Author Guidelines

Introduction

 

Aims and Scope

Interdisciplinary Research Review is an academic journal established through the collaboration of seven institutions: Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University; the Research and Development Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies, The Royal Society of Thailand; the Interdisciplinary Research Foundation; Phetchaburi Rajabhat University; Muban Chom Bueng Rajabhat University; Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University; and Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin.

Scope

Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR) aims to serve as a forum for the dissemination of knowledge and advances in interdisciplinary research in science and technology. The journal covers a wide range of disciplines, including agriculture and biology; biotechnology and agro-industry; chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences; medicine; nursing; computer science and information technology; engineering and industrial research; water engineering and water sciences; environmental science and natural resources; physical sciences; mathematics and statistics; and the social sciences and humanities.

Interdisciplinary Research Review publishes original research in the form of full-length research articles, short communications, technical papers, academic articles, and interdisciplinary research series.

 

Editorial Process

All submitted manuscripts will receive an official acknowledgment of receipt. The Editorial Office will conduct an initial screening of each manuscript within seven days to ensure that it complies with the journal’s technical requirements and manuscript preparation guidelines. In addition, all manuscripts will be screened for plagiarism, and the similarity index must not exceed 30%.

Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's requirements or are considered unsatisfactory will be returned to the authors for revision and resubmission. Manuscripts lacking originality, containing significant scientific or experimental flaws, or considered unsuitable for the readership of Interdisciplinary Research Review may be rejected by the Associate Editors without being sent for external peer review.

Manuscripts considered suitable for publication will be forwarded to the Executive Editor for further evaluation. The Executive Editor will appoint two to three members of the Editorial Board and/or external reviewers to conduct the peer-review process, which is normally completed within four weeks. Upon receipt of the reviewers’ comments and recommendations, the Executive Editor will consult with the Editorial Board to make a final decision on whether the manuscript should be accepted for publication.

Authors will be informed of the editorial decision, which may be accepted, rejected, minor revision, major revision, or language revision. Authors are required to respond to each reviewer comment point by point and submit a revised manuscript until both the reviewers and the editors are satisfied with the revisions.

Manuscripts accepted for publication will undergo copyediting for grammar, punctuation, typography, and formatting. The edited manuscript will then be sent to the corresponding author for proofreading, who is expected to return the corrected proof within 48 hours. All submissions, editorial decisions, revisions, and proof corrections are conducted through the online submission system.

To facilitate the timely dissemination of research findings, Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR) publishes accepted articles online immediately after acceptance, prior to their publication in the printed issue.

During the manuscript submission process, authors may recommend qualified reviewers with appropriate expertise in the subject area of the submitted manuscript. Recommended reviewers should not be affiliated with the same institution as any of the authors. However, the final selection of reviewers remains entirely at the discretion of the Editor.

 

Types of Papers

The journal considers manuscripts for publication in two categories: Research Articles and Review Articles. Authors are requested to select the appropriate manuscript type when submitting their paper.

 

Submission Checklist

Please ensure that your submission includes the following:

Corresponding Author

One author must be designated as the corresponding author with the following contact information:

• E-mail address
• Full postal address

Additional Files

• Graphical abstract and/or highlights (if applicable)
• Supplementary files (if applicable)

Additional Considerations

• The manuscript has been checked for spelling and grammar.
• All references cited in the reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa.
• Permission has been obtained for the use of copyrighted material from other sources, including material available on the Internet.
• A declaration of competing interests has been provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare.
• The journal's policies and submission guidelines have been reviewed.
• Reviewer suggestions and contact details have been provided, where required by the journal.
• All figures, illustrations, and tables are clear, of high quality, and suitable for publication.

For further information, please contact the Editorial Office.

 

Submission Declaration and Verification

By submitting a manuscript, the corresponding author confirms that the work has not been published previously, except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture, or an academic thesis, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The submission has been approved by all authors and, either explicitly or implicitly, by the responsible authorities at the institution where the work was carried out. If accepted, the manuscript will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder.

To verify originality, all submitted manuscripts are screened using the Crossref Similarity Check service.

Inclusive Language

Inclusive language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect for all people, recognizes differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Manuscripts should avoid making assumptions about the beliefs, values, or commitments of any reader. The content should not imply that any individual is superior to another on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability, or health condition.

Authors are encouraged to use inclusive language throughout their manuscripts and to ensure that their writing is free from bias, stereotypes, slang, references to dominant cultures, and unwarranted social or cultural assumptions. Where possible, gender-neutral language should be used. Authors are encouraged to use plural nouns, such as farmers, consumers, or target groups, instead of gender-specific pronouns such as he, she, or he/she.

References to personal characteristics—including age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability, or health condition—should be avoided unless they are directly relevant and scientifically justified. These guidelines are intended to assist authors in using appropriate and inclusive language; however, they are not intended to be exhaustive or prescriptive.

 

Changes to Authorship

Before submitting a manuscript, authors should carefully consider the list and order of authors as they will appear in the published article. Any addition, removal, or rearrangement of author names should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and must be approved by the Editor.

To request a change in authorship, the corresponding author must provide the Editor with: (a) the reason for the proposed change in the list of authors; and (b) written confirmation (by e-mail or letter) from all authors indicating their agreement with the addition, removal, or rearrangement. In the case of the addition or removal of an author, written confirmation must also be obtained from the author being added or removed.

Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition, removal, or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been accepted. While such a request is under consideration, publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been published online, any approved changes will be implemented through the publication of a correction.

Copyright

Upon acceptance of a manuscript, authors will be required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement. This agreement enables the widest possible dissemination of the published work. The corresponding author will receive an e-mail confirming the final accepted manuscript together with the Copyright Transfer Agreement, or a link to complete the agreement electronically.

Prior written permission from the Editorial Board is required before the published work may be reproduced, distributed, or published outside the institution, including in any derivative works such as compilations or translations. For permission requests, please contact the Editorial Office.

If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included in the manuscript, the authors must obtain written permission from the copyright holder(s) and provide appropriate acknowledgment of the original source in the manuscript.

 

Open Access

All articles published in this journal are freely available through Open Access. This means that all published articles are immediately and permanently accessible online to all readers without charge upon publication.

Authors are not required to pay any fees for Open Access publication in this journal.

 

Submission

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the journal's online submission system at https://ph02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jtir. Authors are required to register before submitting a manuscript.

All correspondence, including editorial decisions and requests for revision, will be communicated via e-mail and the journal's online submission system. Therefore, submission of printed copies is not required.

Authors who are unable to submit their manuscripts electronically are requested to contact the Editorial Office prior to submission at irr@mail.pbru.ac.th.

 

Peer Review Process

This journal operates a Triple-blind review process. All submissions will be preliminarily evaluated by the editorial board and secretary for publication suitability. After this stage, if approved, the article will be sent to three independent reviewers to evaluate the scientific quality of the article. The Editor holds the final decision to accept or reject the articles. Editors will not be allowed to submit their own articles or articles written by family members or colleagues or which relate to products or services in which the editor has an interest. Any such submission will undergo all of the journal's normal procedures, with peer review handled independently of the relevant editor and their research groups with no special treatment.

 

Triple-blind review

IRR journal uses triple-blind review (meaning the authors’ identities are kept confidential from three independent reviewers, and vice versa). To facilitate this, please include the following separately: Title page (with author details): To facilitate this, please include the following separately: Title page (with author details): This should include the title, authors' names, affiliations, acknowledgements and any Declaration of Interest statement, and a complete address for the corresponding author including an e-mail address.  Blinded manuscript (no author details): Journal staff will delete all authors’ details before sending to reviewers. Word Template for IRR Journal (download here, please click the link )

 

Article structure

1. Subdivision - numbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
2. Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
3. Material and methods
Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.
4. Theory/calculation
A Theory section should extend, not repeat, the background to the article already dealt with in the Introduction and lay the foundation for further work. In contrast, a Calculation section represents a practical development from a theoretical basis.
5. Results
Results should be clear and concise.
6. Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
7. Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
8. Appendices
If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. Similarly for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.

9. Essential title page information

• Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
• Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. You can add your name between parentheses in your own script behind the English transliteration. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.
• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.

10. Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

11. Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

12. Abbreviations
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Such abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.

13. Acknowledgements
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).

14. Units
Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other units are mentioned, please give their equivalent in SI.

15. Math formulae
Please submit math equations as editable text and not as images. Present simple formulae in line with normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).

16. Footnotes
Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article. Many word processors can build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Otherwise, please indicate the position of footnotes in the text and list the footnotes themselves separately at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list.

17. Artwork
Electronic artwork
General points
• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
• Embed the used fonts if the application provides that option.
• Aim to use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Times New Roman, Symbol, or use fonts that look similar.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
• Provide captions to illustrations separately.
• Size the illustrations close to the desired dimensions of the published version.
• Submit each illustration as a separate file.
• Ensure that color images are accessible to all, including those with impaired color vision.

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18. Formats
If your electronic artwork is created in a Microsoft Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) then please supply 'as is' in the native document format. Regardless of the application used other than Microsoft Office, when your electronic artwork is finalized, please 'Save as' or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):

JPEG: Color or grayscale photographs (halftones), keep to a minimum of 300 dpi.
JPEG: Bitmapped (pure black & white pixels) line drawings, keep to a minimum of 1000 dpi.
JPEG: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale), keep to a minimum of 500 dpi.

Please do not:
• Supply files that are optimized for screen use (e.g., GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); these typically have a low number of pixels and limited set of colors;
• Supply files that are too low in resolution;
• Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.

19. Figure captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.

20. Tables
Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells.

21. References
Citation in text
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

Web references
As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

Data references
This journal encourages you to cite underlying or relevant datasets in your manuscript by citing them in your text and including a data reference in your Reference List. Data references should include the following elements: author name(s), dataset title, data repository, version (where available), year, and global persistent identifier. Add [dataset] immediately before the reference so we can properly identify it as a data reference. The [dataset] identifier will not appear in your published article.
 
Research Data
This journal encourages and enables you to share data that supports your research publication where appropriate, and enables you to interlink the data with your published articles. Research data refers to the results of observations or experimentation that validate research findings. To facilitate reproducibility and data reuse, this journal also encourages you to share your software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods and other useful materials related to the project.

Below are a number of ways in which you can associate data with your article or make a statement about the availability of your data when submitting your manuscript. If you are sharing data in one of these ways, you are encouraged to cite the data in your manuscript and reference list. Please refer to the "References" section for more information about data citation. For more information on depositing, sharing and using research data and other relevant research materials, visit the research data page.

Data Linking
If you have made your research data available in a data repository, you can link your article directly to the dataset. Elsevier collaborates with a number of repositories to link articles on ScienceDirect with relevant repositories, giving readers access to underlying data that give them a better understanding of the research described.

There are different ways to link your datasets to your article. When available, you can directly link your dataset to your article by providing the relevant information in the submission system. For more information, visit the database linking page.

For supported data repositories a repository banner will automatically appear next to your published article on ScienceDirect.

22. Reference style
Text: Identify references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The real authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given.
Example: '..... as shown above [4, 8]. Yongyudh and Sayam [9] obtained a different result ....'

List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:

[1] A. Yang, Assessment methodologies of groundwater redevelopment considering sustainable utilization: a case study in central Taiwan, Interdisciplinary Research Review 14(6) (2019) 7-13

[2] FR Kalf, DR Woolley, Applicability and methodology for determining sustainable yield in groundwater systems, Hydrogeology Journal 13(1) (2005) 295 – 312

Book Reference:

[3] DC Montgomery, Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2009

Conference Paper Reference:

[4] PM Nam, PV Ca, PV Tuan, TT Duy, VNQ Bao, Security versus Reliability Study for Multi-hop Cognitive M2M Networks With Joint Impact of Interference Constraint and Hardware Noises, in: 2018 International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC),  2018, pp. 259–264

Online Source Reference :

[5] M. Walls, Deposit-Refund Systems in Practice and Theory, Discussion Paper RRF; 2011, Availablefrom:https://www.rff.org/publications/working-papers/deposit-refund-systems-in-practice-and-theory/ (accessed 20 October 2017).

 

After Acceptance

Online Proof Correction

To ensure a rapid publication process, Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR) requests that the corresponding author complete the proof correction within two days. The corresponding author will receive an e-mail containing a link to the journal’s online system, which allows the author to annotate and correct the proof electronically.

 

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