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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021
Volume XII, 2020

• The paper should be submitted to the Editorial Board in three copies
Clearly, the pervasive use of color codes facilitates the implementation and
comprehension of the measures, particularly when communicating with the
and an electronic file as a text file (e.g. doc).
general public. Color codes are used to indicate not just the severity of specific
• Figures should be numbered and stored in separate files with legends

COVID-19 situations in certain areas, but also the symptoms of infected COVID-19
included in the main text file.
• Either English or American spelling can be used but should be
patients. According to the Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public
consistent for the entire article.
Health, Thailand, the degree of illness among the inflicted COVID-19 patients
can vary greatly. Therefore, for precise, effective, and prompt communications,
Article Structure
these patients can be classified into three different color codes (green, yellow, and
Each article should contain the following :

red) based on their illness symptoms, from the least severe to the most severe, so
• Title
• Short title for page headings
that they can receive immediate proper care and treatment.
• Authors and their affiliations
In fact, the use of color codes to communicate among medical staff is quite
• A concise abstract (not more than 300 words)
common in hospitals. According to Huang et al. (2020), the same three-color codes

• Key words
of red, yellow, and green are used in China. COVID-19 patients with a red code
• Main text divided into sections e.g. Introduction, Materials and

assigned are escorted by special staff on a predetermined route to a fever clinic.
Methods, Results and Conclusion
A yellow code is to notify a follow-up clinic after a COVID-19 patient is discharged.
• References (of all articles cited in the text)
A green code allows a COVID-19 patient to enter the out-patient hall. Similarly,
• Table and Figure captions (numbered in sequence as they appear in
the text)
color codes are used in the United States to alert hospital staff of an emergency or
event. For instance, when a stretcher carrying a patient enters the hospital, a
Abstract
doctor, upon seeing the patient, will make an analytical decision and announce a

The abstract should be concise and informative, not more than 300 words.
It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main
color code to other medical practitioners so that appropriate actions can be taken
results and conclusions.
immediately and effectively. However, the use of the color codes is not yet
standardized in the United States because one color code can mean differently in
Ethical Guidelines
different hospitals and states (Dix, 2018), let alone between countries.

Experimental investigation papers must state in the Materials and
Methods section that
The analysis of the language samples in the daily report dataset also displays
1) informed consent was obtained from all adult participants and from
some pervasive word formation mechanisms during the COVID-19 pandemic. One
parents or legal guardians of minors, including the name of the appropriate
of the most common types is initialism. An initialism is a type of abbreviation
institutional review board having approved the project;
consisting of initial letters pronounced separately. For instance, WFH, an initialism,
2) the maintenance and care of experimental animals comply with the
is derived from a full form of “work(ing) from home”, as used in the following
Thai National Institute of Health Guidelines for the humane use of laboratory
excerpt (and highlighted by the author):
animals or the equivalent country authority or agency;
3) approval is obtained from the relevant ethical committee.

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