Rattanakosin Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities is committed to maintaining ethical standards in publishing. Therefore, to ensure that all relevant parties are aware of and adhere to the principles and ethical standards in publishing rigorously, we have defined the roles and responsibilities of those involved, categorized into three parties as follows:

1) Roles and Responsibilities of Authors

2) Roles and Responsibilities of Qualified Article Reviewers

3) Roles and Responsibilities of the Journal Editorial Board

1. Roles and Responsibilities of Authors

1.1 Authors must submit work that has not been previously published elsewhere and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

1.2 Authors must not plagiarize the work of others and must provide proper citations whenever presenting or referencing the work of others in their articles.

1.3 If the work of the authors involves the use of animals, participants, or volunteers, the authors must ensure that it is carried out in accordance with ethical principles, legal requirements, and relevant regulations.

1.4 Authors must provide consistent data and conclusions. Authors must not distort, falsify, or present false information.

1.5 In the case of multiple authors, the corresponding author represents the team of authors and is responsible for the publication of the article.

1.6 Authors must disclose the funding sources that supported the research work being published.

1.7 Authors must provide an ethics approval certificate for research involving human participants or animals, issued by the relevant ethics committee, where applicable.

2. Roles and Responsibilities of Qualified Article Reviewers

2.1 Qualified reviewers evaluate articles based on academic principles and reasoning, free from bias. They maintain objectivity and assess articles within an appropriate timeframe.

2.2 Reviewers are aware that they possess genuine expertise in the subject matter of the scholarly work being evaluated.

2.3 Reviewers must promptly inform the editorial board if they discover or have any doubts that the evaluated article is a duplicate of other work or has been previously assessed for another academic journal.

2.4 Reviewers must not disclose confidential original article information to unauthorized parties.

3. Roles and Responsibilities of the Journal Editorial Board

3.1 The editorial board is responsible for screening and evaluating all manuscripts submitted to the journal. This includes assessing their alignment with the journal’s aims and scope, as well as overseeing the quality of manuscripts throughout the review process and prior to publication.

3.2 The editorial board performs its duties with fairness, transparency, and impartiality, without discrimination against authors on the basis of gender, race, religion, culture, political beliefs, or institutional affiliation.

3.3 The editorial board shall not use submitted manuscripts for personal benefit, commercial purposes, or claim them as their own scholarly work.

3.4 The editorial board clearly defines and communicates the roles, duties, and responsibilities of authors and qualified peer reviewers in a transparent manner.

3.5 Decisions to accept or reject manuscripts for publication are based solely on academic merit, relevance, and suitability to the journal’s scope, without undue influence from any individual or organization.

3.6 The editorial board will not alter, manipulate, or misrepresent the content of manuscripts or reviewers’ reports, and will not improperly interfere with the peer-review process.

3.7 The editorial board screens submitted manuscripts for textual similarity using appropriate tools prior to the peer-review process. Similarity reports are considered in conjunction with academic context, and editorial decisions are not based solely on a specific similarity percentage.

3.8 The editorial board strictly adheres to the journal’s established policies, procedures, and editorial processes.

3.9 The editorial board is committed to maintaining the academic standards of the journal and to continuously improving its quality, credibility, and relevance.