Submissions

Submission of Manuscripts

All manuscripts are submitted through the online submission system at https://ph04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JCST/about/submissions

Manuscripts, which do not meet the novelty, significance as well as aims and scope of the journal will be returned to authors at any stage.

Grammar, spelling and accuracy are considered as the requisite screening criterion. If your manuscript contains errors, it will be returned. Non-English speaking authors are encouraged to have their manuscript checked and edited by a native-English speaker.

All information contained in a manuscript is a full responsibility of the author(s), including the accuracy of the data. Author(s) will be given about 2 weeks after receiving the reviewers’ comments to revise the manuscript.

Submission Preparation Checklist

The submitted manuscripts may be returned to authors who do not adhere to the following guidelines:

Complete submissions must include:

AND, where applicable:

  • Letter of approval from review committees for use of human samples in research and human experiments
  • Letter of approval from relevant authority for use of animals in experiments
  • Signed consent to publish (in print and online) from human subjects who can be identified in the manuscript
  • Letter(s) of permission from copyright holder(s) to use copyrighted sources in author’s manuscript

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal must not be previously published and are not under consideration for publication in any other media. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed. As a result of the review process, a manuscript may be: 1) accepted without change, 2) recommended for modification and further review, or 3) rejected.

Publication Charges

From September 1, 2022 onwards, there will be a non-refundable submission (article processing and reviewing) fee for manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Current Science and Technology (JCST) for article processing.  This article processing fee is USD 100.00, if paid in US dollar amount, or 3,000 Thai Baht, if paid in Thai Baht amount, per article.   After a peer review process if the manuscript gets accepted for publication in the journal, there will be a publication fee of USD 250.00, if paid in US dollar amount, or 7,500 Thai Baht, if paid in Thai Baht amount, per article.  Submission (article processing and reviewing) fee must be paid within 7 days after the receipt of the Invoice via the JCST payment email otherwise the article processing will be pending. Publication fee must be paid within 7 days after notification of acceptance for publication otherwise the publication will be postponed or withdrawn.

Articles are fully peer-reviewed and if accepted for publication, all articles are made freely available to all readers via the official JCST Website.

Types of Manuscripts
The journal accepts the following types of articles:

1. Research article: A research article is a regular article which aims to present new findings and significant experimental results or interpretations. The length of a research article, in single-column format, should not be less than 5, nor longer than 30 A4, single-line spacing pages.

2. Review article: A review article summarizes topics of general interest to audiences, provides a critical and constructive analysis of existing published literature in a field. The review article outlines future directions of research within the journal scope. The length of a review article, in single-column format, should run between 12 to 80 A4, single-line spacing pages.

3. Notes or Short Communications:  Manuscripts in this category should be concise but definitive.  A note or a short communication is a short article which aims to present especially new findings that require fast publication. The length of the manuscript of a Notes or Short Communication, in single-column format, should run between 1 to 6 A4, single-line spacing page(s).

4. Innovations: An innovation is an article which aims to present creative arts and designs, procedures or devices. The length of the manuscript of an innovation, in single-column format, should vary between 5 to 30 A4, single-line spacing page(s).

5. Special lectures from Conferences: A special lecture from a Conference is an unpublished keynote or special lecture in the Conference with no Proceedings in English language in recent years can be occasionally invited to get published in the journal. The length of the manuscript of a Special lecture from a Conference, in single-column format, should vary between 8 to 30 A4, single-line spacing page(s).

Manuscript Preparation

General Instruction:  Submit your manuscript in both PDF and MS word formats. Manuscripts are acceptable in both American and British English, but the use of either must be consistent throughout the manuscript.  Please note that the editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity. The single-column manuscript template can be downloaded from here.

Format:  The paper size is set to A4. The manuscript is prepared with 1.25 inch left, 1 inch right, 2 inch top and 1 inch bottom margins. The header and footer of 1.0 inch and 0.6 inch are used, respectively. Unless specified, single column text with 10-point Times New Roman font on 12-point line spacing is used. Use ordinary upper- and lower-case letters throughout, except where italics are required. Start headings from the left margin. If you wish, you may indicate the ranking of complicated section headings and subheadings with numerals (1, 1.1, 1.1.1,...). All pages must be numbered in the top right-hand corner.

Title:  Use 11-point bold font on 12-point line spacing.  The title is centered.  The length of title is not limited but it should not exceed 2 lines.  A title should be concise and informative.

Author Names:  Use 10-point font on 11-point line spacing.  Author names are centered with one line space below the title. Begin with the first name of the author followed by the last name.  For more than one author, separate each name by a comma (,), and identify each author’s affiliation by superscript numbers at the end of the author’s last name. 

Author Affiliations:  Use 9-point font on 10-point line spacing.  Author affiliations are centered with one line space below the author names.  Include institutional and e-mail addresses for all authors.  Place superscript numbers at the beginning of each affiliation accordingly.

Abstract:  Use 10-point font on 11-point line spacing for heading and 9-point font on 11-point line spacing for abstract content. The Abstract should not exceed 250 words.  The purpose and setting of the research, the principal findings and major conclusions, and the paper's contribution should be briefly stated.  Please note that excessive statistical details should be avoided and abbreviations/acronyms should be used only if it is essential or firmly established.

Keywords:  List up to 7 keywords and separate each keyword by a comma (,).  The keywords should accurately reflect the content of the article.  The keywords will be used for indexing and searching purposes.

Main Text: Use 10-point font on 12-point line spacing.  The main body of the submitted manuscript should contain the sections in the following order: introduction, methodology, results (if any), discussion (if any), conclusion, acknowledgements, and references.  Please note that some articles may not contain all the components above.  Tables or figures must be included in the text for the reviewing process. 

Tables: Use 9-point font on 10-point line spacing for all text in tables. The table caption is above the table. The table should be numbered consecutively. Footnotes to tables should be typed below the tables and should be referred to by superscript numbers. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript (e.g., in graphs).  

Figures: Use 9-point font on 10-point line spacing for figure captions. If the figures inserted into the main text, type figure captions below the figures. Figures should be provided in a suitable file format and resolution for reproduction, e.g., EPS, JPG or TIFF formats, without retouching. Photographs, charts and diagrams should be referred to as Figure(s) and should be numbered consecutively in the order to which they are referred.

References in the Text:  To insert a citation in the text use the author-year system, i.e., the author’s last name and year of publication.  A work by two authors: name both authors in the signal phrase or in the parentheses each time the work is cited. Use the word “and” between the authors’ names within the text and use the ampersand in the parentheses.  A work by three to five authors: list all the authors in the signal phrase or in parentheses the first time the source is cited. Use the word “and” between the authors’ names within the text and use the ampersand in the parentheses.  In subsequent citations, only use the first author’s last name followed by “et al.” in the signal phrase or in parentheses.  A work by six or more authors: use the first author’s name followed by et al. in the signal phrase or in parentheses.  The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by authors’ names.  All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript.  The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of the authors’ names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.  Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the author(s).  Citation of a reference as “in press” implies that the item has been accepted for publication.  Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the content of the references.

List of References:  JCST uses the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style, which can be found at http://www.apastyle.org and/or https://owl.purdue.edu. References should be listed at the end of article, arranged alphabetically according to the last names of the authors and then chronologically.  A digital object identifier (DOI) should be added at the end of each reference if its DOI exists.

Article Revision

The authors have to revise their manuscript based on the suggestions or comments provided by the reviewers and/or the Editorial Board. In the case that the authors disagree with a requested revision, the authors should explain the rationale for not making the requested change in the Response to Reviewer/Editor-in-Chief Document..

The accepted date that appears in the published article will be the date when the managing editor/Editor-in-Chief has issued the Notification of Acceptance to the fully revised version of the manuscript.