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Call for Abstracts and/or Papers
Submission should include:
• Presenters name-surname
• Position and Institutional affiliation
• Paper title
• Corresponding address
• E-mail address
• Abstract (not exceeding 300 words, Font style: Browallia UPC/New 14 pt., and key words) should be submitted as a MS Word attachment and sent via e-mail to ruresearch@ru.ac.th.
Guideline for Paper Preparation
Page Layout
- Margin: 2.54 cm (1”) all around.
- Spacing: Double spaced on A4 paper (210mm x 297mm = 8.27” x 11.69”) (portrait).
- Font: Browallia UPC/New, 11 pt font size.
- Text should not be more than ten pages, including figures, tables and references.
Title
- The title should be upper and lowercase letters. (18 pt, boldface, centred)
- Scientific names should not be preceded or followed by commas, parentheses, or other markings.
- The author of a scientific name is not included in the title of the paper.
Authors and Addresses
- Author name(s) (12 pt, written left justified, with upper and lowercase letters)
- The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk.
- An e-mail address of the corresponding author and current address should be included (12 pt, italicized, left justified).
- Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors (12 pt, italicized, left justified).
- If more than one institution, indicate address of each author numerically in superscript.
Abstract (18 pt, bold letter, centerd)
- A concise abstract (250–300 words; written in 14 pt, justified) should synthesize the objectives, methods, major results and conclusion.
- Acronyms should not be included in the abstract.
Keywords (18 pt, bold letter, centerd)
Three to five keywords should be written in 14 pt, left justified.
Main Text (18 pt, bold letter, centerd)
- Written in 14 pt font size, justified, with double spacing.
- Should include the followings: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion/Conclusion, Acknowledgement, References.
- Use “and” instead of the ampersand (&).
- Do not use italic text for Latin or other foreign phrases, for example, et al.
- Table(s) and figure(s) should be submitted in separate files.
Units and Symbols
- Use the SI system of unit symbols throughout the text.
- The most commonly used unit symbols are: centimetre (cm); gram (g); hectare (ha); hour (h); joule (j); kilogram (kg); kilometre (km); knot (kn); langley (ly); litre (l); metre (m); microequivalent (μeq); microgram (μg); micrometre (μm); micromole (μmol); milligram (mg); millilitre (mL); millimetre (mm); minute (min); month (mo); nano (n); pico (p); second (s); tonne (t); week (wk); weight (wt); year (y); temperature (°C or K).
- Please note that symbols are to be written in full when used outside of an expression, e.g., 1-litre bottle, 1 litre of water.
Abbreviations
- Where long names of chemicals, processes, and institutions are repeated throughout the text, shortened versions or initials should be included in parentheses after the full name first appears. Thereafter, only the shortened version is to be used. However, where there are two or more generic names having the same initial letter, these generic names must be written in full throughout the text.
Tables
- Tables should be numbered consecutively by their citation in the text.
- All tables must be referred to and cited in the text.
- Each table must be given a suitable caption above (12 pt, justified)
- Follow the example: Table 1. Sample table.
Figures
- Photographs, charts and diagrams are all to be referred to as Figure(s)‟ and should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are referred to in the text.
- Figure captions must be supplied separately below, not as part of the figure. (12 pt, justified) Follow the example: Figure 1. Sample figure.
- The image must be of very good quality which is easy to read. Line drawings should include all relevant details. All lettering, graph lines and points on graphs should be in suitable size for inclusion in the proceedings. The photograph resolution should be at least 600x600 dpi.
Acknowledgements
If your paper contains acknowledgements, they should be placed after the conclusion section but before the list of references.
References
All publications cited in the text must be included in the list of references. References that are not cited in the text are not to be included.
Citations in the text should be in the following formats:
- single author, (Richard, 1979);
- two authors, (Richard and Loya, 1979);
- three or more authors, (Richard et al., 1979);
- two citations, (Richard, 1979; Loya, 1986);
- one author and two or more publications, (Richard 1979, 1986);
- same author(s) with two publications in one year, (Richard, 1979a, 1979b);
- different authors with the same last name, (Richard, P., 1979; Richard, T., 1986).
- names of institutions should be given in full with acronym in parentheses in the first instance and as the acronym in subsequent citations. For example (United Nation Environment Program (UNEP), 2006) and later instances (UNEP, 2006).
The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by the author’s surnames and by year. All authors must be listed and use of et al. within a reference is not allowed.
References should be listed in the following formats:
[JOURNAL ARTICLE]
Kirk, D. 1996. Demographic transition theory. Population Studies50 (3): 361-387.
[BOOK]
Cairns, J., Jr., Niederlehner, B.R., Orvos, D.R. (Eds.), 1992. Predicting Ecosystem Risk. Princeton, Princeton Scientific Publication Co., Inc.
[CHAPTER OR SECTION IN BOOK, REPORT]
Easterlin, R. A. 1978. The economics and sociology of fertility: A synthesis. In Tilly, C. (Ed.) Historical Studies of Changing Fertility, pp. 57-113. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
[CONFERENCE PRESENTATION/ABSTRACT FROM PROGRAM BOOK]
Lal, M., Harasawa, H., Takahashi, K. 2002. The Rise of Introduced Fishes and Fall of Fish Species at Risk in Lake Biwa: A Review. Presented at: 49th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Great Lakes in a Changing Environment, 22-26 May 2006, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. International Association for Great Lake Research.
[CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS]
Adams, T. (Ed.), 1990. Proceedings 6th International Education Conference, vol. 3, pp 313–318, Springer, Townsville, Australia.
[ARTICLE IN A CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS]
Williams, E.H. Jr, Bunkley-Williams, L. 1988. Bleaching of Caribbean coral reef symbionts in 1987–1988. In: Adams, C. (Ed.), Proceedings 6th International Coral Reef Symposium, vol. 3, pp 313–318, Springer, Townsville, Australia.
References for Ph.D. and Masters thesis should include name of the university, city, province and country.
References that include websites should include the date the page was accessed.
Citations in the text for personal communications or unpublished data are not included in the list of references. However, the full affiliation must be given within the text for the person(s) whose work is cited; for example, “(S. Somboon, Forest Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, pers. comm.).”
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