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General Information
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Language All manuscripts should be written in English - British or American as long as consistency is observed.
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Acknowledgements All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship
should be listed in an acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might
be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing
assistance, or a department chairperson who provided only general support.
Financial and material support should also be acknowledged.
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Conflict of interest and funding Authors are responsible for disclosing financial
support from industry or other conflicts of interest that might bias the interpretation
of results.
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Statistic validity If complicated statistical data are provided, the authors may be
requested to submit a statement issued by a certified statistician regarding the
validity of methods used.
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Submission Preparation Checklist
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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their
submission's compliance with the following items, and submissions may
be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
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I, the corresponding author, am authorized by all of my co-authors to submit
this manuscript.
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Gather the information about the manuscript: (a) For all authors: first name,
last name, postal address, e-mail address, affiliation, etc; (b) Manuscript title;
(c) Manuscript abstract. (d) Contact information (name, e-mail address and
affiliation) of suggested and/or excluded reviewers (if any).
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The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another
journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments
to the Editor).
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The manuscript, or any part thereof, is in no way a violation of any existing
original or derivative copyright.
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The manuscript contains nothing obscene, indecent, objectionable or libelous.
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The submission file is in Microsoft Word document format only.
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When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including
those for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click
(e.g., http://www.sapub.org/journal)
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Supplemental files are submitted in accordance with instructions and
information is given on a separate page at the end of the main manuscript.
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Submission Steps
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The manuscript submission process consists of 5 primary steps that gather
detailed information about your manuscript: 1. Journal information, 2. Manuscript
general information, 3. Authors' information, 4. Reviewers' information, 5. Validation
and Submission. You will need to complete these tasks in the correct order.
You will have the opportunity to make changes to your submission until your
manuscript is reviewed. The sequence of screens is as follows:
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Step1
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Journal Information
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Select the journal to which you would like to submit your manuscript.
You could not change the selected journal after submitting the
manuscript in the step 5, so be sure you select the appropriate journal.
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Step2
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Manuscript General Information
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a. The 'Manuscript General Information' primary step asks you to submit
the manuscript type, title, abstract, keywords, pages and file.
You must select the actual file location (via an open file dialogue) on
your computer. Acceptable formats for the manuscript file include
Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF format. Acceptable formats for
figures include JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), GIF (.gif), PostScript (.ps or .prn)
and TIFF (.tif or .tiff). The file or figure can not exceed 6MB in the
online system, but must be of at least 300dpi resolution.
b. For the American Journal of Organic Chemistry, authors must ensure that the
identity and purity of molecules is properly reported. The following criteria outline
the types of data which must be recorded in the experimental section of research
articles that report the synthesis of molecular species or computational chemistry
results.
Compound Characterization.
(1) New molecules. Authors must report full characterization and purity
data for all molecules which have not previously been reported in the literature.
This includes: melting ranges/boiling points, 1H/13C NMR chemical shift information
and high resolution mass spectral (HRMS) results or combustion analysis results.
When crystal structures are reported, key crystal structure refinement data should
Be included as a table in the manuscript. The structure must be entered into one
of the accepted crystal structure databases and the control number included in the
body of the manuscript.
(2) Previously described molecules. Authors must report melting
range/boiling points and cite supporting literature references as confirmation of
successful preparation of known molecules.
(3) Exceptions. Certain molecules have short lifetimes and thus may be
exempt from the HRMS/combustion analysis requirement described above.
Examples are: highly reactive species which undergo rapid hydrolysis, those
that are air-sensitive or intermediate products which are generated in situ for
a subsequent reaction.
Computational Chemistry Data.
(1) When presenting molecular structures derived from ab initio or
molecular mechanics programs, the authors must conduct a frequency calculation
to determine if an optimized geometry is a true minimum. The frequency calculation
must be conducted for the optimized geometry using the same level of theory that
was used to optimize the geometry. If the geometry is a true minimum there should
be minimal imaginary (negative) frequencies; the majority will be positive.
(2) When transition structures are presented, the frequency calculation will
show imaginary frequencies, indicating the structure to be a high energy species.
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Step3
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Authors' Information
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Please provide the names, running titles, Email addresses, and
affiliations of all the authors (including current affiliation and affiliation
where the work was primarily carried out) of this manuscript, in the
order that they appear on the manuscript. In order to submit a manuscript,
you must be one of the authors of the manuscript.
Please note: if you are the corresponding author, submit your
details correctly, especially the email and telephone number.
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Step4
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Reviewers' Information
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You must recommend at least two qualified reviewers who have
experience in the subject of the submitted manuscript,
but who are not affiliated with the same institute as the contributor(s).
You may also submit a list of reviewers to be excluded.
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Step5
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Validation and Submission
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The Validation and Submission step is the last step in the manuscript submission
process, which gives you the opportunity to check and verify the manuscript information
and manuscript file uploaded. You may update and/or change manuscript information
and manuscript file by clicking on the 'Previous' button respectively.
Once your manuscript has been finalised, click on the 'Approve Submission' button
to submit your manuscript.
After submission you will receive an acknowledgement email. You can check the status
of your manuscript at any time by accessing the system with your username and password
or link sent to you in the acknowledgement email.
Please note that the submission process is not complete and your manuscript will
not be received by the editors until you have approved the above 5 steps.
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Peer Review Process
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Manuscripts submitted for publication in SAPUB will be reviewed anonymously by at least two independent experts in the particular area. The author will receive evaluation results within a month notifying them of the manuscript’s acceptance, invitation to revise and resubmit or rejection.
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Resubmission
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Manuscripts deemed acceptable for publication upon revision will resubmit
their revised manuscript for reconsideration using the online submission system.
The author will receive evaluation results within a month notifying them of the
manuscript’s acceptance or rejection.
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