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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • Ethical Standards and Publication Integrity: The manuscript adheres to strict ethical standards to ensure this work is original, accurate, and reliable. Any publication malpractices are not acceptable, including plagiarism, publication, falsification, and authorship disputes, and they have not been previously published, nor have they been published in another journal for consideration. See more details at Publication Ethics
  • Required Documents for Submission: Six documents (1.title and author page, 2. title and main manuscript, 3. disclosure form, 4. checklist form regarding the type of study, 5. institutional ethical committee (IEC) approval letter, 6. letter to the editor) are submitted. See the recommended format at Template
  • Compliance with Study Design Guidelines: The manuscript format and checklist form are appropriate regarding the study design. See more details at https://www.equator-network.org
    • Randomized controlled trial (RCT): CONSORT
    • Observational studies (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional): STROBE
    • Diagnostic accuracy study: STARD
    • Systematic reviews and meta-analysis: PRISMA
    • Case report: CARE
    • Economic evaluation: CHEERS
    • Qualitative research: COREQ
    • Quality improvement study: SQUIRE-2.0
    • Quality improvement in medical education: SQUIRE-EDU
    • Cross-cultural questionnaire adaptation: (Beaton et al. 2000)

    The authors include the following statement in the methods section: "This study was conducted following the [NAME GUIDELINE] guidelines."
  • Clinical Trial Registration: Starting from May 1, 2025, authors provide a prospective clinical trial registration ID when reporting their clinical trial, including whether or not the trial includes a control group. This means that authors registered the study protocols before enrolling participants. The ID is placed after the generic name of the ethical committee or IRB and the approval date. The generic name of the local IRB will be replaced with the specific name after the manuscript is accepted for publication.a
  • Language Consistency: The written language is either American English or British English, but not a mix of both.
  • File Format Requirement: The submission file is in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Blind Review Preparation: The main manuscript does not contain any information that could reveal the identities to ensure that the review process is conducted in a fair and unbiased manner. The research location is a generic term, such as a regional health center, a general hospital, or a university hospital. This generic name will be replaced with a specific name after the manuscript is accepted for publication. If there is a self-citation, the author always cites oneself in the third person to preserve anonymity.
  • Acknowledgment: The authors describe the generic names for individuals or organizations that provided technical assistance, resources, or support but did not meet authorship criteria, under the heading "Acknowledgment." These generic names will be replaced with the specific names after the manuscript is accepted for publication.
  • Conflict of Interest Declaration: The authors provide information about conflicts of interest under the heading "Conflict of Interest Declaration". The following statement should be included if there is no COI: “The author(s) confirm(s) that there is no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.”
  • Funding: The authors use the generic name(s) of the funding organization(s) and the grant number at the end of the manuscript under the heading "Funding." These names will be replaced with the specific names after the manuscript is accepted for publication. The following statement should be included if there is no funding: “This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”
  • Data Availability: The authors clearly explain data availability and sharing under the heading "Data Availability" at the end of the manuscript. See descriptions and examples of data sharing statement Data Sharing Statement
  • Generative AI Declaration: The authors provide information on the use of AI beyond language and grammar improvement under the heading "Generative AI Declaration". The following statement should be included if AI was used for purposes other than grammar and language improvement: During the preparation of this work: " The author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the publication's content."
  • Author Contribution: The authors specify the contributions of each individual who participated in the submitted work, using the initials of the first name and the family names' initials to identify each author, followed by the contributor roles according to the Contributor (see details in Roles Taxonomy (CRediT).) The authors' contribution statement in the manuscript accurately corresponds with the information provided in the Authorship, Conflict of Interest Disclosure, and Copyright Transfer Form.
  • References: The reference style format is correct for all layout, punctuation, spacing, and capitalization.
    See the recommended format at Reference Style

Author Guidelines

Submission Process

A correspondence author should:

  1. Sign up using the "Register" menu located at the top of any page on this website
  2. Login after registration. Once logged in, the system will display the submission menu below the publication type on this page.
  3. Add the authors' names and e-mail addresses in the 'Metadata' section of the journal online submission system. This section is where you provide additional information about your manuscript, ensuring that all necessary details are included.
              a.  Cover Letter (see template)
              b.  Title and Authors (see template)
              c.   Title and Main Manuscript (see template)
              d.  Authorship, Conflict of Interest Disclosure, and Copyright Transfer Form (see template)
              e.   Ethical Approval Document
              f.    Study Design Guideline See more details at https://www.equator-network.org


Publication Types

Systematic Review/ Meta-analysis

A systematic review article is a systematic assessment of previously published research on a topic to critically evaluate the data available from existing studies. Systematic review articles can identify potential research areas to explore next, and sometimes, they will draw new conclusions from the existing data. Some systematic reviews include a meta-analysis component involving statistical techniques to synthesize the data from several studies into a single quantitative estimate or summary effect size. Our journal's word count for a systematic review/ meta-analysis article should not exceed 10,000, excluding references. 

Original Article

An original article is written by the researcher (s) who conducted the experiment or observations. The article states a novel research hypothesis and addresses the research question using scientific methods. The scientific methods and results of the study are explicitly reported. The original article should consist of an abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and references. Our journal’s total word count of an original article should not exceed 8,000, excluding references.

Short Communication

Short communication is an academic article similar to original article but more concise. It is written on a topic that requires communication to draw attention to the scientific community. In our journal, the total word count of a short communication should not exceed 2,500, excluding references. There should be at most two pictures or tables and, at most, 15 references.

Case Series

A case series is a descriptive, observational study of a series of cases, typically describing a condition's manifestations, clinical course, and prognosis. The case series is considered when there is an information on more than three patients. Case series is used as a source of hypotheses for investigation by more robust study designs. In our journal, the total word count of the case series should not exceed 2,500, excluding references and at most 15 references.

Case Report

A case report is an interesting case that shows an important variation of a disease or condition or unexpected events that may yield new or useful information for sharing lessons learned. It contains an abstract, introduction, patient history, physical examination, investigation, treatment results, discussion, conclusion, recommendation, and references. In our journal, the total word count of the case series should not exceed 2,000, excluding references and at most 15 references.

Letters to the Editor

A Letter to the Editor is a post-publication commentary on published research, allowing readers to express opinions, provide feedback, clarify information, or advocate for particular viewpoints regarding published article. It is required to be based on knowledge coexisting with the original paper, rather than subsequent scientific developments.

Copyright Notice

In the submission process, the Thai Rehabilitation Medicine Association, as a publisher, requires the authors to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement, which is legally binding and grants the Thai Rehabilitation Medicine Association non-exclusive rights to distribute the article.

The articles in ASEAN Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine are published under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license, which allows reusers to copy and distribute both HTML and PDF format in unadapted form only for noncommercial purposes and only so long as an appropriate citation is given to the creator. 

The authors retain certain rights to reproduce or adapt the article and reproduce adaptations of the article for any purpose other than the commercial exploitation of a work similar to the original.

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