Editor-in-chief : Thanawat Phumcharoenwat
Publication Ethics
Publication Ethics - Ethical Guidelines for Publishing in the Primary Health Care Journal (Northeastern Edition)
The Primary Health Care Journal (Northeastern Edition) continuously aims to enhance the quality of academic publications to improve the potential for academic development through high-quality journals. One significant aspect of this development is conducting journal operations in accordance with ethics and publication integrity. Therefore, the Primary Health Care Journal (Northeastern Edition) considers ethical principles and integrity in line with the evaluation of ethics and integrity of Thai academic journals indexed in the Thai-Journal Citation Index: TCI. The following are the guidelines for ethical practices and publication ethics concerning various aspects:
Roles and Responsibilities of the Journal Editor
1. The editor is responsible for reviewing, inspecting, and selecting articles for publication in the journal, ensuring that the content aligns with the journal's policies.
2. Editors review the accuracy and quality of academic work before publication.
3. Editors must operate the journal in accordance with its objectives, continually improving and developing it to meet standards.
4. Editors should not have conflicting interests or gain benefits from authors or charge article processing fees (APCs) for expedited processing.
5. Editors should not have conflicting interests or gain benefits from authors, peer reviewers, or editorial board members when using journal articles for business purposes or claiming academic works as their own.
6. Editors must use academic reasoning to evaluate articles without bias regarding the authors' ethnicity, gender, religion, culture, politics, or affiliations.
7. Editors must follow the workflow steps outlined by the journal.
8. Editors must not modify or alter the content of articles, including academic works and reviewers' evaluations.
Roles and Responsibilities of the Authors
1. Authors must be honest, ethical, and have integrity in conducting research and writing research reports.
2. Authors must certify that the written work is based on truthful study outcomes, without distorting data or presenting false information.
3. Authors must reference the work of others appearing in their work.
4. Authors must not plagiarize the work of others.
5. Authors are responsible for their work and must ensure that the work has not been previously published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere.
6. Authors must list all co-owners of the work, specifying roles and responsibilities clearly in cases where the work is not solely authored.
7. Authors must specify the funding sources for their research.
8. Authors must pay an article assessment fee of 3,000 Baht if they withdraw or retract their articles after peer review.
9. In cases of author misconduct, particularly in points 2, 3, 4, and 5, the journal will suspend publication rights for a minimum of 3 years and notify the author's affiliated institution or relevant authorities accordingly.
Roles and Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers
1. Peer reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the submitted articles for evaluation.
2. Peer reviewers must not have conflicting interests with authors or any other reasons that may impair their ability to provide impartial feedback. Reviewers must inform the journal editor and decline to review if such circumstances arise.
3. Peer reviewers should evaluate articles in their area of expertise, considering the quality of the article based on international academic standards rather than personal opinions without supporting evidence.
4. If peer reviewers identify any part of the assessed article that resembles or duplicates another work, they must notify the journal editor.
Announced on October 3, 2023
