Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors Guidelines

All submissions have to be online through our database where the corresponding author should add all authors names, affiliations and emails.

Submission

Authors will need to provide the following:

1-Cover letter: In "COMMENTS FOR THE EDITOR", you should summarize why your paper is important to the scientific literature, highliting its originalty and novelty, ensuring that your work has not been submitted or published elsewhere.

Manuscript Preparation

This journal uses either US English or British English, as the language of publication but not a mixture. All manuscripts should be prepared using Times New Roman in MS Word format (all version after Word 2007) (font size 10 pt., Line Spacing "simple") on A4 paper (leaving a liberal margin in top : 2.5 cm , low: 2 cm left and right: 2.5 cm on  sides) for publication.

Manuscript must be in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx). Word files must not be protected.

The manuscript must be structured as follows:

Explanatory Details:

Title :(font 16, centred, bold, no capital): Must accurately reflect the contents of the manuscript.

Author names  (10, centred, bold) and affiliations (10, centred):

The affiliations are indicated with an arabic numeral superscript immediately after the name ( first name followed by last name) of the author. The corresponding author is distinguished by an asterisk.

The rest of the manuscript must be written in (10, justified).

Abstract :The abstract of the manuscript should present the key results and must not exceed 300 words nor contain references.

Keywords : A list of four to five keywords should be given, separated by semicolon and placed after the abstract.

Introduction: Provide background from literature necessary to allow readers outside the field to understand the purpose and significance of the study. You may point out worthy disagreements in the field addressed. 

Results : Should be clear and concise and discussions should explore the significance of the results of the work. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

Conclusion :Conclude with a brief note on the actual state of art and comment your achieved aims if so, explaining the significance and the importance of your concepts.

Acknowledgements : For authors which would like to acknowledge their supports.

Experimental Section: The experimental section should contain information on materials, methods, analytical instruments used, etc. Provide enough detail to allow skilled investigators to fully replicate your study.

References: use Vancouver style

References in the text are cited by Arabic number  e.g. [1], [4-7] etc., and placed between square brackets in blue before the punctuation.

At end of the paper, references cited in the text are listed and numbered in ascendent order as they appear in the manuscript. Refer to the following links for the format to use.

Journals:

http://guides.lib.monash.edu/content.php?pid=346637&sid=3171019

Books:

http://guides.lib.monash.edu/content.php?pid=346637&sid=3171018

For further information see

http://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/vancouver 

Supplementary instructions

Graphical abstract

A graphical abstract, submitted in a separate file is required for this journal. It must provide the reader with a summary visual description of the type of chemistry covered in the article.Graphical abstract should not exceed 14 cm in width.

Drawings, graphs, and illustrations

should be submitted in electronic format. Chemical structures and reaction schemes should be drawn with software easily available: ISIS/Draw and/or CS ChemDraw. All files must be saved in TIFF or EPS format.

Abbreviations

Use the units /abbreviations used with the SI.

Tables and Figures

Tables and Figures are placed embedded in the text without interrupting its flow. Table or Figure must be in TIFF or EPS, sufficiently clear in color. Minimum resolution of 600 dpi is required at 4 x 6 inches.

Figures and Tables are numbered ascendingly upon first appearance and independently, in the text, starting with (Fig.1) and (Table 1). They must be well-labeled, and described by their legend. Table legends go above the body of the Table while, Figure legends go below the graph.

Tables should be created with the function inserting tables in a Word document. Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
For figures taken from other sources, it is the responsibility of the author to obtain permission from the original author. In this case, provide the Editor with a copy of the written permission.