| Current
Bioactive Compounds
ISSN: 1573-4072 - Volume 4, 4 Issues, 2008
Instructions for Authors
Manuscripts should be submitted openly to one of the following
Editors without prior invitation at the following addresses:
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS
H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-482-4924, +92-21-482-4925
Fax: +92-21-481-9018, +92-21-4819019
+92-21-497-7491, +92-21-497-5781 and
+92-21-461-2073
E-mail: mhej@cyber.net.pk
cbc@bentham.org
Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary
HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-482-4924/25
Fax: +92-21-481-9018/19
E-mail: mahmood@bentham.org
cbc@bentham.org
Objectives: The “Current
Bioactive Compounds - Stereoselective Synthesis ”
plans to publish reviews on various classes of chemical compounds
with proven therapeutic potentials. These reviews should briefly
present an historical account of development, various stages
of development of that particular class, biological/pharmacological/clinical
studies conducted and salient features of structure-activity
relationship. Tables of structures, names, bioactivity/clinical
Data and references should be incorporated whenever appropriate.
Reviews on most prevalent diseases such as cardiovascular,
cancer, neurodegenerative, infectious, and their metabolic
disorders including obesity will be especially welcomed.
Manuscript Length: The manuscript written in English
can be from 35 to 40 pages (typed in double spacing using
12 font size, A/4 page). Please note that all manuscripts
should be submitted electronically (see below).
Manuscript Organization: The manuscript should be
divided as: Title page, abstract and the main text. The text
may further be subdivided according to the areas to be discussed.
The Acknowledgements (if any) and Reference sections should
follow later. The first page should contain the title, the
author’s complete names (initials and surname only),
with an asterisk at the end of the name of the principal author.
Conflict of Interest: Financial contributions
to the work being reported should be clearly acknowledged,
as should any potential conflict of interest.
Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 250 words
and it should summarize the essential features of the review
article, with the focus on the major advances in the field.
Key Words: Authors must supply up to eight key words
along with their manuscript.
Suggested Referees: Authors should propose
four reviewers who are qualified to referee the work and would
not have a conflict of interest in reviewing the paper. Authors
should include the complete address, phone and facsimile numbers,
and email address for each potential referee. The actual selection
of reviewers will be made by the Editors-in-Chief.
Text: The main text should begin on a separate page
and it may be subdivided but not into separate sections. The
review article should mention any previous important reviews
in the field and contain a comprehensive discussion starting
with the general background of the field. It should then go
on to discuss the salient features of recent developments.
The authors should avoid presenting material that has already
been published in a previous review. The reference numbers
should be given in square brackets in the text. Acknowledgements
should be kept to a minimum.
Tables:
- Data Tables should
be submitted in Microsoft Excel or in Microsoft Word table
format.
- Each table should include
a title/caption explaining what the table shows. Detailed
legends may then follow.
- Tables should be given
on separate pages with indications on the left hand margin
to the text, for the appropriate placement of the tables.
- Tables should not contain
vertical rules.
- Columns and rows of
data should be made visibly distinct by ensuring the borders
of each cell display as black lines.
- Tables should be numbered
consecutively in order of their citation in the body of
the text, with Arabic numerals.
- If a reference is cited
in both the table and text, insert a lettered footnote in
the table to refer to the numbered reference in the text.
- Tabular data provided
as additional files can be submitted as an Excel spreadsheet.
Figures
/ Illustrations:
All authors must strictly follow the guidelines below for
preparing illustrations for publication in Current
Bioactive Compounds - Stereoselective Synthesis.
Editorial
Requirements:
The quality of the illustrations printed in the journal largely
depends on the quality of the figures/illustrations provided
by the author. In preparing artwork or graphics for publication,
keep in mind the following points:
- Illustrations should be provided as separate
files, not embedded in the text (Hardcopy submission requirement).
- Remove all color from graphics except for
those illustrations (Gray scale), which are intended to
be printed in color.
- Figures should be referred to as “Fig.
(1)”, “Fig. (2)”
etc. in the text with figure numbers in bold within round
bracket.
Format & Resolution:
- The following file formats can be accepted
(Preference in order of appearance): PDF, TIFF, JPEG, GIF.
- Illustrations must fit a single or double
column format on the journal page, according to the following
guideline below:
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HEIGHT | WIDTH |
SINGLE COLUMN |
24 cm (max) |
8.5 cm (max) | DOUBLE
COLUMN | 24
cm (max) | 18
cm (max) |
- Whenever possible, submit graphics that do
not have to be reduced to fit the standard figure size.
- Use the best resolution available up to a
maximum resolution of 300 dpi.
- Avoid textures and shadings giving a three-dimensional
effect to the illustration.
- Symbols and lettering in the illustration
should be of similar size.
- Line drawings should have clear and sharp
lines and should be of uniform density. Moreover, lines
should be continuous without any breaks.
- Do not use lines thinner than 1 point.
Color Figures / Illustrations:
Photographs:
Submit high-contrast prints that are of single- or double-column
width so that they will not have to be reduced when printed.
Structures: Structures should be presented separately, drawn
using a suitable Graphics program (e.g. ChemDraw). The structures
should fit into a width of 8 cm (for structures to be inserted
within single column widths) or a width of 18 cm (for structures
or schemes to be inserted in double column widths).
References: The reference numbers should
be given in square brackets in the text. All references must
be complete and accurate. Online citations should include
date of access. Use of terminology "et al." must
not be made. Journal title should conform to the present Index
Medicus abbreviations.
References should be listed in the following style in alphabetical
order:
Typical Paper Reference:
[1] Watkins, J.C., Evans, R.H. (1981) Excitatory Amino Acid
Transmitters. Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol., 21,
165-204.
Typical Chapter Reference:
[2] Watkins, J.C. (1986) Twenty-five Years of Excitatory Amino
Acid Research. In: Roberts, P.J., Storm-Mathisen, J., Bradford,
H. Eds, Excitatory Amino Acids. Chichester, MacMillan Press.
Pp. 1-39.
Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications (which
can only be included if the permission has been obtained)
should not be given in the references section but they may
be mentioned in the text with details provided as footnotes.
All authors of referenced papers must be cited and there must
be no use of the short hand version of et al. when citing
the authors.
Manuscript Submission:
To facilitate speedy and cost-effective submission of abstracts
and manuscripts, an online submission and tracking service
via Internet is being offered.
Once the Editor-in-Chief of the journal has accepted your
abstract, we would prefer that you submit your full manuscript
online via our online submission service available at www.bentham-mps.org
or by FTP submission at www.bentham-ftp.org
For online submission, please provide your complete manuscript
in the form of a single zipped folder containing all the material
(main text, figures/ illustrations, tables, chemical structures
drawn in ChemDraw) as separate files and a PDF version of
the entire manuscript with all the figures/ illustrations
/ tables / chemical structures etc., embedded in the text
exactly in the manner as they should appear in printing. Authors
are required to proofread the PDF version of their manuscript
before submission. The article will be published exactly as
received and the Publishers will not be responsible for any
error occurring in the manuscript in this regard.
You may, however, still submit your abstracts and manuscripts
through conventional surface mail.
A successful electronic submission of a manuscript will be
followed by a system-generated acknowledgement to the principal/corresponding
author within 72 hours of the dispatch of the manuscript.
Any queries therein should be addressed to mahmood@bentham.org
and copied to Jalil@bentham.org
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All papers submitted for publication will be immediately subjected
to editorial scrutiny, usually in consultation with members
of the Editorial Advisory Board. Every effort will be made
to assess the papers quickly. The papers will be typeset and
the proofs dispatched to the authors normally within 4 weeks
of their acceptance.
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and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere.
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