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วารสารการแพทย์แผนไทยและการแพทย์ ทางเลือก Journal of Thai Traditional & Alternative Medicine
ปีที่ 19 ฉบับที่ 1 มกราคม-เมษายน 2564 Vol. 19 No. 1 January-April 2021

Instructions to Authors (Revised 2019)

Submission Preparation Checklist 4) Original Article: This is the result of
a study, investigation or research; consisting
1. Types of topics and content in journals of a title, the author’s name, an abstract in

1) Editor’s Note: This is a communica- Thai and English, keywords, an introduction,
tion from the editor to the readers to convey methodology, results, discussion, a conclusion,
news, articles, and educational reports pre- acknowledgements and references. The total
sented in the journal or to express opinions length of article should not exceed 15 pages
and feelings that are related to knowledge of A4 paper.
or articles that the editors want to make the 5) Viewpoints & Perspectives: This is a
reader understand. place for exchanging and learning academic
2) Letters to Editor or Correspondence: information, new concepts or approaches by
This is a place to establish contact between offering opinions or critiques of the subject
the editor and the readers and academicians of research or issues that have not yet been
or the owners of an article, including in the finalized or have opinions in different aspects
case that readers having different opinions or that are different from the results of that study.
wanting to point out imperfections or errors 6) Miscellaneous: This is a small article,
in a report, the editors may criticize, sup- the native of which may or may not be cat-
port or argue in different cases. In addition, egorized to the types of articles mentioned
letters to the editor can present Preliminary above, such as special articles, semi-interlaced
Reports, Short Communications, Case Reports articles, articles which revived the course, an
or Clinical Notes on an abnormal case, a new article showing opinions related to current
disease or a new syndrome that has never been events that are of public interest, news or
reported before or is rarely found. However, it knowledge which is related to Thai traditional
should have complete or sufficient evidence medicine, folk medicine and alternative medi-
to support an article. cine.
3) Review Article: This is an article that 7) Journal Club: This is an introduction
gathers knowledge about a particular subject to academic articles and research with short
from journals or books, both in Thailand and analysis and criticism by the author for the
abroad, consisting of Thai and English ab- reader to use for further study or research.
stracts in a single paragraph, keywords, intro- 8) Instructions to Authors: This is a jour-
ductions, how to review, results, discussions, nal introduction and suggestion to those who
conclusions and references. The total length wish to submit various types of articles to be
of the article should not exceed 12 pages of A4 printed in the journals of Thai traditional and
paper. alternative medicine.

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