Author Guidelines

Instructions for Authors

Manuscripts can be submitted through the online system via the website https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bulletinAMS/

Registration

Before any submission, the author must register based on the institute’s official email address only.

General Principles

The Journal of Associated Medical Sciences is a scientific journal of the Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University. The articles submitted to the journal that are relevant to any of all aspects of Medical Technology, Radiologic Technology, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Communication Disorders, and other fields related to the health sciences are welcome. Before publication, the articles will undergo a system of assessment and acceptance by at least three experts specializing in the relevant discipline. All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Associated Medical Sciences should not have been previously published or are under consideration for publication elsewhere. All publications are protected by the Journal of Associated Medical Sciences’ copyright.

Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies for the Authors

JAMS’s policy refers only to manuscript preparation, not to using AI and AI-assisted tools to analyze and draw insight from data as a part of the research.

 It is recommended that the authors use AI and AI-assisted tools to improve English writing for the readability and language of the manuscript. The authors should carefully review and edit the result with human oversight and control since AI may generate authoritative-sounding output incorrectly or bias.

Before submission,  The authors must ensure the work is original and does not infringe third-party rights.

Authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans. By this, AI and AI-assisted technologies must not be listed as authors, co-authors, or cited AI.

The authors must be responsible and accountable for the content of the manuscript. Moreover, the authors should disclose in the manuscript the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies, and a statement must appear in the published article since it will support transparency and trust among the authors, readers, reviewers, editors, and contributors.

 

Using AI and AI-Assisted Tools  in Creating the Figures, Images, and Artwork

AI or AI-assisted tools cannot be used to create figures or pictures or alter images in manuscripts. The tools can be applied only for adjusting the color’s brightness, contrast, or balance without obscuring or eliminating any information.

The exception applies only when AI or AI-assisted tools are used or are part of the research designs, materials, and methods. If they are used, the authors must explain how they are used in creating the images or the alteration process. Moreover, the model or tool, version and extension numbers, and manufacturer must be indicated. However, AI or AI-assisted graphical abstracts is also not permitted.

 

Manuscripts Categories

Review Article, must not exceed 20 journal pages (not more than 5,000 words), including 6 tables/figures and references (maximum 75, recent and relevant).

Original Articles, must not exceed 15 journal pages (not more than 3,500 words), including tables, figures, and references (maximum 40, recent and relevant).

Short Communications (including technical reports, notes, and letters to the editor), must be at most 5 journal pages (not more than 1,500 words), including 2 tables/figures and references (maximum 10, recent and relevant).

Manuscripts Files

To submit your manuscripts, you will need the following files:

  1. A Title page file with the names of all authors and corresponding authors*
  2. Main document file with abstract, keywords, main article, and references.
  3. Figure files.
  4. Table files.
  5. Any extra files, such as supplemental files or Author Biographical notes.
  6. A graphical abstract that most represents the submitted manuscript. The author may search for the publication in the journal’s current Issues, for example.

Please find the Manuscript template provided here.

Manuscript Format

  1. Language: English, Calibri 10 for text and 7 for all symbols. PLEASE be informed that the Journal only accepts the submission of English manuscripts.

  2. Format: One-side printing, double spacing. Use the standard program and fonts and add page and line numbers for all pages.

  3. A Title Page: Include the article title, names of all authors and co-authors, name of the corresponding author, and acknowledgements. Prepare according to the following contents.

    • Title of the Article: Concise and Informative. Titles are often used in information retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulate where possible.
    • Author names and affiliation: Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g. a double name), please indicate this. Below the names, present the authors’ affiliation addresses (where the work was done). Indicate all affiliations with a superscript number immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the province, country, and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
    • Corresponding author: Indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication. Also, post-publication, ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with postal area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. The corresponding author must keep contact details up to date.
    • ORCID of all authors: By the end of each author’s affiliation addresses, the ORCID must be provided with the full link as an example; https://orcid.org/xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
    • Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements will be collated in a separate section at the end of the article before the references in the copyediting stage. Please, therefore, include them on the title page; list here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance, or proofreading the article, etc.)

  1. Main Article Structure: The manuscripts should be arranged in the following headings: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion, and References. Prepare according to the following contents:

    1. Title of the article: The title must be included in the main article.
    2. Abstract, at most 400 words. The abstract must be structured with the below headings in separate paragraphs:
      • Background
      • Objectives
      • Materials and methods
      • Results
      • Conclusion, and
      • Keywords (3-5 keywords should be included)
    3. Introduction:State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
    4. Materials and methods:Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. A reference should indicate published methods; only relevant modifications should be described. Ensure that each table, graph, or figure is referred to in the text. According to the policy of ethical approval, authors must state the ethical approval code and provide informed consent for human subject research (if any). For animal research, authors must include a statement or text describing the experimental procedures that affirms all appropriate measures (if any) in this section.
    5. Data analysis: Provide sufficient detail to allow the study of the research's measurement outcomes (if any).
    6. Results:Results should be clear and concise. Present the new results of the study, such as tables and figures mentioned in the article's main body and numbered in the order in which they appear in the text or discussion.
    7. Discussion:This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
    8. Conclusion:The study's main findings may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a “Discussion” or “Results and Discussion.”
    9. Conflict of interest:All authors must declare any financial and personal relationship with others or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. If there is no interest to declare, please state, “The authors declare no conflict of interest.”
    10. Ethical approval: Ethical clearance for research involving human and animal subjects.
    11. References:Vancouver’s style.

  2. Artwork Requirements

    1. Each table, graph, and figure should be self-explanatory and should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text. Prepare one page for each and submit it separately as a supplementary file(s).
    2. Save the figures as high-resolution JPEG or TIFF files.

Note: Permission to reprint table(s) and figure(s) from other sources must be obtained from the original publishers and authors and submitted with the typescript.

Ensuring a Double-Blinded Peer Review

To ensure the integrity of the double-blinded peer review for submission to this journal, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. The document's authors have deleted their names from the main text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes instead of the authors' name, article title, etc. After the journal is accepted, the author's name and affiliation and the corresponding author's name must be included in the document and re-submitted in the copyediting stage.

Proof Correction

The Editor-in-Chief and production team are responsible for preparing the reprint for online publication. The corresponding author will shortly be informed by email of the proof of the final reprint paper for approval for publication. Please be advised that the corresponding author checks email frequently. The journal strongly recommends providing an institute/formal email address for submission.

Page Charge

No page charge

References Format

  1. References style: using the Vancouver referencing style (see example below).
  2. In-text citation: Indicate references by number(s) in the order of appearance in the text with superscript format. Reference numbers must be placed immediately after the punctuation (with no spacing). The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given. When multiple references are cited at a given place in the text, use a hyphen (with no spacing) to join the inclusive first and last numbers. Use commas (with spaces) to separate non‐inclusive numbers in multiple citations, e.g. (2‐5, 7, 10). Do not use a hyphen if there are no citation numbers between inclusive statements, e.g. (1‐2); use a comma instead (1, 2).
  3. References list: The number of references (numbers in square brackets) in the list must be in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. In case of reference sources from non-English languages, translate the title to English and retain “in Thai” in the parentheses, i.e. (in Thai).
  4. Please note that if references are not cited correctly, the manuscript may be returned for amendment before it is passed on to the editor for review.

Examples of References List

Multiple Authors : List up to the first 6 authors/editors, and use “et al.” for any additional authors.

Journal Articles (in print) : If the reference source contains a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), retain doi: at the end of the reference. (Link to CrossRef.)  Vancouver Style does not use the full journal name; only the commonly used abbreviation: “Physical Therapy” is cited as “Phys Ther.” (Link to Journal title of abbreviation) As an option, if a journal carries continuous pagination throughout a volume (as many medical journals do) the month and issue number may be omitted. Allow one space after the semi-colon and colon, and then end each reference with a full stop after the page number.

  • Pachori P, Gothalwal R, Gandhi P. Emergence of antibiotic resistance Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care unit; a critical review. Genes Dis. 2019; 6(2): 109-19. doi: 10.1016/j.gendis.2019.04.001.
  • Hung Kn G, Fong KN. Effects of telerehabilitation in occupational therapy practice: A systematic review. Hong Kong J Occup Ther. 2019; 32(1): 3-21. doi: 10.1177/1569186119849119.
  • Wijesooriya K, Liyanage NK, Kaluarachchi M, Sawkey D. Part II: Verification of the TrueBeam head shielding model in Varian VirtuaLinac via out-of-field doses. Med Phys. 2019; 46(2): 877-84. doi: 10.1002/mp.13263.
  • Velayati F, Ayatollahi H, Hemmat M. A systematic review of the effectiveness of telerehabilitation interventions for therapeutic purposes in the elderly. Methods Inf Med. 2020; 59(2-03): 104-9. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1713398.
  • Junmee C, Siriwachirachai P, Chompoonimit A, Chanavirut R, Thaweewannakij T, Nualnetr N. Health status of patients with stroke in Ubolratana District, Khon Kaen Province: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-based assessments. Thai J Phys Ther. 2021; 43(1): 45-63 (in Thai).

Journal Articles on the Internet

  • Siegel PM, Bojti I, Bassler N, Holien J, Flierl U, Wang X, et al. A DARPin targeting activated Mac-1 is a novel diagnostic tool and potential anti-inflammatory agent in myocarditis, sepsis and myocardial infarction. Basic Res Cardiol [Internet]. 2021; 116(1): 1-25. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-021-00849-9.

Journal Articles from an Online Database

  • Jackson D, Firtko A, Edenborough M. Personal resilience as a strategy for surviving and thriving in the face of workplace adversity: A literature review. J Adv Nurs [serial online]. 2007; 60(1): 1-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04412.x.

Book / Chapter in an Edited Book References

Please be informed that references to books and chapters in edited books should not be included in the research article but in other manuscript categories.

  • Grove SK, Cipher DJ. Statistics for nursing research: A workbook for evidence-based practice. 3rd St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier; 2019.
  • Haznadar M, editor. Cancer metabolism: Methods and protocols. New York: Humana Press; 2019. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9027-6.
  • Perrin DH. The evaluation process in rehabilitation. In: Prentice WE, editor. Rehabilitation techniques in sports medicine. 2nd St Louis, Mo: Mosby Year Book; 1994: 253–76.

E-book

  • Dehkharghani S, editor. Stroke [e-book]. Brisbane (AU): Exon Publications; 2021 [cited 2021 Jul 31]. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK572004/ doi: 10.36255/exonpublications.stroke.2021.
  • Tran K, Mierzwinski-Urban M. Serial X-Ray radiography for the diagnosis of osteomyelitis: A review of diagnostic accuracy, clinical utility, cost-effectiveness, and guidelines [e-book]. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2020 [cited 2021 Jul 31]. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK562943/

Dissertation/Thesis

  • On-Takrai J. Production of monoclonal antibody specific to recombinant gp41 of HIV-1 subtype E [Term paper]. Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences: Chiang Mai University; 2001 [in Thai].
  • Seale AC. The clinical and molecular epidemiology of streptococcus agalactiae in Kenya: maternal colonization and perinatal outcomes [Dissertation on the Internet]. [Oxford (England)]: University Oxford; 2015 [cited 2015 Jul 28]. Available from: http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6e7d952a-dc5b-4af0-b0bb-f2ae2184eed0.

Conference Proceedings

  • Lake M, Isherwood J, Clansey. Determining initial knee joint loading during a single limb drop landing: reducing soft tissue errors. Proceedings of 34thInternational Conference of Biomechanics in Sport; 2016 Jul 18-22; Tsukuba, Japan, 2016. Available from: https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/article/view/7126.
  • Ellis MD, Carmona C, Drogos J, Traxel S, Dewald JP. Progressive abduction loading therapy targeting flexion synergy to regain reaching function in chronic stroke: preliminary results from an RCT. Proceedings of the 38thAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; 2016: 5837‐40. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7592055.

Organization as Author / Government Document

  • Australian Government, Department of Health. Physical activity and exercise guidelines for all Australian. 2021 [updated 2021 May 7; cited 2021 Jul 15]. Available from: https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/physical-activity-and-exercise/physical-activity-and-exercise-guidelines-for-all-australians.
  • Department of Health. Situation survey on policy and implementation of physical activity promotion in schools for first year 2005. Nonthaburi: Ministry of Public Health; 2005. [in Thai].
  • Department of Local Administration, Ministry of Interior Affairs. Standard of Sports Promotion. Bangkok. 2015: 7–9. [in Thai].
  • World Health Organization. WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  • World Health Organization. The epidemiology and impact of dementia: current state and future trends. 2015 [cited 2021 Mar 8]. Available from: http://www.who.int/mental_health/neurology/dementia/dementia_thematicbrief_epidemiology.pdf.