Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission Policy

The editorial board of Nexus of Thai Health Sciences invites researchers, physicians, nurses, public health professionals, pharmacists, physical therapists, and health professionals from all disciplines to submit academic and research articles for publication. Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published elsewhere and must not be under consideration by another journal. All manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review by at least three qualified experts in the relevant fields before publication.

If authors do not revise their manuscripts as required by the editorial board, or do not respond to the editorial office, the journal reserves the right to decline future submissions from those authors.

Types of Articles Accepted

1. Original Research Article
2. Academic Article
3. Review Article
4. Policy Analysis Article

Manuscript Preparation

1. Microsoft Word; TH SarabunPSK, black, 16 pt throughout (the x̄ symbol in tables uses Cambria Math); A4 portrait, single column; 2.54 cm margins on all sides; header and footer distance 1.25 cm; single line spacing with no spacing before or after paragraphs; maximum 15 pages including tables, figures and references.
2. Thai and English titles: 16 pt, bold, centered.
3. Thai and English author names: 16 pt, bold, left-aligned, with superscript affiliation numbers; do not include titles, academic positions or degrees.
4. Thai and English abstracts of no more than 300 words each, with 3–5 keywords separated by commas; Thai and English keywords must correspond.
5. Give each author's position and affiliation after the Thai abstract, and identify the corresponding author with e-mail and telephone number.
6. Main headings: 16 pt, bold, left-aligned (the Thai heading "Abstract" is centered); sub-headings use numbering 1., 1.1 in bold.
7. Body text: 16 pt, regular, Thai-distributed alignment, first-line indent 1.5 cm; leave one blank line before each new main heading and before and after each table.
8. Use Arabic numerals throughout; report statistics to 2 decimal places and p-values to 3 decimal places (e.g., 0.792 or <0.001); report means as x̄±S.D. (e.g., 39.30±2.89). Spell out terms in full at first use, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.
9. Tables: title above the table, left-aligned, beginning with "Table" and a bold number; number consecutively and cite each table in the text before it appears; place symbol notes below the table (e.g., *p-value <.05).
10. Figures: caption below the figure, beginning with "Figure" and a number; use sharp images of at least 300 dpi.

Content Requirements

1. Articles should address health sciences, health systems, health policy, digital health, or interprofessional practice; must be previously unpublished; and should be interesting, up to date, and applicable.
2. Authors may be individuals, groups, or interprofessional teams: no more than 5 authors for academic articles and no more than 8 authors for research articles.
3. Authors wishing to publish in the journal are required to pay the publication fee as specified.
4. Research articles derived from a thesis or dissertation must include a letter of endorsement signed by the advisor.
5. Research involving human subjects must include a Certificate of Approval (COA) from a research ethics committee at the time of submission.

Structure of Research Articles (in order)

1. Titles, authors, abstract and keywords (Thai), author affiliations and corresponding author, Abstract and Keywords (English)
2. Introduction
3. Research objectives
4. Methods (population, sample, inclusion and exclusion criteria, research instruments and their quality, data collection, data analysis)
5. Research ethics
6. Results (presented in the order of the objectives)
7. Discussion
8. Conclusion
9. Recommendations
10. Acknowledgements
11. References

References

References must follow the Vancouver style. Cited works should be no older than 10 years, except for textbooks on theory or philosophy. Authors are encouraged to cite academic and research articles from both Thai and international journals. Thai-language references must be translated into English and followed by "(in Thai)". List all authors if there are six or fewer; if more than six, list the first six followed by et al. Abbreviate journal titles according to the NLM Catalog. For websites, give [Internet], the date cited [cited year month day] and Available from: URL.

Publication Fee

• Thai-language manuscript: 4,500 THB
• English-language manuscript: 6,500 THB

The publication fee is charged once the editor has determined that the manuscript is consistent with the journal's aims and scope and may proceed to peer review. Once paid, the fee is non-refundable regardless of the editorial decision.

How to Submit

1. Register as an author on the NTHS website in the ThaiJO system and make the submission yourself (New Submission). Upload the manuscript, the Manuscript Submission Form and, for research involving human subjects, the Certificate of Approval (COA) through the system. The Editor-in-Chief's e-mail (fetp1yr@gmail.com, Tel. +66 64 314 6622) is for enquiries only.
2. The editor screens the manuscript for consistency with the journal's aims and scope, format and similarity, and informs the author through the system if the manuscript can proceed to peer review.
3. Pay the publication fee by bank transfer (account name: Key Data Company Limited; bank: Siam Commercial Bank (SCB); branch: Gateway Ekamai; account number: 416-0139078), then e-mail the completed Publication Fee Payment Form and transfer slip to fetp1yr@gmail.com.
4. The manuscript undergoes double-blind peer review by at least three qualified experts. Reviewers' recommendations and the editor's decision are sent to the author through the system, and the author uploads the revised manuscript and a response to reviewers through the system.