About the Journal

Aims and Scope of the Journal

      Journal of Phrapokklao Nursing College, Chanthaburi, aims to 1) disseminate research and academic work in nursing (nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing administration) and 2) disseminate research and academic work in public health. The issues that are published include research reports and academic articles in nursing and public health, as well as special articles.

 

Main Categories of Manuscript
      1. General Nursing/ Pediatric Nursing/ Adult Nursing/ Nursing Administration/ Nursing Education
      2. Community and Home Care
      3. Gerontology
      4. Maternity and Midwifery
      5. Psychiatric and Mental Health

 

Types of Manuscript

      1. Research reports in nursing (nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing administration) and public health.

      2. Academic articles in nursing (nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing administration) and public health.

      3. Special articles which are developed from experience/opinion/suggestions that are useful, including interesting issues in nursing and public health.

 

Peer Review Process

      There is an examination of the original contents of research reports or academic articles before publication by at least two double-blind peer reviewers who are qualified and have no conflict of interest with the authors. The internal authors’ manuscripts will be reviewed by external peer reviewers, whereas the external authors’ manuscripts will be reviewed by internal or external peer reviewers.

 

Published Language

      All accepted manuscripts will be published in Thai.

 

Publication Frequency

      The journal is scheduled for two issues per year as follows:

            Issue 1:  January - June

            Issue 2:  July - December

 

Article processing charge
      The journal's owner organization requests a fee, particularly from external authors, of 3,500 Baht (for two reviewers) or 4,000 Baht (for three reviewers). Once the accepted date has passed, we collect the fee by transferring the money to a bank account. We will then issue a receipt to the authors and reserve the right to deny refunds. READ MORE

 

Sources of Support

      Phrapokklao Nursing College, Chanthaburi

 

Journal History

      Journal of Phrapokklao Nursing College, Chanthaburi (JPNC), is an academic journal of health sciences. The first published issue (Vol. 1 No.1) was the July - December 1990 issue with ISSN 0858-110X (Print). Ms Woradawadee (Wandee) Taramas was the first editor. The original objective of JPNC was to distribute academic works and be a center for exchanging news and public relations of the nursing college. Since then, the journal's objectives have been to disseminate research and academic works in nursing practice, nursing education, nursing administration, and public health. JPNC is continuously published. Currently, the journal is published two issues per year. The first issue is published between January and June, while the latter is published between July and December.

      JPNC was accepted by Thai-Journal Citation Index Centre (TCI Centre) to be a member of TCI database on October 19, 2010. After that, the journal received the second round of quality certification by TCI Centre and was in TCI database Group Two until December 31, 2014. Subsequently, JPNC received the third round of quality certification by TCI Centre on May 31, 2015, and was in TCI database Group One from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019. Currently, JPNC has received the fourth round of quality certification by TCI Centre on January 10, 2020, and is in TCI database Group One from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2024.

      The format of the publication of JPNC from Volume 1 (No. 1) to Volume 23 (No. 1) was in a printing journal with subscriptions. After that, the journal was published by the journal management officers and was distributed by using electronic form and canceled the subscriptions of the journal. Since March 22, 2018, the journal has started to use the online journal management system by using the Thai Journal Online 2.0 System (ThaiJO 2.0).

      The editors of the journal from the first issue to the present are as follows:

        1. Ms Woradawadee (Wandee) Taramas Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jul - Dec 1990) to Vol. 4 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 1993)

        2. Mrs Patchanee Emanavin Vol. 5 No. 1 (Jan - Jun 1994) to Vol. 6 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 1995)

        3. Ms Woradawadee (Wandee) Taramas Vol. 7 No. 1-2 (Jan - Dec 1996) to Vol. 8 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 1997)

        4. Ms Amporn Ketvaleevan Vol. 9 No. 1-2 (Jan - Dec 1998) to Vol. 10 No. 1 (Jan - Jun 1999)

        5. Ms Doungdeorn Puntuyotee Vol. 10 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 1999) to Vol. 15 No. 1 (Jan - Jun 2004)

        6. Dr. Monthana Hemchayat Vol. 15 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 2004) to Vol. 17 No. 1 (Sep 2005 - Feb 2006)

        7. Ms Kanisorn Keawdang Vol. 17 No. 2 (Mar - Aug 2006) to Vol. 22 No. 1 (Sep 2010 - Feb 2011)

        8. Dr. Pinnarate Gadudom Vol. 22 No. 2 (Mar - Aug 2011) to Vol. 24 No. 2 (Mar - Aug 2013)

        9. Mrs Kanisorn Charoenkit Vol. 25 No. 1 (Sep 2013 - Feb 2014) to Vol. 32 No. 1 (Jan - Jun 2021)

        10. Dr. Rungnapha Khiewchaum Vol. 32 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 2021) to Vol. 33 No. 1 (Jan - Jun 2022)

        11. Mrs Kanisorn Charoenkit Vol. 33 No. 2 (Jul - Dec 2022) to present