Submissions

  rEFLections welcomes submissions in three categories:

     1. Research articles - Manuscript should be approximately 6,000 – 8,000 words, excluding references and
         appendix. An abstract should not be longer than 250 words.
     2. Academic articles - Manuscript and references should be approximately 4,000 – 6,000 words with an
         abstract of 250 words.
     3. Book reviews focuses on two categories: references books and textbooks. Manuscript should not exceed
         1,000 words. 

  1. Language of publication: English

  2. Manuscript style:  APA Style 7^th Edition

  3. Manuscript length:

         - Research articles - 6,000 – 8,000 words(excluding references and appendix)
         - Academic articles - 4,000 – 6,000 words
         - Book reviews - 1,000 words

  4. Manuscript format: Microsoft Word/single space, Times New Roman/12 points, and 1 inch (2.54 cm)
      margins on all sides or RTF document file format

  5. Template of article:

      5.1 Title – The title should be concise and clearly reflect the content of the article.
      5.2 Author(s) - The first and last name of the author(s) should be provided along with the institutions.
           However, since the blind review process is adopted, the names of the author should be in a separate file.
           See SUBMISSION section.
      5.3 Abstract – An abstract should summarize the article, objectives of the study, methodology used,
           findings and discussion in not over 250 words.
      5.4 Text – The text should be divided into sections for reader friendliness. The authors cannot be identified
           from the text, so all references to the authors’ names within the manuscript must be replaced by the
           word “author(s)”.
      5.5 Acknowledgement – This could address sources of research funding and assistance from an organization
           or personal support.
      5.6 References - Authors should follow the 6th edition of American Psychological Association style (APA
           Style 7^th Edition) for the article, including references. See IN-TEXT CITATIONS AND REFERENCE LIST section.
      5.7 Appendix (if available)

  6. Submission requirements:

      6.1 The manuscript must be an original work that has not been published elsewhere and that is not being
           considered for publication in any other journals. See Ethical Standards section.
      6.2 25% of the references must have been published within the last five years. For example, to submit a
           manuscript within 2020, 25% of the references must have been published from 2016 to 2020.

  1. The editors conduct an initial evaluation of an article. Articles that do not fall within the scope of the journal
      as well as length, style of writing and language accuracy will be rejected and the authors will be informed as
      soon as the decision is made. Article will also be screened for plagiarism using TurnItIn.

  2. The articles that pass the screenings will be submitted to two reviewers using double-blind review process.
      If the two reviewers do not reach an agreement, a third reviewer will be sought.

  3. The reviewers review the articles considering the academic value, academic correctness, and quality of the
      manuscript. The result of the review falls into four categories:
         - Accept
         - Accept but needs revision
         - Revise and submit
         - Reject

  4. If the article has to be revised, the authors should follow suggestions.  However, authors can justify their
      reasons for not following the reviewers’ comments.  The authors should re-submit the article together with
      a separate sheet explaining their revision and/or justification within the time specified by the editor
      (normally 2-3 weeks) after receiving the feedback from the peer review committee.

  5. The editors will review the revised article for reader-friendliness and appropriate citations. The authors will
      be asked to revise the articles until the expected quality is met before the editors can confirm the
      publication of the article. The editorial team reserves the right to accept or reject articles.

  6. Authors whose manuscripts have been accepted for publication will be asked to conduct the final proofings
      in which they are required to read through their manuscripts to approve and to verify the accuracy. In case
      errors are discovered, they must notify the editors; otherwise, the editors will not take any responsibility for
      such errors.

  7. If the author breaches the ethical standard of publication, such as plagiarism and double publication, the
      article that may have been published will be retracted.

    Peer Review Process

  Notes:

  Copyright to the article is retained by the author(s) but rEFLections reserves the right for the article’s first
  publication, and as the article will appear online (https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/reflections/issue/archive), it can be used
  for educational purposes but not for commercial interests.

  The submission should include the two documents:

  1. a cover page including

      1.1 Author(s)’ information including the author(s)’ name(s), affiliation, address, telephone number, and e-
           mail address. If there are more than two authors, the corresponding author should be identified by an
           asterisk (*)
      1.2 A 50-word biographical statement (of each author)

  2. a manuscript – Make sure that the manuscript do not have the author(s)’ name(s) since rEFLections
      adopts a blind review process.

  Submission of these two document should be done onilne. Visit https://www.tci-
  thaijo.org/index.php/reflections/about/submissions and register for an account by filling in the information
  required by the journal (or login if you already have an account) and submit the two documents.

  rEFLections publishes two issues a year, on 15 January and 15 July. Papers can be submitted for
  consideration throughout the year.

  Previous issues are available online at https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/reflections/%20issue/archive

  Citations and references follow the APA Style 7^th Edition.

  1. Citations in text

  Use an author-date citation method. Citations in text are acknowledged with Author (Date) or (Author,
  Date).

  Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Book title. (Edition/2nd onwards). Place of publication*:
  Publisher.

  *For Place of publication, insert the town or city and then country (e.g. Cambridge,
  England). For USA, insert the town or city and then state in initials (e.g. Thousand Oaks,
  CA).

  One author
  Bhatia, V. K. (2014). Analysing genre: Language use in professional settings.  New York,    NY: Routledge.

  Two authors
  Miles, M., & Huberman, M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis: An expanded
  sourcebook (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

  Three to seven authors (list them all)
  Coyle, D., Hood, P., & Marsh, D. (2010). CLIL: Content and language integrated learning.
  Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University      Press.

  Chapter in a Book
  Sinlarat, P. (2004). Thai universities: Past, present, and future. In P.G. Altbach & T.
  Umakoshi (Eds.), Asian universities: Historical perspectives and contemporary
  challenges (pp. 201-220). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

  Book or report by a corporate author e.g. organisation, association,
  government department
  International Labour Organization. (2007). Equality at work: Tackling the   
  challenges (International Labour Conference report). Geneva, Switzerland: Author.

  One author
  Zhang, Z. (2013). Business English students learning to write for international business:
  What do international business practitioners have to say about their texts? English for
  Specific Purposes, 32(3), 144-156.

  Two to seven authors (List all authors)
  Robinson, T. J., Fischer, L., Wiley, D. & Hilton, J. (2014). The impact of open textbooks
  on secondary science learning outcomes. Educational Researcher, 43(7), 341-351.

  Magazine article
  Mathews, J., Berrett, D., & Brillman, D. (2005, May 16). Other winning equations.
  Newsweek, 14(20), 58-59.

  Author, A. & Author, B. (Year). Title of paper. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Ed.), Title of
  Published Proceedings. Paper presented at Title of Conference (pp. –pp.). Place of
  Publication: Publisher.