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Journal of Chemical Sciences
Guidelines for the preparation of manuscripts
"Please note the journal ‘strongly recommends’ the author to Tables

provide ORCID Ids of all the authors, though it is not mandatory. All Tables must be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals in
If ORCID is provided it will help in quick processing of the the order of their appearance in the text. Tables should be self-
article." contained and have a descriptive title.
Brief guidelines for the preparation of manuscripts is given below; Figures

for detailed instructions, see Information for Authors at:
All Figures including photographs should be numbered consecu-
www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Journal_of_Chemical_Sciences.
tively in Arabic numerals in the order of their appearance in the
text. Figure captions must be provided separately, below each
Papers must present results of original work as a Regular Article figure. Line drawings and structures should be made using
or Rapid Communication. Reviews of important fields and suitable software like ChemDraw, IsisDraw, etc. Lines must be
Perspective articles in emerging areas will also be considered for sufficiently thick for reduction to a half or third of the original
publication. Comment articles on recently published papers may size.
also be submitted. In the cover letter, Authors must explain the
novelty of the work (and urgency for publication, in the case of Symbols and Mathematical material
Rapid Communication), and suggest names of 3 potential referees. Symbols and equations should be carefully checked by authors for
Submission of the manuscript will be deemed to imply that it has correctness, in the manuscript as well as in the .pdf file prepared by
not been published previously and is not under consideration for the Editorial Manager. Equations must be clear, each one on a
publication elsewhere (either partly or wholly), and further that, if
separate line, and well-separated from the text. All equations must
accepted, it will not be published elsewhere. The jurisdiction for
be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. Special characters
all disputes concerning submitted articles, published materials,
(Greek letters, vector, tensor, matrix, etc., symbols) should be
subscription and sale will be at the courts/tribunals situated in the
checked carefully; for example, vectors must be in bold. If special
city of Bengaluru only.
characters are used extensively then an explanatory table of
Symbols on a separate page is recommended.
Typescript
The manuscript should be prepared in grammatically correct References
English. The file should be prepared in Microsoft Word (.doc or For examples, see Information for Authors in Journal website at
.docx) or LATEX with 2.5 cm margin on all sides and a line
the URL above. References should be cited in the text as a
spacing of 1.5. Figures, Schemes and Tables with captions should
superscript number in order of appearance. References should be
be embedded at appropriate places in the text, distinctly separated
listed at the end of the manuscript in serial order. References
from the main text. For a Sample Manuscript, see Information for
should be in the following format.
Authors at the URL above.
Journals (Note: Cite either page number or Article ID number, as
appropriate):
(1) Title of the paper should be short and self-explanatory.
Desiraju G R 1991 The C-H...O Hydrogen Bond in Crystals: What
(2) Name(s) of all author(s) with initial(s) and the name and
address of the institution where the work was carried out must be is it? Acc. Chem. Res. 24 290
provided. Present address(es) of the author(s) may be given if Wagh R B, Gund S H and Nagarkar J M 2016 An eco-friendly
different from the above. Email-id and phone number of the oxidation of sulfide compounds J. Chem. Sci. 128 1321
corresponding author must be included. Books:
Lippert E, Luder W and Boos H 1962 In Advances in Molecular
Abstract and Keywords Spectroscopy A Mangini (Ed.) (Oxford: Pergamon) p. 443 For
All papers must have an Abstract of not more than 200 words. conference proceedings, Thesis, etc., see the URL above.
Presentation of numerical results should be avoided as far as
possible. If the manuscript is accepted, a Graphical Abstract Supplementary Information (SI)
consisting of Synopsis (maximum 50 words) and a suitable figure Authors are encouraged to submit extensive Data/Figures/Tables
or equation is required (for examples, see Information for Authors and scanned copies of recorded spectra in Supplementary
at the URL above). 4–6 keywords must be provided. Information. For newly synthesized molecules, it is mandatory to
Graphical Abstract is required for the 'Table of Contents' page. submit scanned copies of one or more of the following
Graphical Abstract page should contain, spectra/reports, as applicable: NMR ( 1H, 13C) spectra; ESR spectra;
(a) a synopsis of the paper, not exceeding 50 words, and cif (converted to Microsoft Word file), CheckCIF files and CCDC
( ) PICTOGRAM: one (only one) important small deposition numbers, but NOT Fo/Fc Tables for crystal structure
figure/photograph (please prepare this carefully so that the clarity analysis; mass spectra; elemental analysis reports; etc. Figures and
and readability of the text are not lost when reduced to a size of 7 Tables in SI are to be labeled as S1, S2, etc. The content of SI
cm x 5 cm). should be stated briefly in a paragraph in the manuscript after
‘Conclusions.’
Text
Articles must be divided into four main sections: Introduction, Appendices
Experimental or Theoretical/Computational, Results and If included, they should be labeled A, B... with equations labeled
Discussion and Conclusions. Main sections should be numbered as A1, A2, B1, B2, etc.
1, 2 etc., sub-sections 1.1, 1.2 etc., and further as 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc.
Use of the SI system of units and symbols is recommended. The List of files to be submitted
above division of sections is not applicable to Reviews,
Perspectives and Rapid Communications.
Cover letter, Manuscript with embedded figures/tables,
Supplementary Information, High resolution figures (if any),
CIF/CheckCIF files (if any), etc.
Proof: Authors should prepare the original/revised manuscript
carefully and avoid corrections/alterations after acceptance. Proof
will be sent as a .pdf file to the Corresponding Author. Corrections
should be sent by email either as a text message listed serially with
the relevant line numbers or as annotated .pdf file.
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Guidelines for the preparation of manuscripts

"Please note the journal ‘strongly recommends’ the author to Tables

Brief guidelines for the preparation of manuscripts is given below; Figures

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