Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran
A) Quick Checklist: Submission
1- Choose your article type and write your manuscript in English, using the corresponding Microsoft Word template:
Communications (normally 2500 words, length from the abstract to the conclusion). Word Template for Communications
Research Articles (normally 5500 words, length from the abstract to the conclusion). Word Template for Research Articles
Reviews (Max.13000 words, length from the abstract to the conclusion). Word Template for Reviews
Minireviews (Max.5500 words, length from the abstract to the conclusion). Word Template for Minireviews
Highlights (Spotlights) (Max.1000 words, length from the abstract to the conclusion). Word Template for Highlights
(Video-Articles) (Max. 100 MG)
2- Place all text, Schemes, Figures, Tables, and the Table of Contents text and image in the correct position (not separately) in a single manuscript file using our Word template. Please embed each Scheme and Figure as a single image. Draw all chemical structures in a ChemDraw format and other images as high-resolution (300 dpi) .jpeg, .tif, .png, or similar in the manuscript text file.
3- Upload your Supporting Information (if applicable) as a separate Word file.
4- Upload the manuscript as a Word file and supporting information (if applicable) separately through “Submit a Manuscript” menu on the journal homepage. Please choose appropriate name for each Supporting Information file; e.g., “Spreadsheet for data given in Figure 1”.
5- Enter Cover Letter describing the importance and novelty of the research plus Author suggestive reviewers.
6- Please let us know in the Cover Letter if you have published a related paper elsewhere.
B) Quick Checklist: Manuscript Contents
1- Abstract (max. 220 words).
2- Supporting Information, containing the experimental procedures or characterization data.
3- Table of Contents Graphic, appearing with up to 50 words (max. 450 characters with spaces) and a proper image (5.5x5.0 cm (max. width x height) or 11.5x2.5 cm (max. width x height), min. font size: 6-7 points).
4- Keywords, in alphabetical order.
5- For Reviews and Minireviews, a frontispiece image (18.5x18.5 cm), biographies (70-100 words; max. 560 character with spaces), and passport-style photographs of the authors.
6- For Scientific perspective: Biographies (70-100 words; max.560 characters with spaces) and passport-style photographs of the corresponding authors may be submitted.
C) About the Journal
Chem.Comm.Chem.Eng. is owned and published by the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Research Centre of Iran (CCERCI).
Chem.Comm.Chem.Eng. will be leading chemical sciences researches across all fields of chemistry and chemical engineering. Chem.Comm.Chem.Eng. Publishes 4 issues in print and online quarterly and all publications are available online two weeks before they appear in an issue.
Chem.Comm.Chem.Eng. publishes: Communications, Research Articles, Reviews, Minireviews, Scientific Perspectives, Video-Article, and Highlights (Spotlights).
Authors are kindly requested to upload their manuscripts through our online submission system. Please note that ORCID registration and authentication is needed for submission of the manuscript, and the submitting author should be the corresponding author. Submissions to the journal must be in British or American English.
To make sure that references to this journal is accurately mentioned, please use the following abbreviated title in any citations: Chem.Comm.Chem.Eng.
Queries regarding manuscripts should be sent to ce@ccerci.ac.ir
D) Editorial Evaluation and Peer Review
In the first step, journals’ editor evaluates the suitability of the manuscript to be published in the journal in terms of perspective, originality, and quality. If suitable, a copy of your manuscript will be sent to peer review for further assessment. Studies which are not aligned with the scope of the journal are sent back to the corresponding author(s) by editor with no external review. When a manuscript is considered suitable, it is sent to external review by the editor who must ensure there is no known conflict of interest in the investigation. The editor may or may not consider the suggested reviewers by author and, the final selection must be hidden from the authors to avoid any peer review bias or conflict. After peer review is finalised, a decision of acceptance, rejection, or revision is made based on reviewers assessments and the discernment of the editor. After revision of the manuscript by authors, the updated version will be sent to editor or reviewers again for final evaluation. The editor must conduct the final judgement and inform the result to the authors. All the reports by reviewers present confidentially to protect the recognition of all reviewers.
E) Article Type
Communications and Research Articles discuss the results of experimental or theoretical investigations of significance to the development of a specific area of research. A short cover letter explaining why the manuscript may publish in this journal can be submitted (optional). A Communication is normally 2500 words long and a Research Article no longer than 5500 words. Relevant chemical formulae, Figures, Schemes, and Tables might be included in the primary manuscript, whereas detailed experimental procedures and full characterization information should be included in the Supporting Information.
Reviews (max. 13000 words, from the start of the abstract to the end of the conclusion (references not included)) should be written by directing scientists and cope with subjects of high interest in any field of chemistry and chemical engineering. Instead of gathering detailed data with a comprehensive literature survey, a precisely chosen treatment of the information is desired. In addition, unanswered questions and feasible solutions should also be addressed. Reviews should be categorized into numbered sections. The Review begins with an Abstract (length up to 220 words) that must summarize the contents of the manuscript triggering the readers′ attention. The Introduction should familiarize non-specialists to the topic in a clear understandable manner. A Review should conclude with a section named "Summary and Outlook", in which the accomplishments and new obstacles of the subject are explained briefly. Biographical sketches (maximum length 84 words, max. 560 characters with spaces) and passport-style picture of the correspondence authors must be sent.
Minireviews (length up to max. 5500 words, from the start of the abstract to the end of the conclusion (references are included)) should present hot up-to-date subjects in a concise Review style. Minireviews benefit flexibility to cover topics at a time when a Review would still be incomplete or irrelevant. The general format is the same as that outlined for Reviews.
Scientific Perspectives (normally 5500 words, from the start of the abstract to the end of the conclusion (references not included)) should be written by experts outlining helpful insights into concepts, techniques, and phenomena, as well as emerging practices, subjects, and themes that are of significance to chemical science scientists. Such investigations aim to become references of lasting advantage to the chemical community. Scientific Perspectives are founded on experimental and/or theoretical proofs, which is supported by elites in the discipline or field of the manuscript. Use of unpublished data from original research in not encouraged. The presentation should be included with instructive graphical material. Biographies (80–110 words; max. 570 characters with spaces) and passport-style photographs of the corresponding authors may be submitted).
(Video-Articles) Max.100 MB good quality video-clip displaying the whole procedure of the study in a succinct way (length of the video should not exceed 10 minutes). Studies must be hot and new containing high-importance chemistry and chemical engineering subjects. The focus of a video article is the video itself but it is completed by a detailed abstract in English and all required indexing information, such as title, authors and affiliations, keywords, and references. Format should preferably be Windows Media files (.wmv), but other accepted formats are .avi, .mov or .mp4.
Highlights (Spotlights) Normally 1000 words, from the start of the abstract to the end of the conclusion (references not included) outline crucial recent findings of primarily research (ideally published online within recent year), by a third person, with focus on highlighting the importance of the results. The results should be described smoothly and as understandable as possible, without the comprehensive technical details needed for an original article. Highlights should contain only key formulae and Figures, as well as maximum 12 references. A Highlight should not be longer than two pages. Highlights must have no more than three authors (at the discretion of the editor), who should not have affiliations with the author(s) of the work being highlighted.
F) Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts should be written in British or in American English. Authors should submit their manuscripts through the online submission service which can be accessed through the "Submit a Manuscript" tab in the journal′s webpage. Please upload three files (if applicable): one containing the main manuscript with all graphics and tables (and their captions) integrated into the text at the correct position; the other containing the Supporting Information (if applicable), and a cover letter highlighting the importance of the conducted study.
A word template for all article types is available on the journal homepage in the section "Author Guidelines". It is strongly recommended to use the provided templates as they speed up the publication process.
The ORCID identifier is recommended for the submitting correspondence author on submission of a manuscript. We kindly encourage all researchers to make an ORCID for each co-author as well. ORCID is a non-benefit organization that provides researchers with a unique digital identifier.
G) Experimental Data
We kindly request that detailed experimental methods and full characterization data are placed in the Supporting Information Word file rather than in the primary Communication or Research Article.
The Experimental Section in the Supporting Information should provide adequate detail to let others to repeat and compare your work. In theoretical articles, technical details such as computational methods should be included as well. Equipment, complete with make and model number, and conditions used for the measurement of physical data should be mentioned at the start of the Experimental Section. If practical, authors should use a systematic name (IUPAC or Chemical Abstracts) for each title compound in the Experimental Section. Do not use computer programs to generate elaborate systematic names or use long, multiline compound names; in such cases general descriptors, such as compound 2, dendrimer 3, or alcohol 4, should be used. When preparing your manuscript and the Supporting Information, please ensure that the compound numbers used in both documents match each other.
Physical data should be given in the following order: Rf=0.38 (CHCl3/MeOH 9:1); m.p./b.p. 20°C; [α]D20=−13.5 (c=0.2 in acetone); 1H NMR (200 MHz, [D8]THF, ppm): δ=7.64–7.48 (m, 6H; Ar-H), 1.33 (q, 3JH,H=8 Hz, 2H; CH2), 0.79 (s, 3H; CH3); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3, ppm): δ=72.5 (CCH), 26.8 (s; CH3), 6.5 (d, 1JC,P=156.9 Hz; CHP); IR (Nujol, cm−1): ν˜=1780 (vs), 1790 (s) (C=O); UV/Vis (n-hexane, nm (mol−1dm3cm−1)): λmax (ε)=320 (5000), 270 (12000); fluorescence (CH2Cl2, nm): λex=435.5 nm; λem=659, 726; MS (70 eV): m/z (%): 108 (20) [M]+[TR ion], 107 (60) [M−H]+, 91 (100) [C7H7]+; HRMS (ESI): m/z calcd for C32H47NO5+Na+: 548.3352 [M+Na]+; found: 548.3331; elemental analysis calcd (%) for C20H32N2O5: C 63.14, H 8.48, N 7.36; found: C 62.88, H 8.41, N 7.44.
H) References
Please use the following format for putting your References: A. Name, B. Name, C. Name, Journal Title, 2000, 35, 3523-3533.
I) Legal and Ethical Responsibilities
Authors who violates integrity and impartiality of the journal will be banned from any contribution in future. In addition, the corresponding author’s name and affiliations will be reported to higher hierarchies for further punishment. Such violations include, but are not limited to, plagiarism, false claims, and omission of relevant information. Note that 1) submitted manuscripts are subject to plagiarism checks using plagiarism software, 2) all authors must qualify for authorship, and 3) relevant precedent or work must be cited (e.g., journal articles, preprints, and so on).
Declarations
Funding
All authors should mention any sources of funding relating to their research in the “Acknowledgments” section of the manuscript.
Animal and Human Experiments
Animal or human experiments that require ethical statements:
1) Experiments or sampling done with high-order, vertebrate animals; including, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fish. For invertebrates, only cephalopods are included (e.g., squid, octopus, or nautilus).
2) Experiments using humans as test subjects (e.g., for ingested, injected, inhaled, or topical treatments, use of superficial patches or sensors, wearable technology, or sensory evaluations).
3) Experiments using human samples of any kind (e.g., solid tissue samples, primary cell lines, bodily fluids such as blood, blood components, serum, urine, semen, or sweat).
Safety
Authors should mention major hazards related to their experimental research, when applicable. This information should be contained within the Experimental Section in the text of the article and/or the Supporting Information.
Computer-Aided Image Enhancement
Any electronic modification of images must be conducted honestly and must be stated in the appropriate graphic caption.
Conflict of Interest
Authors must declare any conflict of interest in their letter to the editor; e.g., support of the research by companies who stand to benefit from publication of the results. In the case of a deceased or incapacitated author, co-authors must vouch for any potential conflicts of interest and declare these at the submission stage. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and to list all pertinent relationships in the online submission system. Should the manuscript be accepted, the information provided in the online submission system will be included in the published manuscript.
Table of Contents and Cover Graphics
Where Table of Contents graphical abstracts and cover graphics are included, authors must make sure that the provided image(s) do not infringe on the copyright of another entity. All the chemical structures must be drawn with ChemDraw software.
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