Author guidelines

Submission preparation checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check their compliance with the following items.  Submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it being considered for publication by another journal.
  • The length of the submission does not exceed 8,500 words (approximately 14 A4 pages with single space), including the footnotes and references.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined below.
  • Paper written by a non-native speakers of English have been checked by a native speaker for grammaticality before submission. We may also require that the author seek proofreading services following revisions and prior to publishing. Given our limited budget, this must be done independently and at the author’s expense.’
  • An abstract no longer than 150 words is provided, together with up to 5 or 6 keywords.
  • The manuscript has been anonymized.

How to submit your paper

Authors wishing to submit to Manusya should do so through the Thai Editorial System (ThaiES) at https://so11.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/MANUSYA/about/submissions, providing both Microsoft Word and PDF file formats.

Submission requirements

General

Language

Authors must ensure that their articles are written in good academic English. We strongly recommend that, prior to submission, authors whose first language is not English have their manuscripts professionally proofread. Authors may contact us at manusya@chula.ac.th for recommendations for quality and affordable editing services. Note that sending your manuscript to these recommended language editors does not  guarantee that it will be accepted for publication. Editorial decisions are based strictly on the academic merits of the manuscript, regardless of whether it has received language editing by the editors on our recommended list.

Length

The length of the submission should not exceed 8,500 words (or 14 A4 pages  single spaced in  12-point font), including footnotes and references. 

Font

The preferred font is Brill (https://brill.com/page/290?language=en), but other unicode fonts such as Times New Roman or Calibri are acceptable. Please let us know in advance if you plan to use any special characters or fonts.

Formatting

Formatting should be kept to a minimum. Only use italics in your files to format text which has to be typeset in italics. Indent paragraphs with one tab. Authors should include their home or institutional address, fax number, phone number and email address in a separate document.

Abstract and keywords

Authors must provide an abstract of 150 words or less at the beginning of the article, as well as up to 5 or 6 keywords. The abstract summarizes the aim, results and conclusion of the research. Do not provide an abstract for a book review.

Footnotes

Use footnotes, not endnotes.

 References

Adhere to The Chicago Manual of Style author-date formatting (https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html). Be sure to include in-text citations as well as a reference list at the end of your article. Please also insert DOI numbers at the end of journal references, where available.

 Figures

Figures should be placed directly at their appropriate points in the discussion. 

Thematic issues

We welcome proposals for thematic collections of papers on humanities topics of current interest to researchers in Southeast Asia. Please contact us by email at manusya@chula.ac.th for information on how to prepare a proposal.

Publication

Proofs

Upon acceptance, the authors will be asked to edit and format their manuscript in accordance with our stylesheet and editor recommendations.  Subsequently, a PDF of the article proofs will be sent to the author(s) by email to check carefully for factual and typographic errors. Authors are responsible for checking these proofs and are strongly urged to make use of the Comment & Markup toolbar to note their corrections directly on the proofs.  At this stage in the production process only minor corrections are allowed. Alterations to the original manuscript at this stage will result in considerable delay in publication and, therefore, are not accepted unless charged to the author. Proofs should be returned to the journal staff at manusya@chula.ac.th

Offprints

A PDF file of the article will be supplied free of charge by the publisher to authors for personal use. Information about authors’ self-archiving rights can be found at Brill’s website (brill.com/resources/authors/publishing-books-brill/self-archiving-rights).

Consent to publish

Transfer of copyright

By submitting a manuscript, the author agrees to transfer of the copyright to the publisher if and when the article is accepted for publication. For that purpose, the author must sign a Consent to Publish which will be sent with the first proof of the manuscript. 

Open Access

Should the author wish to publish their article in Open Access, he/she can choose the Brill Open option. This allows for non-exclusive Open Access publication under a Creative Commons license in exchange for an Article Publication Charge (APC), upon signing a special Brill Open Consent to Publish Form.

More information on Brill Open can be found at brill.com/brillopen.

Publication fee

Thanks to Chulalongkorn University’s Office of Research Affairs, MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities is able to maintain the free-publication policy. Authors are not charged for the publication of their articles.

Privacy statement

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check their compliance with the following items. Submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it being considered for publication by another journal.
  • The length of the submission does not exceed 8,500 words (approximately 14 A4 pages with single space), including the footnotes and references.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined below.
  • Paper written by a non-native speaker of English have been checked by a native speaker for grammaticality before submission. We may also require that the author seek proofreading services following revisions and prior to publishing. Given our limited budget, this must be done independently and at the author’s expense.’
  • An abstract no longer than 150 words is provided, together with up to 5 or 6 keywords.
  • The manuscript has been anonymized.

Use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies

What is generative AI?

“Generative AI”, such as ChatGPT, refers to machine learning models used to generate output text in response to input text provided by the user. To do so, it draws upon a store of data comprised of written sources from around the web. Crucially, a generative AI model does not ‘understand’ the matter from which it provides its output in the same way in which a human reader would. Rather, it merely interprets the text of the source material by calculating the probability that certain words will be used in the same contexts as one another.

 

Use of generative AI in academic research and writing must adhere to guidelines in the same manner of other ethical matters such as authorship, referencing, participant safety and security, etc. Manusya: Journal of Humanities therefore requires that authors follow the guidelines laid out below. Failure to do so will result in rejection of the author’s manuscript or, if it is discovered after publishing that the work is in violation of the guidelines, permanent removal of the paper from the Manusya and Brill websites.

Why do we need guidelines?

The recent emergence of generative AI as a commonly-used tool has come with questions of the ethics surrounding its use in academic research and writing. As such, Manusya: Journal of Humanities wishes to make clear our expectations in this regard so that authors can make informed decisions on the suitability of their work for our journal. As always, the journal aims to publish ethically-produced works of original research that contribute to current conversations in humanities. This objective, with respect to the use of generative AI, involves three primary areas of consideration, 1) verification and veracity, 2) confidentiality, and 3) intellectual property, each of which are covered in more detail below.

 Verification and veracity

  1. The systems by which generative AI is created and maintained are opaque. Given that we cannot know exactly from where the information it provides comes, that information cannot be adequately cited and verified.(1)
  2. Due to issues in the data used by generative AI as well as issues in such models themselves, it is possible to receive information that is outright false.(1) Once again, this information is difficult to verify.
  3. Biases may exist in the source data itself. If the source data is not known, and is therefore inaccessible, these biases cannot be examined.(1)

 Confidentiality

  1. Concerns have been raised that the data on which generative AI models are trained violate the confidentiality of individuals to whom that data relates. (1)
  2. Information inputted into generative AI models is added to the model’s store of data from which it produces later output. Therefore, it is accessible to other users, effectively making that information public. (1)

Intellectual property

  1. As mentioned above, the origins of the information provided in the output of generative AI are potentially unclear and, therefore, unable to be properly cited.(1)
  2. It is still unsure to whom the output of generative AI belongs, be it the user or the entity controlling the model. Further, there is debate whether output can be considered a published resource, given that, as stated above, inputted information is effectively made public.(1)

Which uses of generative AI are or are not acceptable?

Manusya: Journal of Humanities follows COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) as well as prominent academic journals and publishers in adhering to the following best practices with regard to the use of generative AI in academic research and writing.
  1. Confidential Information: Due to the abovementioned issues with confidentiality, authors should not input into AI models the personal information of participants in their studies.1 In determining what information is confidential, authors should refer to the guidelines of their institution’s internal review board (IRB).
  2. Language Editing: It is acceptable and even encouraged to use language editing tools as these are a significant aid especially to authors for whom English is not a native language. When limited to edits to language after writing, such as correcting grammatical mistakes or improving word choice, use of these tools does not need to be disclosed.(1)
  3. Authorship: Generative AI models may not be listed as an author of a paper because they do not ‘meet the requirements for authorship as they cannot take responsibility for the work’.(2)
  4. Images: Authors should not use generative AI to alter images by ‘enhancing, obscuring, moving, removing, or introducing’ elements. However, adjustments to superficial aspects such as ‘brightness, contrast, and color balance’ are acceptable.(3)
  5. Referencing Generative AI Models: Authors are responsible for citing use of generative AI according to the guidelines listed below.
Where authors use AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, these technologies should only be used to improve readability and language of the work and not to replace key authoring tasks such as producing scientific, pedagogic, or medical insights, drawing scientific conclusions, or providing clinical recommendations. Authors do not need to include the AI model in their reference list, nor should they include a link to the output as it cannot be accessed by others without the author’s log in credentials.(1)

Does Manusya use a use an AI detector?

Yes!

Where can I find more information?

For more information about use and disclosure of generative AI models in academic research and writing, please see the sources cited here. For outstanding questions, please contact Manusya staff at manusya@chula.ac.th. 

 

Bibliography

1: “Generative AI usage for the research community”. Office of the Provost, University of North Carolina. n.d. Accessed October 12, 2023. https://provost.unc.edu/generative–ai–usage–guidance–for–the–research–community/#:~:text=“If%20you%20are%20using%20generative,elsewhere%20in%20the%20Work%20prominently.

2: “COPE Position Statement on Authorship and AI Tools”. Committee on Publication Ethics. n.d. Accessed October 12, 2023. https://publicationethics.org/cope–position–statements/ai–author.

3: “The use of generative AI and AI–assisted technologies in writing for Elsevier“. Elsevier. n.d. Accessed October 12, 2023. https://beta.elsevier.com/about/policies–and–standards/the–use–of–generative–ai–and–ai–assisted–technologies–in–writing–for–elsevier?trial=true.

4: “Citation, documentation of sources”. Chicago Manual of Style. n.d. Access October 12, 2023.             https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Documentation/faq0422.html

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