Submissions

Author Guidelines

Manuscript submitted for publication in the Journal of Logistics and Digital Supply Chain. The authors can provide manuscripts in both Thai and English formats according to the requirements of the journal as follows:

1. Articles should be on A4 paper size (21×29.7 cm.) and not more than 20 pages in length. The page should be set with 27 cm. top margin, 1.27 cm. bottom margin, 2.54 cm. left margin, and 2.54 cm. right margin.
2. The manuscript should be typed with Microsoft Word program (MS Word), in format one page, one column, and single line space. Thai articles format should be typed with the TH SarabunPSK font, size 16 pt. for both Thai and English languages. For English articles format should be typed in Times New Roman font, size 11 pt.
3. The use of Thai language shall adhere to the spelling and interpretation according to the principles of the Royal Institute and using the Thai language as the main language, and use English language in case that no spelling in Thai language or necessary to use the abbreviation, must write the full word in the first writing. Moreover, the manuscript does not use non-standard abbreviations except for abbreviations to write more concise content. In the case of English to Thai translation or transliteration should be adhere to the principles of the Royal Institute.
4. Preparation of the Thai manuscript as required:

• Title of the article in both Thai, and English language at the center of page use font TH SarabunPSK, size 18, thick.
• Names of authors and co-authors use font TH SarabunPSK, size 16, normal.
• Abstract of the article in both Thai, and English language uses font TH SarabunPSK, size 16, normal.
• Main topic and sub-topics use font TH SarabunPSK, size 16, thick.
• Contents use font TH SarabunPSK, size 16, normal.

5. Preparation of English manuscript as required:

• Title of the article at the center of page uses Times New Roman font, size 16, thick.
• Names of authors and co-authors use Times New Roman font, size 11, normal.
• Main topic and sub-topics use Times New Roman font, size 11, thick.
• Contents use Times New Roman font, size 11

6. For Thai articles, the title must be both Thai and English at the center of page.
7. Composition of the article:

• Abstract is a short overview that summarize the main idea of the article. For Thai articles must have both Thai and English languages.
• Introduction is the background, importance of the research problem, research question, and the objectives of the study.
• Literature review should be include surveys books, scholarly articles, and any other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, and by so doing, provides a description, summary, and critical evaluation of these works in relation to the research problem being investigated.
• Research Methodology will identify the type of research, calculation method of the sample group, the key informants, data collection method, and data analysis method.
• Result and Discussion should be clearly describing the intended outcomes of a research according to the research objectives and compare to the consistent or inconsistent with the previous researches according to which idea or theory, and discuss to find the reasons.
• Conclusion present in an essay and clearly link to the research results in sequence, to summarize the results, discussion, and overview of the research.
• Acknowledgment (if any) is a thank you to an organization, agency, or person who helped cooperate in the research including sources of funding and the research funding number (if any) (only if received the research funding or if the title of the article does not match with the research paper thesis or dissertation).
• In the Citations and References, the citations and bibliographies should be using the APA (American Psychological Association) 6^th edition style, and must match with in-text citations. The author of the article must verify and be responsible for the correctness of all reference documents following the below requirements:
  • References should not exceed 30 entries.
  • Priority should be given to citing peer-reviewed articles published in scholarly journals or chapters in peer-reviewed books, and should not be older than 10 years from the date of writing. For conference proceedings citations, they should not be more than 2 years after the conference date, and should include permanent DOI links where available.
  • For thesis citations, authors should search whether the thesis has been published as an article in academic journals/conference proceedings and cite from those sources instead, unless such publications cannot be found.
  • Citations from personal websites, including Wikipedia, should be avoided. When citing organizational websites, include the URL and access date.
  • References should follow alphabetical order (ก-ฮ for Thai and A-Z for English).