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Medicinal Chemistry
ISSN: 1573-4064 - Volume 4, 6 Issues, 2008
Instructions for Authors
Manuscripts should be submitted openly to one of the following
Editors without prior invitation at the following addresses:
Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS
Editor, Medicinal Chemistry
H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
University of Karachi
Karachi-75270
Pakistan
Tel: (+92)-21-482-4924 , (+92)-21-482-4925
Fax:(+92)-21-461-2073,(+92)-21-497-7491,(+92)-21-497-5781,(+92)-21-481-9018,(+92)-21-481-9019
E-mail: mc@bentham.org
Dr. William J. Hoekstra
Co-Editor, Medicinal Chemistry
Glaxo SmithKline R & D
5 Moore Drive, NTH-M1107
Research Triangle Park
NC 27709-3398
USA
Tel: (+1)-919-483-8212
E-mail: william.j.hoekstra@gsk.com
Dr. Andreas Hilgeroth
Co-Editor, Medicinal Chemistry
Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg
Fach-bereich Pharmazie, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Str.4
06120 Halle
Germany
Tel: +49-(0)345-55-25168/-25124
E-mail: hilgeroth@pharmazie.uni-halle.de
It is advisable that the authors submit an abstract to the
Editor by e-mail, prior to submitting the full manuscript.
The submitted abstract should outline the intended contents
and coverage of their article. The original article manuscript,
written in English, should not exceed 25 journal pages (75
manuscript pages) and it should be typed in double spacing
throughout on A-4 or US Letter (8.5x11 inches) paper. Short
Communications reporting seminal reports of important findings
are also accepted in the journal, and these should be limited
to 4 journal pages (12 manuscript pages). Dot matrix print
or any print that is difficult to read is unacceptable. Two
copies of the manuscript must accompany the original and should
be sent to the Editor at his given address. All pages should
be numbered. Abbreviations should be defined the first time
that they are used in the manuscript and a list of abbreviations
used should also be provided. Short Communications are also
accepted for publication of preliminary reports of novel significance.
Communications should not exceed 4 journal pages (12 double-spaced
manuscript pages). The journal also publishes a leading review
article in each issue. The Reviews Editor normally solicits
review articles, however, prospective authors are encouraged
to submit their proposals for reviews by contacting the Reviews
Editor Prof. David Fairlie at Email: d.fairlie@imb.uq.edu.au
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.
After the text follows the Experimental and Reference sections.
The first page should contain the title, the authors’
names (initials and surname only), with an asterisk to mark
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 condense the essential features of the article.
Key Words: Authors must supply up to eight 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 Medicinal
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 intended to be
printed in color.
- Good quality of hardcopy originals are 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:
|
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:
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 in bold should be in 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 10pt Under
the Preference Choose: Units
points Tolerances 3
pixels Under Page Setup Use: Paper US
letter Scale
100%
Experimental Section: Experimental descriptions must
be as concise as possible. The title of an experiment should
include the chemical name and compound number and use of chemical
formulas and standard abbreviations is encouraged. Sufficient
spectral data such as NMR data should be included in the Experimental
Section for all new compounds reported. Adequate evidence
to establish the degree of purity must be provided for all
target compounds. Quantitative biological data are required
for all final/target compounds.
References: For the format
of references, see the ACS Style Guide, pp 106-114,
Examples:
Journal Reference:
Thomsen, R.; Christensen, M.H. MolDock: a new technique
for high-accuracy molecular docking. J. Med. Chem.,
2006, 49, 3315-21.
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 only be included if the permission has been obtained)
should not be given in the reference 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: Two copies of the manuscript
must accompany the original along with the soft copy of the
manuscript on a computer floppy disk(s) in MS Word file format
(or created in any other well-known word processing software)
should be submitted. To achieve rapid publication authors
are encouraged to e-mail or fax their submission to the appropriate
editorial office (see above) at the same time that they mail
the manuscript. For even faster publication, authors are encouraged
to submit their entire manuscript via Bentham’s online
submission service (see below). Authors must provide their
full address, telephone and fax numbers with e-mail address
with all submissions.
For expedient and speedy reviewing
of author's manuscripts, authors are strongly advised to include the PDF file
of their manuscript on a floppy or zip disk, into the mailing material. At the
same time the package is mailed, please also send by e-mail a copy of the PDF
file of the manuscript to the editorial office. Online Manuscript Submission:
(preferable)
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.
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.
For online submission of manuscripts, these should be submitted
via our online manuscript submission service available at
www.bentham-mps.org
or by FTP submission at www.bentham-ftp.org
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
Bentham Publishing Services www.benthampublishingservices.com
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
reprints. Reprints may be ordered from the Publisher prior
to publication of the article. First named authors may also
order a personal print and online subscription of the journal
at 50% off the normal subscription rate by contacting the
subscription department at e-mail: subscriptions@bentham.org
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which allows indefinite online publication with BOTH Bentham
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period. Bentham Science is the first and only publisher to
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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
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