Executiveeditorassoc.Prof.Dr.Perapongtekasakul(Vicepresidentforresearchsystem
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ExecutiveEditorAssoc.Prof.Dr.PerapongTekasakul(VicePresidentforResearchSystem andGraduateStudies)
AssociateExecutiveEditorAsst.Prof.Dr.SuthamNiyomwas(Directorof ResearchandDevelopmentOffice)
Editor-in-Chief Assoc.Prof.Dr.ProespichayaKanatharana
AssociateEditor inEachFieldProf.Dr.AmornratPhongdaraAssoc.Prof.Dr.PornsilpPholpunthin
Prof.Dr.DonaldR.McNeil,Australia Assoc.Prof.Dr.SukreeHajisamae
Prof.Dr.PavineeChinachotiAssoc.Prof.Dr.SuraponArrykul
Prof.Dr.RapepunWititsuwannakulAssoc. Prof.Dr.SuteeraPrasertsan
Prof.Dr.SoottawatBenjakulAssoc.Prof.Dr.TawatChittrakarn
Prof.WinyouMitarnun, MD.Assoc.Prof.Dr.TirayutVilaivan
Assoc.Prof.Dr.AnuchitPlubrukarnAssoc.Prof.Dr.WullopSantipracha
Assoc.Prof.Dr.PanoteThavarungkul
EditorialBoard Prof.Dr.BarryNorller,AustraliaAssoc.Prof.Dr.BruceA.Barrette,USA
Prof.Dr.BunchaOoraikul,CanadaAssoc.Prof.Dr.CharoenNakason
Prof.Dr.DuoLi,ChinaAssoc.Prof.Dr.JuraithipWungsintaweekul
Prof.Dr.ClaudeDupuydeCrescenzo,FranceAssoc.Prof.Dr.KitichateSridith
Prof.Dr.IgorMeglinski,NewZealandAssoc.Prof.Dr.ManuelaZude,Germany
Prof.Dr.ManuelMiro,SpainAssoc.Prof.Dr.RonnasonChinram
Prof.Dr.MaryGarson,AustraliaAssoc.Prof.Dr.SinchaiKamolphiwong
Prof.Dr.ShojiMotomizu,JapanAssoc.Prof.Dr. SouwalakPhongpaichit
Prof.Dr.Shyue-WinWei,Taiwan Assoc.Prof.Dr. SurakraiPermkam
Prof.Dr.TapanBasu,CanadaAssoc.Prof.Dr.TeerapolSrichana
Prof.Dr.YoshioOtani,JapanAssoc. Prof. LennartHasselgren, Sweden
Prof. HuoshengHu,England Asst.Prof.Dr.ChonlateeCheewasedtham
Prof.JeanClaudeBrosse,FranceAsst.Prof.Dr.NaratipJansakul
Assoc.Prof.Dr.AranHanpongkittikunAsst.Prof.Dr.PornchaiPhukpattaranont
Assistants-to-Editor Assoc.Prof.Dr.AnchanaPrathepDr.AlanF.Geater
Assoc.Prof.Dr.CharassriNualsriDr.AponNumnuam
Assoc.Prof.Dr.NisaudahRadenahmadDr.BrianHodgson
Assoc.Prof.Dr.SumateChaiprapatDr.ChittanonBuranachai
Asst.Prof.Dr.AkkharawitKanjana-OpasDr.ChongdeeThammakate
Asst.Prof.Dr.ChaiyawanWattanachantDr.HelmutDuerrast
Asst.Prof.Dr.PattaraAiyarakDr.VorasanSophon
Asst.Prof.Dr.PongsatonAmornpitoksukDr.WarakornLimbut
Asst.Prof.Dr.RamYamsaensungMr.WiwatSutiwipakorn
Asst.Prof.Dr.SakesanSuthummanon
ManagingEditor NirunSumalee
AssistantManagingEditor AussaniSribenchapon and MutitaWareerat
GraphicDesigner SakowduenOui-eng
JournalOnline JantanaPetcharat and NaliwanHeemham
Printing OSPrintingHouse,Bangkok,Thailand
Periodicity Bi-monthly(Six issues per year)
DistributionFreedistributiontoalistofselectedlibrariesinThailand,
Foreignuniversitylibraries,laboratoriesandby specialrequest
EnquiryAllinquiriesshouldbedirectedtoSongklanakarinJournalofScienceand Technology,
ResearchandDevelopmentOffice, PrinceofSongklaUniversity,
HatYai,Songkla,90112Thailand
Phone:(66-74)286959Fax:(66-74)286961
E-mail:bsite:
Theuniversityandtheeditorialboardclaimnoresponsibilityfor thecontentsorviewsexpressed
bytheauthorsofindividualarticles.Copyingallowedfreelyprovidedacknowledgmentismadethereof.
Allarticlessubmittedforpublicationwillbe assessedbyagroupofdistinguishedreviewers.
Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology
Journal Description
The Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol.) aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for the dissemination of current knowledge and advances in science and technology. Areas covered include Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering and Industrial Research, Environment and Natural Resources, and Physical Sciences and Mathematics. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology publishes original research work, either as full length articles or as short communications, technical articles, review articles, invited articles and special issues.
Guide for Authors
Manuscripts submitted for publication should be of high academic merit and are accepted on condition that they are contributed solely to the Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol. Manuscripts, parts of which have been previously published in consideration for publication elsewhere.
Submission of a multi-authored manuscript implies the consent of all the participating authors.
All manuscripts considered for publication will be peer-reviewed by independent referees.
Submission checklistManuscripts submitted to Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol. must include:
1.Cover letter to the Editors
2.A manuscript text file containing title page, abstract, keywords, text, acknowledgments, reference list and appendices (if necessary). No figures or tables should be included in this file. The title page of this file should include the title of the article, full names and affiliations of all authors, and the name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers and full postal address of the corresponding author.
3.A figure file containing figures which are clear and high-quality with minimal shading. Each figure is to follow its number on the same page. A figure caption list should precede all the figures.
4.A table file containing all the tables (including title, description, footnotes).
5.An explanation file containing the answer to reviewers comments for the revised manuscript. Authors who are instructed to revise their manuscript have to highlight all point of their responded in text, figure and table files.
Preparation
and SubmissionContributors submitting manuscripts for consideration for publication should follow the following guidelines.
1.All manuscripts must be submitted via the SJST Online Submission System:
ScholarOne (
2. Submission includes separate manuscript text, table and figure files.
3.Manuscript text, table and figure files should be created using Microsoft Word
(.doc, docx files).
4.Manuscript must be written using high - quality language. For non-native
English language authors, the article should be proof - read by a language specialist.
Poor use of English could result in immediate rejection of the paper.
5.Manuscript should be no longer than 4500 words and the combined number of figures and tables should not exceed 10. The inclusion of more figures and tables will reducethe word allowance, and vice versa.
6. Manuscript should be prepared single column, double - spaced, with sufficient margins (3 cm) for editorial and proof-reader’s marks.12 pt Times New Roman font should be used throughout and all pages numbered consecutively.
7. Abstracts should be no longer than 150 words (The additional abstract can be added by attach file via ScholarOne System.) About 5 keywords should also be provided.
8.All measures should be reported in SI units followed if necessary, in the text, by traditional units in parentheses. The quantity “billion” (109 in America,
1012 in Europe) is ambiguous and should be avoided.
9.Tables and figures should each be numbered consecutively.
10.Line drawings should be of high resolution and high contrast. Black-and-white or color photographs may be accepted provided they are of high quality. They should also be provided as computer graphic files after the manuscript is accepted for publication and in the final form. Regardless of the application used, when the electronic artwork is finalized, the images should be saved as, or converted to, one of the following formats. (Note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below.)
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: Color or greyscale photographs (halftones): use a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line / half-tone (colour or greyscale):
use a minimum of 500 dpi.
11.Acknowledgments should be as brief as possible, in a separate section before
the references.
12.Citations of published literature in the text should be given in the form of author and year in parentheses; (Wutthikul et al., 2001), or, if the name forms part of a sentence, it should be followed by the year in parenthesis; Wutthikul et al. (2001). All references mentioned in the Reference list must be cited in the text, and vice versa.
13.The References section at the end of the manuscript should list all, only the references cited in the text in alphabetical order of the first author’s surname and no number in front of each reference. Titles of the journal or conference proceedings are not abbreviated. The following are examples of reference writing.
Reference to a journal article:
Chen, J. and Li, Y. 2006. Coal fly ash as an amendment to container substrate for Spathiphyllum production. Bioresource Technology. 97, 1920-1926.
Reference to article or abstract in a conference proceedings:
Klingman, L.A. 1992. Induction of floral bud in Lansiumdomesticum by different rates and times of application of chloroethylphosphonic acid. Proceedings of the 5th Tropical Fruit Crop Symposium, Chiang Mai, Thailand, August 10-12, 1992, 231-236.
Reference to a book:
Perry, R.H. and Chilton, C.H. 1973. Chemical Engineers Handbook, McGraw-Hill, New York, U.S.A., pp. 112-115.
Reference to an edited book:
Day, P.R. 1965. Particle fractionation and particle size analysis. In Methods of Soil Analysis, C.A. Black, editor. Agronomy no. 9, Part 1. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., pp 545-567.
Reference to an electronic data source (used only when unavoidable):
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14.Appendix: All supplementary material as well as items of interest only to specialists in the field should be placed in an Appendix. Model formulations, descriptions of methods, lists of symbols, acronyms etc. may be included here, if necessary.
15.The revision manuscript should have the highlight on revised parts. Authors must be written the explanation along with the revision manuscript.
ProofsWhen the manuscript is received by the Publisher, it is considered to be in its final form. One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proof-reading is solely the responsibility of the author.
Corrected proofs should be returned within 5 days of receipt of the proofs by the author. The Publisher reserves the right to proceed with publication if corrections are not communicated. Should there be no corrections, confirmation of this should be made to the Publisher.
The Journal will do everything possible to get articles corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. In order to do this the cooperation of authors is needed. Following receipt of the (PDF) proofs for correction, authors should ensure that all corrections are sent back to the Journal in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so the first return of corrections must be complete. Note that this does not mean a shorter time for making corrections, just that only one set of corrections will be accepted.
Further
Information 1. Permission must be obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources
(including the Web).
2.All authors must sign the copyright transfer agreement once the manuscript is
in the final form.
3.Color figures are displayed in colour in the electronic version of the Journal
(available free-of-charge on the Web). The hard-copy version produces only
black and white.
4. Examples of recently published articles can be found at the journal web page
( These may be used as a guideline for article layout.
Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology has no page charges.
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All correspondence should be directed to:
The Editor, Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology
Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand
Tel: +66-74-286-959 Fax: +66-74-286-961
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