Submissions

Author Guidelines

This advice is for authors intending to submit a manuscript to iJECT. Before submitting an article to iJECT, please ensure you have read and understood the Aims and Scope of the journal and that you have attended to the formatting of your manuscript as detailed below. Submissions that do not comply will not be considered.

Registration

In order to submit an article to iJECT, you need to first Register as an Author. When registering you need to explicitly tick the "Author" box or you will only be registered as a Reader and you will not see the "New Submission" option when you login.

Originality and length

The usual length of an iJECT article is about 8000 words, including abstract, figures, tables and references, but occasionally lengths outside this range are accepted. Submissions to iJECT should be unpublished and not under consideration by another journal or for a conference proceedings. Thai AECT and other conferences may arrange republication in iJECT as a special recognition for an outstanding work. Please note that it is your responsibility to conform with any relevant conditions in your institution's research management procedures, for example, ethics committee approvals.

Formatting manuscript to submission

The iJECT template.docx provides the correct layout, fonts, and formatting for you to use in your submission. For further details, kindly refer to the Author Guidelines provided below.

Manuscripts are to be submitted in English, using spelling and punctuation as per the Oxford English Dictionary. In-text citations and references need to conform to the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA style manual, 7th edition). Examples can be found on the APA site, http://www.apastyle.org. 

Prior to submission please remove Endnote, Mendeley or other fields codes. Please also do not use styles.

• File format
  
  The preferred formats are Microsoft Word for Windows or Macintosh. Word-compatible files written by other software (e.g., OpenOffice) may also be submitted. Other formats such as PDF files may be acceptable subject to prior consultation with the editors. Printed versions (hard copy) are not acceptable. Compressed file formats such as zip are not acceptable unless by prior arrangement.
  
  
• Page setup
  
  Page size A4 with margins set to: Top: 2.50 cm, Bottom: 2.50 cm
  Orientation: Portrait (for large tables or figures): Top: 2.50 cm, Bottom: 2.50 cm
  
  
• Title
  
  Times New Roman 14 point bold followed by three 10 point blank line.
  
  
• Author names and institutional affiliation
  
  Do not include author names and affiliations in your submission.
  If your paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to provide author names and affiliations for the manuscript.
  
  Note: Please ensure that you register all authors when submitting the paper for review. This enables us to contact you during the review process. The system also automatically uses this data to produce table of contents, etc. As a result, please ensure names are spelled correctly, and that you provide correct and durable email addresses.
  
  
  • Author Names
    Times New Roman 10 point bold with ORCID. Please see https://orcid.org.
  • Anstitutional affiliation
    Times New Roman 10 point followed by your email address with italic.
  • *Corresponding author E-mail address
    
    
• Abstract
  
  Abstracts should not exceed 200-250 words. Use Times New Roman 10 point italic. Place one blank line before and after. 
  
  
• Keywords
  
  include at most 3-5 keywords of your paper. Separate each keyword with a comma.
  
  Note: The keywords are used for searches within the journal site as well as externally. It is advisable to include as your last keyword the research approach or method used.
  
  
• Headings
  
  Please use no more than 3 levels of heading and apply consistently.
  • First level. Times New Roman 10 point bold, left aligned, followed by one blank line between paragraphs.
  • Second level. Times New Roman 10 point italic left aligned, with Numbering 1.1 or 1.2 or 2.1 followed by one blank line. 
  • Third level. Use of a third level heading is discouraged. A bulleted or numbered list (like this list) is our preferred alternative. If your work really requires a third level heading, use Times New Roman 10 point italic, left justified, and not followed by a blank line.
    
    
• Body text
  
  Times New Roman 10 point, single spaced, left-justified. Blank lines after paragraphs are to be sized the same as text lines (i.e., Times New Roman 10 point).
  
  
• Paragraphs
  
  Use a blank line to conclude each paragraph. Do not use "spacing before" and "spacing after."
  
  
• Footnotes
  
  Do not use footnotes.
  
  
• References:
  
  Please use the style recommended in the current edition of the APA style manual:
  
  
  • Cite references in the text
    
    Some examples:
    
    • Young learners capable of creating innovations can work (Nilsook, 2020).
    • Imagineering learning was later contradicted by Nilsook and Jitsupa (2021).  
    • Learning system has been widely studied (Khlaisang, 2019; Wannapiroon et al., 2020; Nilsook & Jitsupa, 2021; Songsom et al., 2022).
    • Nilsook (2020) described about imagineering ...
      
      Note: APA 7 now stipulates a work with three or more authors is cited with only the first author’s last name followed by “et al.” in every citation even the first.
      
      
  • Reference list
    
    Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work. Journal names and book titles should be italicized.

    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    You are required to include the DOI in the references. (e.g. https://doi.org/12.20844/iject.v13i4.6125).
    
    If there is no DOI available for the publication you include the URL of the journal article on the journal publisher site. Do not include both the DOI and the journal URL. or use of URL citations in your running text. Cite an author or organizational name and year (or if there is no year then use n.d.), and then include the appropriate details in the references.
    
    Some examples:
    Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

    • Journal article
      Wannapiroon, P., Nilsook, P., Jitsupa, J. & Chaiyarak, S. (2021). Technology acceptance of online instruction for vocational instructors in new normal education. World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 13(4), 635-650. https://doi.org/10.18844/wjet.v13i4.6234

    • Article by DOI
      Wannapiroon, P., Nilsook, P., Jitsupa, J., & Chaiyarak, S. (2022). Digital competences of vocational instructors with synchronous online learning in next normal education. International Journal of Instruction, 15(1), 293-310. https://doi.org/10.29333/iji.2022.15117a
    • Article by URL
      Wannapiroon, P., Nilsook, P. (2015). Results of blended learning model using cognitive tools to developing graduate students’ analytical thinking skills. Journal of Education, 26(2), 33-41. https://opac1.lib.buu.ac.th/medias3/edu26n2p33-41.pdf
    • Book
      Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.
    • Book chapter
      Dillard, J. P. (2020). Currents in the study of persuasion. In M. B. Oliver, A. A. Raney, & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (4th ed., pp. 115–129). Routledge.
    • Online document
      Fagan, J. (2019, March 25). Nursing clinical brain. OER Commons. Retrieved January 7, 2020, from https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/53029-nursing-clinical-brain/view

      Titles of items should be in sentence case. Use Times New Roman 10 point, left aligned, hanging-indent 0.5 cm, no blank line between each reference.
      
      For formatting of references - please refer to the APA site (http://www.apastyle.org).

• Tables
  
  Table can be in any formats available in the word processor. Font size use Times New Roman 10 points must be used. Number of the table and the title must be written above the table.

  Each column should have a title, which should be brief, clear and explanatory (plain text). Limit the use of lines in tables to those that are necessary for clarity: one at the top, one after the headings and one after the last row. All abbreviations in the table should be explained.
  
  

• Figures and diagrams
  
  Figures must be in a format supported by MS Word. Popular formats such as .gif and .jpg are suggested.
  

  Number all figures with Arabic numerals in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Use Times New Roman 10 point, italic and place this under the figure. 

• Acknowledgments
  
  This is an optional section in which you may record appreciation to individuals or organisations for assisting or supporting the research work. 
  
  

• Authors’ information
  
  The authors’ information supplies a short biographical note for each author. 
  
  
• Author contact details
  
  Do not include author contact details on submitted manuscripts. This information is captured by the journal management system when you submit your paper. If your paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to provide author names and affiliations for the manuscript.
  
  
• Corresponding author and "Please cite as" notice
  
  Do not include these details at the submission stage. If the paper is accepted the editors will ask you to add/confirm these.