rEFLections welcomes submissions in three categories:

     1. Research articles - Manuscript should be approximately 7,000 – 10,000 words, excluding references
         and appendix. An abstract should not be longer than 250 words.
     2. Academic articles - Manuscript and references should be approximately 5,000 – 7,000 words with an
         abstract of 250 words.
     3. Book reviews focuses on two categories: references books and textbooks. Manuscript should not exceed
         1,500 – 2,000 words. 

  1. Language of publication: English

  2. Manuscript style:  APA Style 7^th Edition

  3. Manuscript length:

         - Research articles - 7,000 – 10,000 words (excluding references and appendix)
         - Academic articles - 5,000 – 7,000 words
         - Book reviews - 1,500 – 2,000 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.
           Scroll down here for more information.
      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 Acknowledgements – This could address sources of research funding and assistance from an
           organizationon, personal support and/or any use of AI generative tools.
      5.6 References - Authors should follow the 7^th edition of American Psychological Association style (APA
           Style 7^th Edition) for the article, including references. Scroll down here for more information.
      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 our Ethical Standards page.
      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 (See our Archives page), it can be used for educational
  purposes but not for commercial interests.

  The submission should include the following two documents. Note that the manuscript will not be processed
  unless these two document are obtained.

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

  rEFLections publishes three issues a year, on January-April, May-August and September-December.
  Manuscripts can be submitted for consideration throughout the year.

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

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

  1. Citations in text

  Use an author-date citation method.

• The Parenthetical citation: Author (Date)
• Narrative citation: (Author, Date)

 Journal articles

 Format

  Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of the article: Subtitle. Title of the Journal,
          Volume number(Issue number), page-page.

 Example

  1 and 2 author
  Storch, N. (2005). Collaborative writing: Product, process, and students’ reflections.
          Journal of Second Language Writing, 14(3), 153-173.
  Gülbahar, Y., & Madran, O. (2009). Communication and collaboration, satisfaction,
          equity, and autonomy in blended learning environments: A case from Turkey.
          International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(2), 1-22.

  More than 2 authors
  Loo, D. B., Trakulkasemsuk, W., & Jimarkon Zilli, P. (2017). Examining narratives of
          conflict and agency: Insights into non-local English teacher identity. The Journal of
          Asia TEFL, 14(2), 292-306.

  With DOI (include DOI in the reference after the publisher name)
  Wichadee, S. (2018). Significant predictors for effectiveness of blended learning in a
          language course. The JALT CALL Journal, 14(1), 25-42.
          https://doi.org/10.29140/jaltcall.v14n1.222

  An article within a special issue (Use the format for a journal article.)
  Watson Todd, R. (2009). Why investigate large class? rEFLections, 9.

 Magazine and news articles

 Format

  Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (Year, Month dd). Title of the article: Subtitle. Title of the
          publication, Volume number(Issue number), page-page.

 Examples

  Lyons, D. (2009, June 15). Don’t ‘iTune’ us: It’s geeks versus writers. Guess who’s
          winning. Newsweek, 153(24), 27.

  Without the name of the author(s)
  Desperation for mechanical engineers. (2019, November). New Zealand Engineering
          News, 41(21), 11.

  With DOI
  Schaefer, N. K., & Shapiro, B. (2019, September 6). New middle chapter in the story of
          human evolution. Science, 365(6457), 981–982.
          https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay3550

  Without DOI, but having a URL
  Fry, G. W. (2013, November 26), Thailand’s new language policy helps enhance cultural
          democracy. The Nation. https://www.nationthailand.com/perspective/30219853

 Books and eBooks

 Format

  Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of book: Subtitle. Publisher Name.

 Example

  Whole authored book
  Bhatia, V. K. (2014). Analysing genre: Language use in professional settings. Routledge.

  With DOI
  Ewert, E. W., Mitten, D. S., & Overholt, J. R. (2014). Natural environments and human
          health. CAB International. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845939199.0000

  New edition of a book (Put the new edition at the end of the book title.)
  Yin, R. K. (2014). Case study research: Design and methods (5th ed.). Sage
          Publications.

  Whole edited book (Use the editor’ name(s) instead of the author(s).)
  Fishman, J. A. (Ed.) (1999). Handbook of language and ethnic identity. Oxford University
          Press.
  Hygum, E., & Pedersen, P. M. (Eds.). (2010). Early childhood education: Values and
          practices in Denmark. Hans Reitzels Forlag.
          https://earlychildhoodeducation.digi.hansreitzel.dk/

  eBook with stable URL
  Larmer, J. (2019). Gold standard PBL: Essential project design elements. Buck Institute
          for Education. https://my.pblworks.org/system/files/documents/
          Gold_Standard_PBL_Essential_v2019.pdf

 Chapter in an edited book

 Format

  Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of the article. In A. A. Author & B. B. Author
          (Eds.), Title of book: Subtitle (pp-pp).Publisher Name.

 Example

  Chapter in an edited book
  Polio, C., & J. H. Park (2016). Language development in second language writing. In R.
          M. Manchón & P. Matsuda (Eds.), Handbook of second and foreign language writing
          (pp. 287-306). Routledge.

  Chapter in an edited book with DOI
  Sharma, R., Mehta, M., & Dhawan, A. (2015). Treatment of substance-abusing
          adolescents. In M. Mehta & R. Sagar (Eds.), A practical approach to cognitive
          behaviour therapy for adolescents (pp. 331–361). Springer.
          https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2241-5_16

  Dictionary and encyclopedia
  Oxford University Press. (2010). Biomorph. In Oxford English dictionary (3rd ed.).
          https://www-oed-com/view/Entry/19236?redirectedFrom=biomorph#eid

 Organization documents and reports

 Format

  Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year) or (Year, Month day). Title of the report. Publisher
          Name. (DOI or URL)
  OR
  Name of group. (Year) or (Year, Month day). Title of the report. Publisher Name. (DOI or
          URL)

 Example

  British Council (n.d.). IELTS TASK 2 Writing band descriptors (public version).
          https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/ielts_task_2_writing_
          band_descriptors.pdf
  Ministry of Education. (2001). English teaching syllabus for English program in Higher
          education. Foreign Language Teaching and Researching Press.

 Conference papers and presentations

 Format

  Presenter, A. & Presenter, B. (Year, Month dd-dd). Title of conference paper or poster
          [Types of contribution]. Conference Names, Location.

 Example

  Conference articles in regularly published conference proceedings (Use the
  journal article format.)
  Herculano-Houzel, S., Collins, C. E., Wong, P., Kaas, J. H., & Lent, R. (2008). The basic
          nonuniformity of the cerebral cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of
          Sciences of the United States of America, 105(34), 12593-12598.
          https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0805417105

  Conference proceedings published in a journal (Use the journal article format.)
  Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R. & Matthews, M. D.
          (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the
          National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504.
          https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116

  Conference proceedings published as a whole book (Use the book format.)
  Kushilevitz, E., & Malkin, T. (Eds.). (2016). Lecture notes in computer science: Vol.
          9562. Theory of cryptography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-
          49096-9

  Conference proceedings published as a book chapter (Use the edited book chapter
  format.)
  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

  Conference paper presentation
  Adunyarittigun, D., & Grant, R. (1999, March 9-13). Reciprocal teaching, comprehension,
          and reader self-perception [Paper presentation]. 33rd Annual Convention and
          Exposition TESOL, New York, USA.

  Conference poster presentation
  McGoudall, J., Durbin, P., Schlatter, T., McGale, M. & Jerabek, A. (2019, October 21–25).
          Dataverse 'Instrallation Personas': A UX concept adopted to enable the navigation
          of Dataverse installations, for the purpose of sharing ideas and technical
          experiences by the international community [Poster presentation]. eResearch
          Australasia Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. https://conference.eresearch.
          edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Janet-McDougall-
          eRA2019_McDougall_Janet.pdf

 Theses and dissertations

 Format

  Format for published theses and dissertations  (available in a database, a university
  archive or from a personal website)
  Author, A. A. (Year). Title [Doctoral or Master’s thesis or dissertation, Name of the
          Institution]. Database Name.  URL  OR  Archive Name.  URL

 Examples

  Fitzpatrick, D. (2011). Making sense of the English language policy in Thailand: An
          exploration of teachers’ practices and dispositions [Doctoral dissertation, University
          of Exeter]. University of Exeter Repository. https:// ore.exeter.ac.uk/
          repository/handle/10036/3314

 Format

  Format for unpublished theses and dissertations (sourced directly from the
  university in print form)
  Author, A. A. (Year). Title [Unpublished doctoral OR master's thesis or dissertation].
          Name of the Institution awarding the degree.

 Examples

  Puripunyavanich, M. (2017). Developing oral communication ability of economics
          undergraduates through the instruction of learning and communication strategies
          [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Thammasat University.

 Webpages

 Format

  Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Or (Year, Month). OR (Year, Month date). Title of the
          work: Subtitle. Website name. https://xxxxxx OR Retrieved Month Day, Year, from
          https://xxxxxx

 Examples

  Webpage on a website with an individual author
  Sparks, D. (2019). Women's wellness: Lifestyle strategies ease some bladder control
          problems. Mayo Clinic. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic. org/discussion/womens-
          wellness-lifestyle-strategies-ease-some-bladder-control-problems/
  Monaghan, E. (2019, December 10). 5 reasons modern slavery at sea is still possible in
          2019. Greenpeace. https://www.greenpeace.org/new-zealand/story/5-reasons-
          modern-slavery-at-sea-is-still-possible-in-2019/

  Webpage on a website with a group author
  Ministry of Health. (2018, August 2). Maori disability support services.  https:// www.
          health.govt.nz/our-work/disability-services/maori-disability-support-services

  Include a retrieval date when the content is designed to change over time and
  the page is not archived.
  Stirling, J., Hamer, M., & Hughes, B. (2016, July 29). Dopamine for use in paediatric
          cardiology. Auckland District Health Board. Retrieved January 28, 2020, from
          https://www.starship.org.nz/guidelines/dopamine-for-use-in-paediatric-cardiology/