Thai Journal Name	วารสารแพทย์นาวี
English Journal Name	Royal Thai Navy Medical Journal
Journal Abbreviation	RTN Med J
ISSN	0125-6971
E-ISSN	2985-1815

Focus and Scope

          The Royal Thai Navy Medical Journal is an academic journal on medicine, nursing, health sciences and maritime medicine of the Naval Medical Department, Royal Thai Navy. Its objectives are:
          1. Publish academic articles and research articles in medicine, nursing, health sciences and maritime medicine.
          2. Exchanging knowledge and academic experiences among doctors, nurses, personnel in the fields of health sciences and maritime medicine, as well as interested parties.

Types of Articles Accepted for Publication

          Research articles, academic articles, innovations, case reports and special article

Languages       Thai and English

Peer Review Process

            All articles published in the Royal Thai Navy Medical Journal must undergo quality assessment by external and internal reviewers who specialize in the areas related to the topic and appointed by the Naval Medical Department, Royal Thai Navy, at least 2 persons per article. Our review process using a method of concealing the names of the reviewers and authors (Double-blind peer review).

Publication Frequency

            The journal is scheduled to be published every 4 months (3 issues per year)

            Issue 1:  January – Apri
            Issue 2:  May – August
            Issue 3:  September - December.

Publication Fee

            No publication fee is charged.

Open Access Policy

            This journal provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle of making research freely available to the public to support a greater global exchange of knowledge. Readers can download the full article through the ThaiJo system at https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nmdjournal

Sources of Support

           Naval Medical Department, Royal Thai Navy

Journal History      

         The Royal Thai Navy Medical Journal is a journal of the Naval Medical Department that has published articles for 40 years and ceased its operations in 2003. The last issue of the journal was in volume 40, Issue 1, January - April 2003.
         Later in 2013, Rear Admiral Panlert  Klaeewtanong, Deputy Surgeon General of the Naval Medical Department, Royal Thai Navy (his rank and position at that time), had an idea to resume the operation of the Royal Thai Navy Medical Journal by appointing a committee to improve and develop the Royal Thai Navy Medical Journal and a working group for the Journal. He assigned the Academic Affairs Division, Academic Affairs Service Center, Naval Medical Department to be responsible for the work of the Royal Thai Navy Medical Journal. This new journal was volume 41, issue 1, January-April 2014.
          The reason why the Naval Medical Journal has resumed operations is because the Royal Thai Navy Medical Department currently has a large number of new research, academic achievements, and knowledge that have been recognized in the medical/nursing circles. Therefore, there should be a publication source for the personnel of the Naval Medical Department, Royal Thai Navy to use in disseminating research and academic articles to the general public, as well as demonstrating the academic potential of the Naval Medical Department. In addition, it aims to promote and support personnel of the Naval Medical Department by providing them publication souces for their works in national journals in the database of the Thai Journal Citation Index Centre (TCI).
          The journal has been certified for quality and is listed in the journal database of Group 1, in Science and Technology field of the Thai Journal Citation Index Centre (TCI) as follows:
          1^st time       1 January 2015 – 31 December 2019

          2^nd time      1 January 2020 – 31 December 2024

List of editors

January 2014 - September 2014	Captain Piyawat  Vongvanich, RTN
October 2014 - September 2018	Captain Choltorn  Suwankitti, RTN
October 2018 - April 2019	Captain Thanaporn  Yaemsuda, WRTN
May 2019 - September 2020	Captain Rujiporn  Pongsawad, WRTN
October 2020 - September. 2021	Captain Rawat  Kitnarong, RTN
October 2021 - September 2022	Captain Suchet  Takdhada, RTN
October 2022 - September 2024	Captain Chantraporn  Keamseng, WRTN
October 2024 - Present	Captain Chanoknart  Watcharakorn, WRTN