Step 1. Manuscript Submission
Authors begin by preparing their manuscripts according to the CBSJ format and submitting them through the user-friendly ThaiJO online system. This system ensures the CBSJ editorial team's smooth receipt, processing, and review of manuscripts. The streamlined process maintains order and consistency, enabling efficient review and publication. (Approximately 1-2 days)

Step 2. Initial Inspection
After receiving the manuscript, the editorial team performs a preliminary assessment to ensure that the submission conforms to the journal's scope and publication standards. Manuscripts that fail to meet these criteria are rejected without further review. The plagiarism percentage must not exceed 30%. are also rejected at this stage. The editorial team also checks the article's formatting and citation style following the author's guidelines. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements are sent back to the authors for reformatting and subsequent submission. Following approval, the manuscript proceeds to the review stage. (Approximately 1-2 days)

Step 3. Preliminary Round by Editorial Assistant
The Editor-in-Chief and Assistant Editors, along with other members of the Editorial Board, decide whether to accept a submitted manuscript for the review process, and if accepted, the Assistant Editor nominates three reviewers who are considered experts on the submitted manuscript. (Approximately 1-2 weeks)

Step 4. Triple-peer Review Process
The editorial team selects three reviewers who are considered experts in the area of the submitted manuscripts. The selected reviewers must also be from different institutions from the authors. The SJSS uses a double-blind review, which means that the identities of both the reviewers and authors are hidden from one another. The peer review process takes approximately 3 weeks.

Step 5. Decision by Editor – in – Chief
The Editor-in-Chief examines the evaluation reports, comments, remarks, and suggestions made by the reviewers. A final decision is made, and it might be any of the following:
Accept: the paper is deemed ready for publication without any further revisions required.
Revise: If an article falls into this category, the authors will be provided with detailed feedback from the reviewers to help them enhance the paper's quality for potential. The author must make all the changes based on the reviewer's comments and resubmit the article for review.
Reject & Resubmit: If the paper receives this answer, the decision for publication is put on hold due to identified problems. and, nevertheless, if you incorporate revisions based on the suggestions received, resubmission is allowed
Reject: If the paper falls under this category, it means that the reviewers have identified considerable critical problems about the research methodology, the strength of the argument presented, lack of empirical data, or serious technical issues, among others. Thus, it is rejected. The authors will be provided with detailed feedback from the reviewers to help them enhance the paper's quality for potential future submission.

Step 6. Proof Language and References
The author(s) of the accepted manuscript will be asked to submit a manuscript that has been proofread by a qualified native English speaker or a professional language editing service. Additionally, the author(s) should check both in-text citations and the references section to ensure compliance with APA style. (Approximately 1 week)

Step 7. Formatting and Proofreading Process.
Officially accepted manuscripts will be formatted as artwork and proofread by the journal. (Approximately 1-2 weeks)
The author(s) will be asked to check the artwork before publication. Content revisions are no longer permitted during this stage. (Approximately 1–2 weeks)

Step 8. Final Corrections
The editor-in-chief considers the revised manuscript. (Approximately 3 days)

Step 9. Publication
The manuscript is published on the journal website.