About the Journal
Thai Health Sciences Frontiers (THSF) is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research and innovation across all health science disciplines in Thailand. The journal bridges evidence and practice, with a particular focus on clinical research, community hospital settings, and primary health care systems.
THSF places special emphasis on research and development (R&D), care model development, and clinical innovations applicable within the Thai health system context. All submitted manuscripts undergo rigorous double-blind peer review by a minimum of three qualified experts.
Scope includes but is not limited to:
- Nursing research and patient care model development
- Medical sciences and clinical innovation
- Pharmacy and pharmaceutical care
- Physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences
- Community and primary health care
- Emergency nursing and critical care
- Maternal, child, and elderly health
- Chronic disease management and prevention
- Environmental and occupational health
Article types accepted: Original research articles, academic articles, review articles, and case reports.
1.Publication Ethics
Editorial Ethics
The editor is responsible for accepting or rejecting manuscripts based solely on academic merit and relevance to the journal's scope, without regard to the authors' race, gender, nationality, religious beliefs, or institutional affiliation.
The editor must maintain confidentiality of all manuscripts under review and must recuse themselves from the review process in cases of conflict of interest. The editor is obligated to take appropriate action when evidence of research misconduct, plagiarism, or duplicate submission is identified, following the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
2.Reviewer Ethics
Reviewers must evaluate manuscripts objectively with relevant expertise and provide constructive feedback to improve manuscript quality. The double-blind review process is strictly maintained to ensure impartiality throughout the evaluation.
Reviewers must maintain confidentiality of all manuscripts assigned for review, must not use information from manuscripts for personal gain, and must notify the editor of any conflict of interest or significant similarity to other published works. Reviewers should respond to review invitations promptly and submit completed reviews within the agreed timeframe.
3.Author Ethics
Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts represent original work that has not been previously published and is not under consideration by any other journal simultaneously. Duplicate submission constitutes a serious breach of publication ethics.
Authors must accurately identify all individuals who have made significant contributions to the research and manuscript preparation, in accordance with established authorship criteria. Individuals listed as authors must have made substantive contributions to the research design, data collection, analysis, or manuscript writing.
Authors must present research data and findings accurately and must not fabricate, falsify, or selectively omit significant results. All conflicts of interest that may affect the objectivity of the research must be disclosed. Authors are responsible for properly citing all sources used. Plagiarism in any form is considered a serious violation of publication ethics.
4.Research Ethics Involving Human Subjects
All research articles involving human subjects must have received formal approval from a recognized institutional review board or ethics committee. Authors must include the ethics approval number and the name of the approving committee within the manuscript.
Research involving human subjects must be conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent must be obtained from all research participants. In cases where personally identifiable data are collected, strict measures for personal data protection must be implemented and documented.
