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Letters in Organic Chemistry
ISSN: 1570-1786 - Volume 6, 8 Issues, 2009


Instructions for Authors
All manuscripts from all regions must be submitted openly
to the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (International
Center for Chemical Sciences, H.E.J. Research Institute of
Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan)
at loc@bentham.org
Letters Length: The published Letter, written in English,
can be 2,4,6,8 or 10 pages of the journal's format which can
be reviewed at the website
www.bentham.org/loc with a word count per page of ca.900
words.
Manuscript Organization: The manuscript should be divided
as: Title page, abstract and the main text. The text may be
subdivided further according to the areas to be discussed.
The Acknowledgements (if any) and Reference sections must
then follow. The first page should contain the title, the
authors names (initials and surname only), with an asterisk
in front of the name of the principle author.
Conflict of Interest: Financial contributions
to the work being reported should be clearly acknowledged,
as should any potential conflict of interest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Please acknowledge anyone
(individual/company/institution) who has contributed to the
study by making substantial contributions to conception, design,
acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data,
or who was involved in drafting the manuscript or revising
it critically for important intellectual content. Please list
the source(s) of funding for the study, for each author, and
for the manuscript preparation in the acknowledgements section.
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Medical Journal Editors' Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
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and the FDA's Good Reprint Practices for the Distribution
of Medical Journal Articles and Medical or Scientific Reference
Publications on Unapproved New Uses of Approved Drugs and
Approved or Cleared Medical Devices http://www.fda.gov/oc/op/goodreprint.html
Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 50 words and
it should condense the essential features of the letter article,
with the focus on major advances in the field.
Key Words: Authors must supply up to six key words
along with their manuscript.
Text: The main text should begin on a separate page
and it may be subdivided into separate sections. 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.
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Tables should be given on separate pages with indications on the left hand margin
to the text, as to the appropriate placement of the tables.
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Tables should not contain vertical rules.
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Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct by ensuring the borders
of each cell display as black lines.
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Tables should be numbered consecutively in order of their citation in the body
of the text, with Arabic numerals.
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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.
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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 Letters
in Organic Chemistry. If the figures are found
to be sub-standard, then the manuscripts will be rejected/
and the authors offered the option of figure improvement professionally
by Bentham Publishing Services. The costs for such improvement
will be charged to the authors.
Editorial Requirements:
The quality of the illustrations printed in the journal largely
depends on the quality of the figures/illustration provided
by the author. The acceptance of a manuscript for publication
is subject to the figures being up to the highest standards
in terms of clarity and resolution. In case the figures supplied
are not up to the standards required, then the manuscripts
will be rejected, and the authors given the option to either
return the manuscripts within one week with appropriate drawings/figures
or they may opt to have these professionally prepared through
the paid professional service available from Bentham Publishing
Services.
- Submit the original artwork or a photographic
print of the original for publication.
- Do not submit photocopies. (Hardcopy submission
requirement).
- Illustrations should be provided as separate
files, not embedded in the text. (Hardcopy submission requirement).
- Remove all color from graphics except for
those illustrations (Greyscale), which are to be printed
in color.
- Good quality of hardcopy originals is a requirement.
- Figures should be referred to as Fig.
(1), Fig. (2) etc. in the
text with figure numbers in bold within round bracket.
- Revised manuscripts should contain a complete
set of artwork and photographs.
Technical
Details:
- Figures should be provided on high quality,
white, smooth opaque paper. (Hardcopy requirement).
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.
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Use the best resolution available (hardcopy submission requirement). For online
submission the maximum resolution is 300 dpi.
- Avoid textures
and shadings giving a three-dimensional effect to the illustration.
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Symbols and lettering in the illustration should be of similar size.
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Smaller lettering is used.
- Font: Times New Roman or Helvetica is preferable.
Font size: 10pt (maximum).
- 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:
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The cost for the first published page
of color figures is USD 850; the second additional page
will be for USD 621, and each subsequent page for USD
420.
- Color figures should be supplied in CMYK
not RGB colors.
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Required resolution for online submission
is 300 dpi. In case of hardcopy submission, please use
the maximum resolution available. In case the figure(s)
are of an inferior quality they will need to be improved
either by the author or by the publisher on a charged
basis.
Photographs: Submit
high-contrast prints that are of single- or double-column width so that they will
not have to be reduced when printed. Negatives are not acceptable. However, in
case of hardcopy submission, color illustrations and plates can be published from
35 mm color slides.
Chemical Structures: Chemical structures MUST be prepared
according to the guidelines below.
Structures should be prepared
using a suitable drawing program e.g. ChemDraw and provided as separate file,
submitted both on disk and in printed formats.
Numbers in bold should identify all chemical structure. If
a name is also used to describe the compound, the associated
number if required should be in bold and parenthesis, e.g.
compound (1).
Structure
Drawing Preferences: [As according to the ACS style sheet] Drawing
Settings:
Chain angle 120°
Bond spacing 18% of width Fixed length 14.4
pt (0.500cm, 0.2in) Bold width
2.0 pt (0.071cm, 0.0278in) Line width
0.6 pt (0.021cm, 0.0084in) Margin width
1.6 pt (0.096cm) Harsh spacing 2.5 pt (0.088cm, 0.0347in) Text
settings: Font Times
New Roman / Helvetica
Size
8pt
Under
the Preference Choose: Units
points Tolerances 3
pixels Under Page Setup Use: Paper US
letter Scale
100% References: For the format of references,
see the ACS Style Guide, pp 106-114, Examples: Journal
Reference:
Barton, D.H.R.; Brewster, A.G.; Ley, S.V.; Rosenfield, M.N.
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1977,
147, 2356.
Book
Reference:
Rahman, A.-U.; Shah, Z. Stereoselective Synthesis in Organic
Chemistry, Springer-Verlag: New York, 1993.
Book Chapter
Reference:
Wheeler, D.M.S.; Wheeler, M.M. In Studies in Natural Products
Chemistry; Atta-ur-Rahman, Ed.; Elsevier Science B. V:
Amsterdam, 1994; Vol. 14, pp. 3-46.
Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications (which
can be only included if permission has been obtained) should
not be given in the references section but they may be mentioned
in the text and 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 authors.
Abbreviations should be defined the first time that they are
used in the manuscript and a list of abbreviations should
be provided.
SUPPORTIVE/SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: We do
encourage to append supportive material, for example a PowerPoint
file containing a talk about the study, a PowerPoint file
containing additional screenshots, a Word, RTF, or PDF document
showing the original instrument(s) used, a video, or the original
data (SAS/SPSS files, Excel files, Access Db files etc.) provided
it is inevitable or endorsed by the journal's Editor.
Published/reproduced material should not be included unless
you have obtained written permission from the copyright holder,
which must be forwarded to the Editorial Office in case of
acceptance of your article for publication.
Supportive/Supplementary material intended for publication
must be numbered and referred to in the manuscript but should
not be a part of the submitted paper. In-text citations as
well as a section with the heading "Supportive/Supplementary
Material" before the "References" section should
be provided. Here, list all Supportive/Supplementary Material
and include a brief caption line for each file describing
its contents.
Any additional files will be linked into the final published
article in the form supplied by the author, but will not be
displayed within the paper. They will be made available in
exactly the same form as originally provided only on our Web
site. Please also make sure that each additional file is a
single table, figure or movie (please do not upload linked
worksheets or PDF files larger than one sheet). Supportive/
Supplementary material must be provided in a single zipped
file not larger than 4 MB.
Authors must clearly indicate if these files are not for publication
but meant for the reviewers'/editors' perusal only.
Manuscript Submission: For faster publication, authors
are encouraged and requested to submit their entire manuscript
via Benthams online submission service (see below).
Authors must provide their full address, telephone and fax
number with E-mail address with all submissions.
Online Manuscript Submission:
To facilitate speedy and cost-effective submission of manuscripts,
an online submission service via Internet is being offered.
We would prefer that you submit your full manuscript online
via our online submission service available at www.bentham-ftp.org/loc
For
online submission, please provide your complete manuscript in the form of a single
zipped folder containing all the material (main text, figures/ illustrations,
scanned photographs, 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
Page Charges: No page charges will be levied to authors.
Language Editing: Manuscripts submitted containing
many English typographical errors will not be published. Authors
from non-English language countries are advised to use the
services of our professional language editing department prior
to submitting their manuscript to the Journal. Please contact
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for a language editing quote at e-mail: info@benthampublishingservices.com
stating the total number of words of the article to be edited.
Proofs: Authors are sent page proofs. To
avoid delays in publication, proofs should be checked immediately
for typographical errors and returned within 48 hours. Authors
will be charged for excessive changes made at the page proof
stage.
Reprints: Each first-named (corresponding)
author will receive electronically a certain number of free
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to publication of the article. First named authors may also
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at 50% off the normal subscription rate by contacting the
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online for free open access for all to view. Open access publishing
provides the maximum dissemination of the article to the largest
audience. Authors must pay for this service. All corresponding
authors will be asked to indicate whether or not they wish
to pay to have their paper made freely available on publication.
If authors do not select the Open Access option, then their
article will be published with standard subscription-based
access at no charge.
Bentham Science offers authors the choice of open access
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article which allows indefinite free-to-view online publication
with Bentham Science.
For more information please contact us at e-mail: openaccess@bentham.org
Reviewing and Promptness of Publication:
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.
Copyright: It is a condition of publication
that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published
and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere.
Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article
for publication the authors agree that the publishers have
the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors,
if plagiarism is discovered. By submitting a manuscript the
authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred
to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for
publication.
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