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Submission Preparation Checklist

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.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Instructions to Contributors

1. All manuscript must include: the title of the manuscript; the author’s name, academic position (if applicable), address of an affiliated institution.

2. Abstract must be no more than 600 words in length with 2-5 keywords.

3. Research and review articles in principle must be no more than 8,000 words in length, including references. The length of book reviews must be no more than 3,000 words. Articles must be in Microsoft Word format, using the 12 point Times New Roman font, and single spaced.

4. Articles translated or excerpted from foreign language texts must obtain a written permission from the copyright holder.

5. When tables are used, the title of tables, description and source must be clearly stated. Any pictures or photographs included must not infringe on copyright laws. Pictures or photographs should be sent in separate files saved in .jpg, .gif or .png format. The image resolution should be at least 150 dpi.

6. All manuscripts and completed Manuscripts Submission Form must be submitted electronically as separate attachments to the Thai Journal Online: https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/PSPAJ-KKU

7. In the case that the author wishes to withdraw from publication an approved article, the request must be expressed in writing to the editorial board within at least 7 days after the approval of the said article.

In-text Citation

The PSPAJ-KKU uses the basic author-date citation system (APA 6th edition). For every in-text citation in the manuscript, there must be a corresponding entry in your References list.

Examples:

(Rawls, 1971, pp. 30 - 33)

(Bingham, et al., 2005, pp. 160 - 166)

(Menzel & White (Eds.), 2011, p. 50)

(Ostrom, 2008, p. 81 as cited in Knott, 2011, p. 592)

References and Bibliography

The PSPAJ-KKU’s reference style is APA 6th edition. The examples for common reference types are as following:

Examples:

Book

Rawls, J. (1971). A Theory of Justice. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Article in book

Sunhyuk, K. (2015). Civil Society and Local Democracy. In Nurmandi, A., Roengtam, S., Purnomo, E. P. & Tamronglak, A. (Eds.), Citizen Participation in Selected Local Governance of Asia Pacific Countries (pp. 129 - 148). Yogyakarta: JK School of Government.

Article in journal

Buick, F., Blackman, D., O’Flynn, J., O'Donnell, M. & West, D. (2016). Effective Practitioner-Scholar Relationships: Lessons from a Coproduction Partnership. Public Administration Review, 76(1), pp. 35 - 47.

Newspapers

Jikkham, P. & Thip-Osod, M. (2015, March 20). Land Grab Fears Thwart Timber plan. Bangkok Post, p. 1.

Online media and website

Republican Leaders Map a Strategy to Derail Donald Trump. (2016, March 21). The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-party.html?ref=politics&_r=0

Dissertation

Parks, M. T. (2002). Self-Evident No More: American Political Thought 1820 - 1850. (Doctoral Dissertation). Boston University, Department of Political Science.