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Guidelines for detailing human research ethics in research articles

According to the Association of Legal & Political Studies (ALPS), the Institutional Review Board (IRB) has been established to consider and approve human research ethics for the research projects of the association's researchers and external researchers. From now on, all research manuscripts that will be submitted to be considered for publication in the association's journals, research must be given importance and conducted in strict accordance with ethical standards for human research.

All research articles involving human subjects should receive human research ethics approval from a human research ethics committee of a reputable agency. Those articles must include details of human research ethics certification, including the name of the certifying agency and committee and the certification number. For research articles that have not previously received human research ethics approval, detail the conditions for exemption from approval and the procedures the researcher has used to ensure that the research complies with the ethical standards of human research must be clearly stated. All these details, both in certified and non-certified cases, are set out in the Research Methodology section.

The editors may consider and decide to reject any submissions that do not provide these details, especially those that may not comply with ethical standards for human research.

• APSR 2024 Peer Review Metrics

  2024-10-16

  Submission to First Decision: Manuscripts are reviewed by the editorial team, assessed for quality by peer reviewers, and the editorial team sends the first decision back to the authors so that they can improve the quality according to suggestions (if any), including formatting as required by the journal. This takes approximately 31.68 days.

   

  First Decision to Acceptance: The authors have improved the quality of the manuscript according to the recommendations of reviewers, and formatted it as specified by the journal until it is complete and accurate according to the journal's standards, including being accepted for publication in approximately 21.21 days.

   

  Acceptance to Publication: The production process after the manuscript has been accepted and published takes approximately 10.63 days.

   

  The operational efficiency of APSR's editorial team in 2024 is much better than the previous year. The original time spent throughout the process from article submission to publication was 199.80 days, reduced to only 63.53 days. However, the editorial team is committed to reducing the time period to comply with the editorial team's policy that from article submission to acceptance should not take more than 45 days. The editorial team will try to gradually reduce the time period in the article review process by reviewers to no more than 28 days by 2025 and no more than 14 days by 2027.

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• Changing the article sorting format from “page numbers” to “article number”

  2024-10-12

  In order to accommodate the increasing volume of articles in the journals under the responsibility of the Association of Legal & Political Studies (ALPS), the association has decided to change the article sorting format of all journals (AISR, ACSR, APSR, AAMR, AELR, & TISR) from “page numbers” to “article number” as used in the case of Procedia of Multidisciplinary Research (PMR), starting from the first issue of 2025 onwards.

   

  The format of writing article citation information according to the format of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7^th edition, is as follows:

  Citation Information: Maneenin, P., & Kamphaengdee, S. (2025). Factor Analysis of Community Enterprises Producing Processed Agricultural Products in the Three Southern Border Provinces. Thai Interdisciplinary and Sustainability Review, 14(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.14456/tisr.2025.1

  Parenthetical Citation: (Maneenin & Kamphaengdee, 2025)

  Narrative Citation: Maneenin & Kamphaengdee (2025)

   

  Source: APA Style - Journal Article References (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/journal-article-references#2)

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• Best Paper Award 2024 Announcement

  2024-10-08

  We are pleased to be able to announce that the Asian Political Science Review Best Paper Award for 2024 has been awarded to Kittisak JERMSITTIPARSERT, Bhupinder SINGH and Christian KAUNERT for the paper on “DETERMINANTS OF INTENTION TO ADOPT E-GOVERNMENT: MEDIATING EFFECT OF TRUST IN E-GOVERNMENT” published in volume 8, number 2.

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• APSR Editor’s Pick Vol. 8 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 2024)

  2024-10-08

  We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been selected as the Editor’s Pick.

  Title: ​DETERMINANTS OF INTENTION TO ADOPT E-GOVERNMENT: MEDIATING EFFECT OF TRUST IN E-GOVERNMENT

  Author(s):​ Kittisak JERMSITTIPARSERT, Bhupinder SINGH and Christian KAUNERT

  Available online:​ https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/APSR/article/view/275474

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• APSR Scopus CiteScore / TCI Impact Factor 2023 (Q3)

  2024-10-04

  Asian Political Science Review places importance on measuring the quality of the journal through acknowledging and referencing articles published in the journal to expand knowledge by the academic community. APSR therefore monitors the number of times its articles are cited by articles published in journals indexed in both national and international databases.

  In the period 2020-2023, articles published in APSR were cited in journals whose index in Scopus totaled 26 times, while APSR published a total of 35 articles during the same period. Its CiteScore for 2023 is therefore 0.74. As of September 30, 2024, the CiteScore tracker 2024 (Q3) is likely to decline to 0.72.

  In the period 2022-2023, articles published in APSR were cited in journals whose index in TCI totaled 22 times, while APSR published a total of 21 articles during the same period. Its impact factor for 2023 is therefore 1.05. As of September 30, 2024, the IF tracker 2024 (Q3) is likely to decline to 0.60.

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• Call for Papers Vol.9 (2025)

  2024-08-08

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• APSR Scopus CiteScore / TCI Impact Factor 2023

  2024-07-01

  Asian Political Science Review places importance on measuring the quality of the journal through acknowledging and referencing articles published in the journal to expand knowledge by the academic community. APSR therefore monitors the number of times its articles are cited by articles published in journals indexed in both national and international databases.

  In the period 2020-2023, articles published in APSR were cited in journals whose index in Scopus totaled 25 times, while APSR published a total of 35 articles during the same period. Its CiteScore for 2023 is therefore 0.71. As of June 30, 2024, the CiteScore tracker 2024 is likely to decline to 0.70.

  In the period 2022-2023, articles published in APSR were cited in journals whose index in TCI totaled 19 times, while APSR published a total of 21 articles during the same period. Its impact factor for 2023 is therefore 0.90. As of June 30, 2024, the IF tracker 2024 is likely to decline to 0.36.

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• APSR Editor’s Pick Vol. 8 No. 1 (Jan - Jun 2024)

  2024-06-06

  We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been selected as the Editor’s Pick.
  
  Title: ​ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR OF THAILAND’S PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE PERSONNEL AND THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
  
  Author(s):​ Puthisat NAMDECH, Samanan RATTANASIRIVILAI and Wanlop RATHACHATRANON
  
  Available online:​ https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/APSR/article/view/270215

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• Acceptance/Rejection Rates for 2023

  2024-03-25

  This is because the acceptance/rejection rate is one of the most popular indicators used to consider the quality of a journal. The Asian Political Science Review (APSR) editorial team recognizes the importance of transparency in journal publishing and has collected, analyzed, and disclosed such information starting in 2023 onwards. In the year 2023, there were 16 articles submitted for consideration. There were 13 articles accepted for publication. There were 3 rejected articles. Therefore, the APSR article acceptance rate for 2023 is equal to 81.25%.

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• Guidelines for detailing human research ethics in research articles

  2024-02-17

  According to the Association of Legal & Political Studies (ALPS), the Institutional Review Board (IRB) has been established to consider and approve human research ethics for the research projects of the association's researchers and external researchers. From now on, all research manuscripts that will be submitted to be considered for publication in the association's journals, research must be given importance and conducted in strict accordance with ethical standards for human research.

  All research articles involving human subjects should receive human research ethics approval from a human research ethics committee of a reputable agency. Those articles must include details of human research ethics certification, including the name of the certifying agency and committee and the certification number. For research articles that have not previously received human research ethics approval, detail the conditions for exemption from approval and the procedures the researcher has used to ensure that the research complies with the ethical standards of human research must be clearly stated. All these details, both in certified and non-certified cases, are set out in the Research Methodology section.

  The editors may consider and decide to reject any submissions that do not provide these details, especially those that may not comply with ethical standards for human research.

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• Best Paper Award 2023 Announcement

  2024-02-01

  We are pleased to be able to announce that the Asian Political Science Review Best Paper Award for 2023 has been awarded to Chutirom SUWANNAPIROM and Supattra PRANEE for the paper on “A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF AIRPORTS OF THAILAND PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED” published in volume 7, number 2.

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• APSR 2023 Peer Review Metrics

  2024-01-25

  Submission to First Decision: Manuscripts are reviewed by the editorial team, assessed for quality by peer reviewers, and the editorial team sends the first decision back to the authors so that they can improve the quality according to suggestions (if any), including formatting as required by the journal. This takes approximately 28.5 days.

  First Decision to Acceptance: The authors have improved the quality of the manuscript according to the recommendations of reviewers, and formatted it as specified by the journal until it is complete and accurate according to the journal's standards, including being accepted for publication in approximately 119.8 days.

  Acceptance to Publication: The production process after the manuscript has been accepted and published takes approximately 51.5 days.

  Although the operational efficiency of APSR's editorial team in 2023 is considered to have improved somewhat from the previous year, from the previous 246.50 days it took for the entire process from submission to publication, it decreased to 199.8 days. But it still doesn't meet the goal. The editorial team has therefore set a goal to reduce the time in the second step, from first decision to acceptance, to within 30 days only.

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• APSR Editor’s Pick Vol. 7 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 2023)

  2023-12-07

  We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been selected as the Editor’s Pick.
  
  Title: ​A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF AIRPORTS OF THAILAND PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED
  
  Author(s):​ Chutirom SUWANNAPIROM and Supattra PRANEE
  
  Available online:​ https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/APSR/article/view/268944

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• APSR 2022 Peer Review Metrics

  2023-11-24

  Submission to First Decision: Manuscripts are reviewed by the editorial team, assessed for quality by peer reviewers, and the editorial team sends the first decision back to the authors so that they can improve the quality according to suggestions (if any), including formatting as required by the journal. This takes approximately 173 days.

  First Decision to Acceptance: The authors have improved the quality of the manuscript according to the recommendations of reviewers, and formatted it as specified by the journal until it is complete and accurate according to the journal's standards, including being accepted for publication in approximately 24.92 days.

  Acceptance to Publication: The production process after the manuscript has been accepted and published takes approximately 48.58 days.

  APSR aims to improve the work process in the future to be more efficient, intending to reduce the time from submission to acceptance from 197.92 days in 2022 to within 45 days, in line with the editorial board's policy. The editorial team will try to improve the work process in the future to be more efficient by trying to expedite the consideration of articles by reviewers to no more than 28 days and the production process to no more than 30 days.

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• APSR Editor’s Pick Vol. 7 No. 1 (Jan - Jun 2023)

  2023-09-09

  We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been selected as the Editor’s Pick.
  
  Title: ​Social Return on Investment of the Biodiversity Offset Action Plan of Khung Bangkachao, Thailand
  
  Author(s):​ Kanlaya NAKLUNGKA, Srinath CAICHOMPOONOPPAKUL, Suwanna TEERSUWAN, Chairut BOONNAK and Sarawut NAPATALUNG
  
  Available online:​ https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/APSR/article/view/263869

  

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• Announcement of the Thai-Journal Citation Index Center on " Ethics and Code of Conduct Evaluation of Thai Academic Journals in the TCI Database 2023"

  2023-07-25

  According to the Thai-Journal Citation Index Center issued an announcement titled "Ethics and Code of Conduct Evaluation of Thai Academic Journals in the TCI Database 2023", APSR's editorial board would like to inform everyone as follows.

  1) The work of APSR's editorial board is in all respects and is in line with the framework of this announcement.

  2) In order to fully comply with the aforementioned framework, APSR's editorial board decides to terminate the fast-track peer review service immediately.

  Download: https://tci-thailand.org/?p=10478

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• White Tiger Legal, Business and Research Consultants Co., Ltd., Thailand will become the co-publisher of APSR

  2023-05-18

  To support the expansion of the number of articles submitted for publication in APSR and to strengthen the journal for assessment to enter the international database, such as Scopus and WoS, White Tiger Legal, Business and Research Consultants Co., Ltd., Thailand will become a co-publisher of APSR from 1 June 2023 onwards.

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• APSR Editor’s Pick - Vol. 6 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 2022)

  2023-03-31

  We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been selected as the Editor’s Pick.
  
  Title: ​ADAPTABILITY OF ASEAN STATES POLITICAL SECURITY NORMS IN THE POST COLD WAR UNDER A THEORY OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION ANALYSIS
  
  Author(s):​ Yuhong LI, Junze FENG & Anguang ZHENG
  
  Available online:​ https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/APSR/article/view/261199
  
  

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• Best Paper Award 2022 Announcement

  2023-01-09

  We are pleased to be able to announce that the Asian Political Science Review Best Paper Award for 2022 has been awarded to Morakot MUTHUTA and Pongsak LAOSWATCHAIKUL for the paper on “A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FAMILY POLICY TO FERTILITYIN THAILAND AND FRANCE” published in volume 6, number 2.

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• What is Open Peer Review?

  2022-09-07

  As all of you probably know that all 6 journals of PSAKU have changed their quality assessment model from “double-blind peer review” (DBR) to “open peer review” (OPR) since the middle of the year. However, this new model is still not widely known, especially in Thailand, which makes many people unfamiliar with doubts. Therefore, the editorial team would like to collect articles and videos that have been prepared and published by major publishers around the world for you to read and understand.

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• APSR offers waivers and discounts for article processing charges for papers whose corresponding authors are based in low-income countries.

  2022-08-09

  APSR offers APC waivers to papers whose corresponding authors are based in countries classified by the World Bank as low-income economies.

  Low-income countries: Full APC waiver

  [Ref.: https://data.worldbank.org/country/XM]

   

  Papers whose corresponding authors are based in countries with lower-middle-income economies are eligible for a 50% discount.

  Lower-middle-income countries: 50% APC discount

  [Ref.: https://data.worldbank.org/country/XN]

   

  Please request your waiver or discount at the point of submission.

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• APSR indexed in TCI – Tier 1

  2022-07-01

  Asian Political Science Review already received the results of the quality assessment of the academic journals in the 4^th round of the Thai-Journal Citation Index Centre (TCI) database. APSR has been indexed in the Tier 1 of the TCI database, effective from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024.

  We would like to thank editor in chief, editorial board and staff, reviewers, and all researchers for their kind contribution and support to APSR.

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• PSAKU’s Article Processing Charges (APC) as of July 2022

  2022-07-01

  In order for the publishing of academic journals of the Political Science Association of Kasetsart University to be sustainable, the association would like to announce the rate of publishing fees for articles in all 6 journals of the association for the year 2022 as follows:

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• Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidenreng Rappang, Indonesia will become the co-publisher and the Rector will be the co-editor of APSR

  2022-04-29

  To support the expansion of the number of articles submitted for publication in APSR and to strengthen the journal for assessment to enter the international database, such as Scopus and WoS, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidenreng Rappang, Indonesia will become a co-publisher and Professor Dr.Jamaluddin Ahmad, the Rector, will become a co-editor of APSR from 1 July 2022 onwards.

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• APSR will change its peer review model to open peer review in the second half of 2022:

  2022-04-05

  Perspectives on the peer review process have shifted from anonymity between authors and reviewers as a means of preventing bias to transparency to allow members of the academic community to jointly review the process. As a result, we found that many of the world's largest and most well-known publishers such as Springer Nature, Frontiers, MDPI, and BMJ have all switched their traditional review models to open peer review.

  Therefore, in order to make the article quality assessment process of APSR more efficient, we have decided to change the peer review model of articles submitted for publication in our journal to open peer review from Vol. 6 No. 2 (July-December 2022) onwards. This means that the names of the handling editor, reviewers, and authors will be disclosed to each other throughout the review process. Also, the name of the handling editor and reviewers will also be mentioned in the article once it has been published.

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• APSR 2021 Peer Review Metrics

  2022-03-17

  Submission to Acceptance: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a full-review decision provided to authors approximately 146.2 days after submission.

  Accept to Publish: acceptance to publication is undertaken in 1.8 days.

  *** APSR aims to speed up the review process in 2022. We intend to reduce the time from submission to acceptance to 27 days and keep the period from acceptance to publication to be within 3 days.

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• Best Paper Award 2021 Announcement

  2022-02-21

  We are pleased to be able to announce that the Asian Political Science Review Best Paper Award for 2021 has been awarded to Muhammad Habibi for the paper on “The Pandemic and the Decline of Indonesian Democracy: The Snare of Patronage and Clientelism of Local Democracy” published in volume 5, number 2.

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