Editorial Policies and Publishing Governance

The Fine Arts Journal: Srinakharinwirot University (FAJSWU) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of scholarly publishing, editorial integrity, transparency, academic fairness, and responsible research governance. The journal upholds internationally recognized principles of publication ethics and editorial best practices in order to ensure the credibility, reliability, and long-term integrity of the scholarly record.

The following policies establish the journal’s framework for editorial management, ethical oversight, publication governance, intellectual property, and post-publication responsibility.

Appeals and Complaints Policy

FAJSWU is committed to ensuring fairness, transparency, accountability, and integrity throughout the editorial and publication process.

Authors may appeal editorial decisions when they believe that a manuscript has been evaluated unfairly or that a significant misunderstanding has occurred during the peer review or editorial assessment process. Appeals must be submitted in writing and should provide clear academic, procedural, or ethical grounds supporting the request for reconsideration.

The journal also welcomes complaints concerning:

• editorial procedures,
• peer review conduct,
• publication ethics,
• conflicts of interest,
• research integrity,
• authorship disputes,
• and post-publication concerns.

All appeals and complaints will be handled confidentially, professionally, and in accordance with the journal’s editorial policies and internationally recognized ethical guidelines. The editorial board reserves the right to request additional information, supporting documentation, or clarification where necessary.

Submission of an appeal or complaint does not guarantee reversal of an editorial decision. Final decisions regarding appeals and complaints rest with the editorial board.

The journal is committed to maintaining a fair, respectful, and responsible scholarly publishing environment for authors, reviewers, editors, and readers.

Editorial Independence

FAJSWU upholds the principle of editorial independence as a fundamental component of responsible scholarly publishing.

All editorial decisions, including manuscript evaluation, peer review management, acceptance, rejection, correction, and retraction, are made independently by the editorial board based solely on scholarly merit, academic quality, originality, ethical standards, methodological rigor, and relevance to the journal’s aims and scope.

Editorial decisions are not influenced by:

• commercial interests,
• sponsorship,
• institutional pressure,
• financial considerations,
• political interests,
• personal relationships,
• or external organizations.

The publisher, sponsoring institution, and affiliated organizations do not interfere with editorial judgment or the integrity of the peer review process.

The journal is committed to ensuring that editorial evaluations remain fair, unbiased, transparent, academically rigorous, and ethically responsible.

Copyright and Licensing Policy

Authors retain copyright of their published work unless otherwise specified by the journal.

By submitting a manuscript to FAJSWU, authors grant the journal the right to publish, distribute, archive, index, and make the work publicly accessible through the journal platform and associated scholarly databases, indexing services, and repository systems.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all materials included in the manuscript—including images, artworks, photographs, musical notation, figures, archival materials, performance documentation, and other third-party content—have been used with appropriate permission, acknowledgment, and legal authorization where required.

All published content is made available in accordance with the journal’s open-access policy and applicable copyright regulations.

The journal supports the ethical use, citation, dissemination, and preservation of scholarly work while respecting intellectual property rights, academic integrity, and authorship responsibility.

Open Access Policy

FAJSWU provides immediate and unrestricted open access to its published content in support of the global exchange of scholarly knowledge and the wider dissemination of academic research.

All published articles are freely accessible online without subscription fees or access charges. The journal supports equitable access to academic knowledge and encourages the responsible use and citation of published materials for educational, research, and scholarly purposes.

Digital Archiving and Preservation

The journal is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and stability of its published scholarly content.

Published articles are maintained through the journal platform and associated digital preservation and repository systems in order to support continued academic accessibility, citation reliability, and archival integrity over time.