Policy and Objectives

            SSRU International Journal of Management Science (IJMS), is an academic journal that complies with the quantitative and qualitative criteria of the Thai Journal Citation Index Centre (TCI). It accepts articles for publication. Articles on management, business administration, and communication arts must be in the form of research articles, academic articles, etc., written in English. They must be quality articles that can be used in terms of theory, principles, or concepts, which scholars, researchers, students, or interested persons can use to increase their knowledge to keep up with changes or develop new knowledge, as well as relevant entrepreneurs who can apply it in business administration and communication arts.

            Articles submitted for publication in SSRU International Journal of Management Science (IJMS), must not have been published or are under consideration by other journals. For the article evaluation process, all articles must pass the quality assessment by at least 3 qualified reviewers who are experts in that field/article from various institutions (Double-blind Peer Review). Anonymously reviewing the authors and the names of the qualified persons who reviewed the articles (Double-blind peer-review), the results of which are 2 types: 1) Accepted for publication and 2) Rejected for publication. The journal has set the duplication value of the work, referring to the Copy Catch program of the Thai-Journal Citation Index Center, as follows: Research articles, no more than 15%, and academic articles, no more than 10%.

            The scope of SSRU International Journal of Management Science (IJMS) will cover content related to management science, business administration, and communication arts, such as:

• General Management
• Accounting
• Finance and Banking
• Marketing
• Economics
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Entrepreneurship and Service Business
• Business Computers
• Communication Arts
• Other fields of study related to Management Science, Business Administration, and Communication Arts

Types of published articles

1. Research articles
2. Academic articles

The journal publishes two issues per year (every 6 months) as follows:

            Issue 1: January - June

            Issue 2: July - December

Types of articles accepted for publication: English

Publication fee: No fee is charged at any stage

Review Process

            SSRU International Journal of Management Science (IJMS) strictly follows both quantitative and qualitative criteria of the Thai Journal Citation Index Centre. Therefore, the guidelines for reviewing articles of the journal are as follows:

            The editorial board will notify the submitter when the editorial board has received the complete article.

The editorial board will check the topic and content of the article for appropriateness and consistency with the journal's objectives. The editorial board will also check the article's usefulness in both theory and application in business administration.

In the event that the editorial board deems it appropriate to submit the article for further review, the article will be forwarded to experts in related fields to check the quality of the article to see if it is at a level suitable for publication.

            The editorial team sends articles to external experts in related fields from various institutions, at least 3 persons per article, to check the quality of the articles to see if they are suitable for publication. In this screening process, the experts will not be able to know the information of the article submitters (Double-Blind Process).

            After the experts have screened the articles, the editorial team will decide, based on their recommendations, whether they should be published in the Journal of Business Administration or sent back to the submitters for revision before reviewing them again or rejecting them for publication.

When the submitters have made all necessary revisions to the articles, the authors will receive 1 copy of the publication certificate. When the articles are published in the journal, the submitters will receive 2 copies of the published journal.

The editorial team will notify the submitters of articles not considered for publication but will not return the manuscripts.

Copyright

Articles published in SSRU International Journal of Management Science (IJMS) are the property of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. Reprinting of all texts is prohibited unless permitted by Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University.