents without author’s name, the document title shall be used in place of the author’s name. If it is the title of an article, chapter, or website, enclose it in double quotation marks (“...”), as illustrated in the examples below
   Beginning-of-Sentence “Title”/(Year)  example
                       “What is Brain-Based Learning?” (2021)______
   End-of-Sentence (“Title”,/Year) example
                    _____(“What is Brain-Based Learning?”, 2021)
   

8. Government Gazette
   Beginning-of-Sentence Legal name /(Year) example
                   Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2560 (2017)______
   End-of-Sentence (Legal name,/Year) example
                    _____(Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2560, 2017)
   

📌Reference List Method
All documents cited in the text must be compiled into a reference list at the end of the article. The references should be organized alphabetically by the authors’ names and listed only in English. The reference entries must follow the APA (7th Edition) format and consist of two sections:
1. For Thai references, include all references that are in Thai.
2. For English references, include all references that are originally in English, as well as any Thai references that have been translated into English. The author must translate each Thai reference into English and add “(in Thai)” at the end. The references should be organized alphabetically according to the English language. An example of how to format the reference list is provided below
Note: Line 2 onwards of each References except 7 characters
Note / means space 1 character

1. General Books/ Electronic Books without a DOI

   🔹 1 Author
   Format
   Last name,/Initial./(Year of Publication)./Title/(Edition No.)./ Publisher./URL (if any)
   Example
   Srisa-ard, B. (2006). Research for resolve problem and development student. Suweerivasarn. (in Thai)

   Gordon, J. R. (1999). Organizational behaviour: A diagnostic approach (6th ed.). Prentice Hall.

   🔹 2 Author
   Format
   Last name1,/Initial1.,/&/Last name2,/Initial2./(Year of Publication)./Title/(Edition No.). Publisher./URL (if any)
   Example
   Phakdeewattanakul, K., & Panichkul, P. (2003). Systems analysis and design. Thai Charoen Printing Ltd. (in Thai)

   Hendricks, G., & Pekkanen, S. (2022). The golden couple. St. Martin’s Press.

   🔹 3 – 20 Authors, include the names of all authors
   Format
   Last name1,/Initial1.,Last name2,/Initial2.,/3,/4.,/5.,/6.,/7.,/8.,/9.,/10.,/11.,/12.,/13.,/14.,/15.,
   16.,/17.,/18.,/19.,/&/Last name20,/Initial20./( Year of Publication)./ Title/(Edition No.).
   Publisher./URL (if any)
   Example
   Brower, J. E., Zar, J. H., & von Ende, C. N. (1998). Field and laboratory methods for general ecology (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill.

   Cormen, T. H., Leiserson, C. E., Rivest, R. L., & Stein, C. (2022). Introduction to algorithms (4th ed.). MIT Press.

   🔹 Author is an institution
   Format
   Name of institution./( Year of Publication)./ Title/(Edition No.)./Publisher./URL (if any)
   Example
   Office of the National Culture Commission. (1990). Essays on cultural Thailand. Office of the National Culture Commission. (in Thai)

2. General Books/ Electronic Books with a DOI
   Format
   Last name,/Initial./(Year of Publication)./Title/(Edition No.)./ Publisher./ https://doi.org/ Number DOI
   Example
   Solymar, L. (2021). Getting the message: A history of communications (2nd ed.). Oxford Scholarship Online. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198863007.001.0001

   Sheldon, P., Rauschnabel, P. A., & Honeycutt, J. M. (2019). The dark side of social media. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-04063-6

3. Translated Books
   Format
   Last name,/Initial./(Year of Publication)./original title/[Translated title] /(Edition No.)./publisher.
   URL (if any)
   Example
   Piaget, J. (1950). La construction du réel chez l’enfant [The child’s construction of reality]. Neuchâtel, Delachaux, & Niestlé.

4. Book Series

   🔹 Multi-volume work without a specific volume title
   Format
   Last name,/initials./(year of publication)./Title/(/(Edition No, Vol./xx)./Publisher./URL (if any)
   Example
   Fiske, S. T., Gilbert, D. T., & Lindzey, G. (2021). Handbook of social psychology (5th ed., Vol. 1). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470561119

   🔹 Multi-volume work with a specific volume title
   Format
   Last name,/initials./(year of publication)./ Series title:/Vol./Volume title./ Title of book./( Edition No.). Publisher./URL (if any)
   Example
   Travis, C. B., & White, J. W. (Eds.). (2018). APA handbook of the psychology of women: Vol. 1. History, theory, and battlegrounds. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000059-000

5. Chapters in books

   Format
   Last name,/initials./(year of publication)./ Chapter or article title./ In/ Editor’s name /(Ed. or Eds.),/Book title/( p. or pp./Page number)./ Publisher./URL (if any)
   Example
   Rattan, A. (2019). How lay theories shape the confrontation of prejudice. In R. K. Mallett & M. J. Monteith (Eds.), Confronting prejudice and discrimination (pp. 121–140). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814715-3.00008-4

6. Articles in journals

   🔹 Print article
   Format
   Last name,/initials.,/& for multiple authors./(Year of Publication)./Article Title./Journal Name,/Year Number(IssueNumber),/Page Number or Article ID.
   Example
   Plows, J. F., et al. (2018). The pathophysiology of gestational diabetes mellitus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(11), 3342.

   🔹 Electronic format without DOI
   Format
   Last name,/initials.,/& for multiple authors./(Year of Publication)./Article Title./Journal Name,/Year Number(IssueNumber),/Page Number./Retrieved from/URL
   Example
   Mandolado, J.T., & Ancho, I.V. (2023). School –Community Partnership In The Philippines: The Case Of Best Implementors. Journal of Education Naresuan University, 25(4), 1-16. https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/edujournal_nu/article/view/257439 (in Thai)

   Rattanakaew, K., & Kunthon, K. (2025). Literature Learning Achievement of Grade 5 Students Using The 5Es Inquiry Based Learning Model Combined with Gamification. Education Journal of Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University, 4(2), e2234. https://so16.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/EJ-NSTRU/article/view/2234 (in Thai)

   🔹 Electronic format with DOI
   Format
   Last name,/initials,/& for multiple authors./(Year of Publication)./Article Title./Journal Name,/Year Number(Issue Number),/Page Number./https://doi.org/ Number DOI
   Example
   Frischlich, L., Hahn, L., & Rieger, D. (2021). The promises and pitfalls of inspirational media. Media and Communication, 9(2), 162–166. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v9i2.4271

7. Newspapers

   Format
   Last name,/initials.(Year,/Date/Month)./Column name./Newspaper name,/p. or pp./Page number./URL (if any)
   Example
   Phonmuk, C. (2018, August 28). Rajabhat University direction. Matichon, 41(14779), 17. (in Thai)

8. Thesis, Dissertation

   🔹 Unpublished Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Thesis
   Format
   Last name,/initials./(Year of publication)./Title of thesis /[Unpublished /doctoral/dissertation or Unpublished master’s thesis]./ University Name.
   Example
   Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.

   🔹 Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Thesis from a Website (Not in a Commercial Database)
   Format
   Last name,/initials./(Year of publication)./Title of thesis/[Doctoral dissertation or /Master’s thesis,/ University Name]./ Archive or Site Name./URL
   Example
   Miller, T. (2019). Enhancing readiness: An exploration of the New Zealand Qualified Firefighter Programme [Master’s thesis, Auckland University of Technology]. Tuwhera. https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/12338

   🔹 Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Thesis from a Website (From a Commercial Database)
   Format
   Last name,/initials./(Year of publication)./Title of thesis/(UMI Number or Publication Number)/ [Doctoral dissertation or Master’s thesis,/University Name]./Archive or Site Name.
   Example
   Becker, J. C. (2013). Landscape-level influences on community composition and ecosystem function in a large river ecosystem (Publication No. 3577776) [Doctoral dissertation, Graduate Council of Texas State University – San Marcos]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

   McNiel, D. S. (2006). Meaning through narrative: A personal narrative discussing growing up with an alcoholic mother (UMI No. 1434728) [Master’s thesis, California State University–Long Beach]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database.

9. Conference Proceedings and Presentations
   

   🔹 Papers Not Published in Proceedings (Symposium)
   Format
   Last name,/initials./(year,/ month/date)./Title of contribution./In/initials./last name/(Chair),/ Title of symposium/[Symposium]./Conference Name,/Location./URL (if any)
   Example
   De Boer, D., & LaFavor, T. (2018, April 26–29). The art and significance of successfully identifying resilient individuals: A person-focused approach. In A. M. Schmidt & A. Kryvanos (Chairs), Perspectives on resilience: Conceptualization, measurement, and enhancement [Symposium]. Western Psychological Association 98th Annual Convention, Portland, OR, United States.

   🔹 Papers Published in Proceedings
   Format
   Last name,/initials./(Year)./Article Title./In/Editor’s Name/(Ed. or Eds.),/Conference Title./
   Conference Name/(pp./Page Number)./Database./URL (if any)
   Example
   Bunnark, J., Thappa, P., & Phochanatan, O. (2019). The creation of Thai classical dance, a bronze drums series: bronze drums deliver spirits. In Thaksin University (Ed.), Research and Innovation for Sustainability Development. National Conference Thaksin University. (pp. 26-33). Thaksin University. (in Thai)

   Bedenel, A.-L., Jourdan, L., & Biernacki, C. (2019). Probability estimation by an adapted genetic algorithm in web insurance. In R. Battiti, M. Brunato, I. Kotsireas, & P. Pardalos (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 11353. Learning and intelligent optimization. (pp. 225–240). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_21

10. Unpublished Course Materials
    

    Format
    Last name,/initials./(Year)./Title of materials/[Unpublished manuscript]./Department,/ University Name.
    Example
    Blackwell, E., & Conrod, P. J. (2003). A five-dimensional measure of drinking motives [Unpublished manuscript]. Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia.

11. Websites
    

    Format
    Last name,/initials./(year,/date/month of publication)./Article title./Website name./URL.
    Example
    Rungsaensuktrakan, W. (2022, February 25). Facebook and its obsession with the Metaverse. Thairath Online. https://www.thairath.co.th/news/tech/2325320 (in Thai)

    Bologna, C. (2018, 27 June). What happens to your mind and body when you feel homesick?. HuffPost. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-happens-min-body-omesick_us_5b201ebde4b09d7a3d77eee1
    

12. Government Gazette

    Format
    Legal name./(year,/date/month of publication)./Government Gazette./Volume/Volume Number/Part/Part Number./p. or pp./Page number./URL (if any)
    Example
    Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2560. (2017, April 6). Government Gazette. Volume 134 Part 70 A. pp. 1-90. https://cdc.parliament.go.th/draftconstitution2/ewt_dl_link.php?nid=1038&filename=index (in Thai)

Submission of Manuscript The manuscript of article shall be submitted in both Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) and Portable Document Format (.pdf) along with the submission form for publication via the ThaiJo system.